In what NPD's Kristen McLean calls 'a remarkable year' for US book sales, Publishers Lunch reports a decline in 2020 of translation rights deals.

Women 'are routinely overlooked for awards,' says Melinda Gates as her Pivotal Ventures company backs the forthcoming Carol Shields Prize for Fiction.

'In the last year, we've really seen the importance of reliable digital products' amid the constraints of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, says academic division managing director David Clark.