After 17 years leading Random House, with no sign of retirement over the horizon, Ms Rebuck is one of the longest-standing executives in the media sector. But the past few years have brought mixed fortunes. Last year, its authors won

Faber and Faber have become the first publishers to sell a new title online at a 'pay what you like' rate.

Ursula K Le Guin has added a sixth Nebula award to her trophy cabinet after winning the best novel prize at this weekend's awards ceremony.

Usually, McGraw-Hill one of the most cautious publishers in the industry, can ride out a strained economy because two of its core assets - S&P and textbook sales - are as close to recession-proof strengths as you'll find in the

Hannah MacDonald, currently Senior Publishing Director at Ebury Press, will head up the Collins team at HarperCollins from 6 July. MacDonald will be reporting to Belinda Budge, Managing Director of Non-Fiction, in a move that brings together Collins and Non-Fiction.

You could still build a brilliant collection with the books that remain off-line. They include, most notably, the "Harry Potter" series, and countless other favorites: "Catcher in the Rye" and "Catch-22"; "Lolita" and "To Kill a Mockingbird"; "Atlas Shrugged" and

The exhibit floor at this year's BookExpo America will look different from the hall at the 2008 BEA in Los Angeles and even from 2007, when the event was last held at New York's Javits Center. That is not necessarily

Retail sales in April were better than expected according to the CBI, with sales volumes unexpectedly flat after more than a year of decline.

Almost 186,000 pupils finished compulsory education without taking an exam in the subject last summer - a rise of a fifth in just five years.

Penguin Australia has signed up Peter Carey, luring Australia's most decorated writer away from his former publisher, Random House.

U.K.-based Quarto Group had a dip in sales and earnings in the first quarter ended March 31, with revenue down 5% to £19.8 million and operating income falling to £252,000 from £268,000. U.K. publishing sales were up slightly, international co-edition

Waterstone's sales declined 3.4% in the 16 weeks ending 25 April 2009, according to a pre-close statement from HMV Group. Like-for-like sales at the bookselling chain were down 4.5%. Group sales were up 4.8%.

Is Apple's rumored "mediapad" entertainment device a threat to Amazon's Kindle e-book reader? I think it is, but the only people who may care are current Kindle owners, some of whom may end up wishing they had waited on their

This being my first exposure to one of the Visual QuickProject Guides by Peachpit Press, I was both pleased and disappointed when I received this slim volume. I was pleased in the presentation and clear descriptions given to each aspect