Nicola Sturgeon’s ‘deeply personal and revealing’ autobiography to be published in 2025
Pan Macmillan will publish the former first minister’s as-yet-untitled memoir
‘What we publish will stay with you’: inside a small but mighty literary hit factory
Bluemoose publishes no more than 10 books a year but Kevin Duffy knows how to pick a winner
‘I can’t stress how much BookTok sells’: teen literary influencers swaying publishers
TikTok recommendations are driving sales and launching authors’ careers as the social media app continues to reshape the industry
Bloomsbury USA president dies in speedboat collision in Italy
Adrienne Vaughan was on family holiday and reportedly fell overboard when speedboat collided with a sailboat
The Guardian view on Heartstopper: a phenomenon that defines a generation
Editorial: Alice Oseman’s tale of queer romance is a global success story built on fans who want to feel good about themselves in tough times
The Gutenberg Parenthesis by Jeff Jarvis review – how print shaped culture
From the Gutenberg press to the digital age, an illuminating account of the way technology influences the stories we tell
My big Birmingham bookshop crawl: why booksellers are suddenly thriving
In 2009, two bookshops a week were closing in the UK and the days of physical books seemed numbered. Now, indie stores are booming. What explains the turnaround – and can it be sustained?
Carol Smith obituary
Other lives: Literary agent who used her publishing expertise to write her own bestselling thrillers
Goodreads is right to divide opinions, wrong to boil them down
I don’t choose books based on the aggregate rating as if they are skincare products, nor do I think any critical verdict is the final one
‘There’s an industry-wide mental health crisis’: authors and publishers on why the books sector needs to change
After a survey revealed the stresses that authors face when placed in the spotlight for the first time, publishing houses and industry bodies have pledged extra training and pastoral care
The indie publishing mavericks shaking up the UK books world
Last year, all of literature’s big prizes went to small publishers. In a risk‑averse climate, edgy debuts and ‘tricky-to-sell’ foreign titles have found a home at the likes of Fitzcarraldo Editions and Sort Of Books
Christine Baker obituary
Editor with the Paris-based publisher Gallimard Jeunesse who was determined to give British children’s books a presence in France
By combining self-help and literature, the School of Life’s first novel does both a disservice
Billed as ‘a therapeutic novel’, the publisher’s first foray into fiction follows 29-year-old Anna’s mental health journey – with a view to helping the reader. But how useful can such clunky writing be?
YA author shoots to No 1 on Amazon bestseller list after viral TikTok video
TikToker Jerrad Swearenjin approached Shawn Warner during a book signing because he looked ‘super defeated’
Authors file a lawsuit against OpenAI for unlawfully ‘ingesting’ their books
Mona Awad and Paul Tremblay allege that their books, which are copyrighted, were ‘used to train’ ChatGPT because the chatbot generated ‘very accurate summaries’ of the works