The digital distributor reports a rise in audiobook titles of 123 percent in 2020 over the previous year. Print-on-demand advanced 18 percent.
Rights Roundup: Predators, Race Drivers, and Oysters
Titles in our first Rights Roundup of the month come from Spain, Italy, Finland, and the UK, with work for children, and a book on a racer.
AAP PROSE Awards: ‘Ancient Maya Politics’ Wins 2021 Hawkins Honor
With Cambridge University Press taking two of the 2021 super-category PROSE Excellence Awards, a political anthropologist wins the Hawkins.
UK: Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize Adds Juror Daliso Chaponda
Comedian and BBC Radio 4 broadcaster Daliso Chaponda joins the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize jury for this year’s competition.
Association of University Presses Opens International Pairings Pilot
The Association of University Presses launches its ‘Global Partner Program’ to reach publishers in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and Latin America.
NetGalley and Its Parent, Firebrand, Sold to Japan’s Media Do
Fran Toolan remains CEO for at least three years, as the US subsidiary of Tokyo’s Media Do acquires all shares of Firebrand and NetGalley.
British Book Awards Name 2021 Jurors for 28 Prize Categories
The 28-category British Book Awards program has 41 jurors in place for the 2021 cycle, with an awards program on May 13.
Monique Roffey Wins the UK’s Costa 2020 Book of the Year Award
Roffey’s book, based on a Taino legend, is set in 1976 on the Caribbean island of Black Conch. Tessa Sheridan has won the Short Story Award.
Three Authors’ Associations Address Status of Audible.com Talks
A coalition of author organizations in the US and UK calls for more transparency from Audible to give authors ‘a true picture of how their income is being calculated.’
Rights Roundup: Elephants, Mice, Aliens, and Agatha Christie
Titles in this Rights Roundup include suspense, children’s books, historical nonfiction, a graphic novel, and a tale about Agatha Christie.