Ed Nawotka

Bended Page, LLC, the owner and operator of Tattered Cover bookstores, has filed a motion with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to reschedule a hearing on its reorganization plan, so the owners can entertain offers to purchase the company.

Prince Harry’s memoir ‘Spare’ was the top-selling English-language print book in Canada in 2023, according to BookNet Canada. Total sales in the country topped C$1.1 billion last year.

At the recent Bologna Children’s Book Fair, publishers from India’s OM Books, France’s Lizzie, and Spain’s Grupo Planeta discussed how Indian diaspora populations and Francophone and Spanish speakers abroad have fueled sales growth.

RX, which owns the London Book Fair, has announced that Adam Ridgway, previously commercial director at RX, will take over as fair director. He replaces Gareth Rapley, who was in the position for two years.

The new “Safeguarding National Security Ordinance” adopted by the Chinese government in Hong Kong threatens freedom to publish more than previous laws, say the International Publishers Association and European and International Booksellers Federation

The 2024 British Book Awards were held in London May 13, where ‘Murdle’ by G.T. Karber won Overall Book of the Year, Ebury was named Publisher of the Year, and Profile was given the prize for Independent Publisher of the Year.

Spotify has partnered with Blackstone Publishing and Bonnier Books UK to add their audiobooks to the platform. The new partnership will add several thousand new titles to Spotify’s Audiobooks in Premium service.

The CEO of Booktopia, Australia’s dominant online bookseller, has resigned, and the company has announced plans to cut costs, including laying off 50 people, following a 20% drop in book sales last year.

The ABA has unveiled Indies Take The Gold, an Olympics-themed marketing campaign encouraging people to shop at independent bookstores on Amazon Prime Days, July 16 and 17. The Paris summer Olympics begin July 26.

Book2look, the German view inside embeddable book widget service marketed by Bowker, is now being implemented by Books-A-Million in the U.S., and HarperCollins, worldwide.