Publishers including Random House have bought the rights to reprint Michael Jackson's best-selling 1988 autobiography, "Moonwalk." The book, in which the late pop icon talks of his fame, music career and famous family, will be released in October following his

Pearson reported profit for the first six months of fiscal 2009 of GBP 44 million, compared to prior year's loss of GBP 49 million. Profit for the period attributable to Equity holders of the company was GBP 28 million or

A growing number of civil libertarians and customer advocates wants Amazon to fundamentally alter its method for selling Kindle books, lest it be forced to one day change or recall books, perhaps by a judge ruling in a defamation case

Organisers of a protest fighting to stop the closure of one of Swindon's last remaining dedicated book stores have insisted that as far as this saga goes, it was far from the final chapter.

A new literary award for African writers, the Penguin Prize for African Writing, has been announced by South African publishers, Penguin Books. The award which comes with a R50,000 (approximately $5,000) cash prize and a publishing contract with Penguin Books,

Apple addicts need no longer wait until early 2010 to get their hands on the firm's long-rumoured tablet PC, because - contrary to an earlier report - it's since emerged that the firm's gunning for a launch within months.

Stop me if you've read this before: A high-profile electronic-book store has trouble matching the selection, pricing or flexibility of the traditional ink-on-paper product.

The History of Violence and Eastern Promises director is to write and direct an adaptation of Don DeLillo's 2003 Manhattan-set novel Cosmopolis

Increased operating efficiencies, higher gross margins in its children's book business and $50 million in incremental revenue for its educational technology products will result in an additional $30 million to $70 million of operating income in fiscal 2010 that will

Publishers Weekly is teaming up with BookBrunch, to produce two issues of the Frankfurt Fair Dealer at the Frankfurt Book Fair this fall. The first issue will appear Wednesday, October 14 and the second Friday October 16. Frankfurt Fair Dealer

The British, long scorned by the French for their lack of ability in the kitchen, will be offered a chance to redeem themselves this Christmas when the bible of traditional French cooking, Ginette Mathiot's Je Sais Cuisiner, is published in

Mark Billingham's London copper DI Tom Thorne has seen off Reginald Hill's Yorkshire duo Dalziel and Pascoe and Peter Robinson's much-loved Inspector Banks to take the Theakstons Old Peculier crime novel of the year award at the Harrogate crime writing