In the run-up to COP26, the Springer Nature Group creates a Climate Action Officer position as it works with the SDG Publishers Compact.

The longlist for the 2021 German Book Prize includes five debut novels and a focus on both 'origin and history' and contemporary concerns.

Across the entire US book industry, total revenues in January-to-June 2021 came in at US$6.3 billion, up 18 percent year-to-date.