Children's reading charity BookTrust says it has handed out more than 237,000 free books to help families hit by the Covid-19 lockdown. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-06 10:28:34 UTC ]
The French book trade is picking up from its two months of Covid-19 lockdown much better than expected. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-29 11:42:21 UTC ]
A report commissioned by the Publishers Association says that during the COVID-19 lockdown, UK children listened to audiobooks, arguing to end their VAT. The post UK’s National Literary Trust Research Finds Benefits of Audiobooks for Kids appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-07-06 15:29:18 UTC ]
HQ has acquired a memoir by the co-founder of the Women’s Equality Party Catherine Mayer and her mother Anne Mayer Bird, written after they were both widowed within weeks of each other just before the Covid-19 lockdown. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-28 14:16:03 UTC ]
April 2020 found the publishing industry entering a period of unexpected change as bookshops closed and the focus turned to digital sales. The COVID-19 lockdown has forced writers to re-evaluate the future in this difficult time. As a narrative psychologist and fiction writer, I am interested... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-05 04:49:45 UTC ]
The Penguin Podcast is moving from a bi-weekly edition to weekly for the next three months in response to the Covid-19 lockdown. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-22 07:58:20 UTC ]
Fears for jobs as print sales drop by as much as 30% after thousands of newsagents closeCoronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverageNational print newspaper sales have fallen by as much as 30% since the start of the government-ordered coronavirus lockdown, according to industry... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-03-27 14:04:29 UTC ]