Eight original handwritten letters from the Romantic poet John Keats to his muse and “one passion”, Fanny Brawne, were returned to the family of John Hay “Jock” Whitney, the former US ambassador... Read more »
More than 100 writers have quit the historic French publishing house Grasset in protest at its conservative billionaire owner, Vincent Bolloré, whose media empire has been accused of promoting reactionary and far-right... Read more »
The owner of Waterstones and Barnes & Noble is reportedly preparing to list the booksellers on the stock market. Elliott Investment Management, the hedge fund that owns the most popular bookstores in... Read more »
TikTok owner ByteDance to publish print books Nov 22 2024 ByteDance, the company that owns TikTok, will begin publishing print books in February.
The company already publishes ebooks through its imprint 8th... Read more »
Booktopia is taking orders again after Australia’s largest online bookseller was sold to the owner of an online camera store in a deal completed late last week. Shant Kradjian, the owner of... Read more »