Digital audio accounted for 99 percent of 2024’s US audiobook revenues, per newly released survey results.
China Bestsellers: Franchising Fuels Success in April 2025
As some franchise-supported titles arrive on China’s bestseller lists, more are anticipated in months to come.
China Bestsellers in March: Entertainment and DeepSeek
The March bestsellers in China this year have shown a growing demand for ‘NZ2’, books about AI and DeepSeek, and revived poetry.
Rights Roundup: ‘Faithful Readers’ of Max Seeck Have a TV Series Coming
Patience has paid off for Max Seeck as one of his ice-thawing Nordic noir novels is set to start production for television this year.
2025 British Book Awards: Margaret Atwood Wins the Freedom to Publish Award
The trade honors announced at the 35th edition of the British Book Awards name Bloomsbury and Nosy Crow top publishers.
Tommy Orange Wins the 2025 Aspen Words Literary Prize
‘Aspen Words laureate Tommy Orange says, ‘At a time like this, it could be hardest to believe in art and how it can impact the world.’
‘The Prayer of Anxiety’ Wins the $50,000 Arabic Fiction Prize
Mohamed Samir Nada is the first Egyptian to win the International Prize for Arabic Fiction since 2009. He’s published by Masciliana.
The Windham-Campbell Prizes’ 2025 $1.4 Million Writers
Irish, Trinidadian-Scottish, Irish, and US writers are among the 2025 laureates of the annual Windham-Campbell Prizes, worth $175,000 each.
Rights Roundup: Deal Reports From Early 2025
The initial crush of international trade show events eases briefly now, for a look at some rights sales around adult titles.
China Bestsellers: ‘Ne Zha 2’ Box Office Is Great for Books
The animated extravaganza ‘Ne Zha: The Past of the Three Realms’ goes to new heights with consumers, rocketing the book to No. 1.