publishing industry

Business

Discussions under way to split owner of Politico and Business Insider

The media conglomerate currently owns German publications Bild and Die Welt, along with US sites Business Insider and Politico. The company also unsuccessfully tried to buy the Financial Times in 2015.

12/07/2024

Culture news

Former UK PM Liz Truss says she knows how to save the West in new book

Will the former Prime Minister’s latest offering fly off the shelves in great enough volumes to revive the economy she crashed? Or is it enough to save the Western world as she boasts? We’re not so sure.

16/04/2024

Culture news

Gabriel García Márquez: Is it wise to go against a dead man's wishes?

Gabriel García Márquez's unfinished novel was published by his sons against the Nobel laureate's wishes.

13/03/2024

Culture news

Culture Re-View: Playboy's first issue didn't pay Marilyn Monroe

1 December 1953: The first edition of Playboy is released.

01/12/2023

Culture news

Culture Re-View: How Rolling Stone magazine changed music

9 November 1967: The first issue of Rolling Stone magazine is published.

09/11/2023

Culture news

"Record-breaking year" for UK books - how does Europe compare?

The UK has sold more books than ever in a positive year for the publishing industry. But it's not looking as rosy across the Channel.

20/04/2023

Culture news

Are the edits to Agatha Christie's novels historical revisionism?

The British writer's classic work has been rewritten to avoid "offending" contemporary readers, with the adventures of Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot to be rewritten and edited by Harper Collins to remove any language that might be seen as offensive.

29/03/2023

Culture news

Rewriting 007: 'A form of censorship' says Ian Fleming biographer

Euronews Culture spoke to Ian Fleming biographer Andrew Lycett to get his opinion on whether planned rewrites to the 007 books are the adequate way to celebrate the publication of Fleming's oeuvre

03/03/2023

Culture news

Shaken and stirred: Why are the James Bond books being re-edited?

The news follows increased scrutiny in the publishing industry, especially after the Roald Dahl series recently underwent a similar review.

01/03/2023

Culture news

Bob Dylan publisher apologises for expensive fake autographs

Simon & Schuster have apologised and offered immediate refunds to those who purchased the $600 special edition of Dylan's new book, "The Philosophy of Modern Song."

24/11/2022

Culture news

Penguin Random House blocked merger is ruining Bertelsmann's plans

The German media group has been dealt another blow in its bid to become the undisputed world's biggest publisher.

01/11/2022

Poland

Controversial passage on fertility removed from Polish school textbook

According to critics, the book suggested that children born via IVF would not be loved.

23/08/2022

Tech News

Google said it will start paying more than 300 EU publishers for news

The deal was announced by the tech giant in a blog post, but it didn’t specify how much publishers were to be paid.

11/05/2022

Culture news

Brand Taylor wins Story Prize for 'Filthy Animals'

Taylor's debut novel 'Real Life' was shortlisted for the Booker Prize but his win for 'Filthy Animals' is his first publishing award.

14/04/2022

Culture news

Is Amazon's ebook return policy ruining authors' careers?

A petition launched on change.org has been made to tackle Amazon's policy of allowing users to return books no matter how much they've read.

02/04/2022

Culture news

Dutch publisher pulls Anne Frank betrayal book amid critique

In a 69-page written “refutation,” six historians and academics describe the cold case team’s findings as “a shaky house of cards.”

23/03/2022

France

Google agrees new deal to pay French publishers for news content

The copyright dispute between Big Tech and newspapers in France has raged for more than two years.

03/03/2022

Culture news

Star of 'Umbrella Academy' Elliot Page announces memoir for 2023

Page was already a successful actor on his high-profile coming out as transgender in 2020, the memoir will cover the highs and lows of his experience.

18/02/2022

Culture news

Sting sells back catalogue to Universal as stars buy into licensing

In recent months, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Stevie Nicks, Neil Young and others who sold millions of albums to Baby Boomers have sold their recordings, songwriting catalogs or both.

11/02/2022

Culture news

Michel Houellebecq's new novel Anéantir anticipates France in 2027

Loved and admired by many, certainly, but bring up his name in a French bar and you'll immediately generate a debate. All agree he is provocative.

07/01/2022