Conservative publisher Brave Books launches with anti-trans kids book ‘Elephants are Not Birds’

A new conservative publisher is launching with an anti-transgender children’s book. Brave Books’ first book, called Elephants are Not Birds, follows an elephant named Kevin and a vulture named Culture that tries to convince him he’s actually a bird because he can sing well. The vulture gives Kevin a beak and wings to wear – … Read more

Magazines publisher Future soars 9% on hiked profit forecasts 

Publishing chief set for an even richer future: Magazines group soars 9% as it hikes profit forecasts By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 17:01 EDT, 21 July 2021 | Updated: 17:01 EDT, 21 July 2021 Shares in Future soared as it hiked its profit forecasts. The UK’s biggest magazines publisher, which is behind … Read more

Britain’s biggest publisher Penguin Random House refuses to hand back £1million furlough cash

Britain’s biggest publisher Penguin Random House refuses to hand back any of the £1million furlough cash it received despite its profits soaring by a FIFTH during lockdown Penguin Random House used furlough scheme between April and June last year Publishing houses benefited from a reading renaissance during the lockdown  Move likely to spark outrage as … Read more

Britain’s biggest publisher Penguin Random House refuses to hand back £1million furlough cash

Britain’s biggest publisher Penguin Random House refuses to hand back any of the £1million furlough cash it received despite its profits soaring by a FIFTH during lockdown Penguin Random House used furlough scheme between April and June last year Publishing houses benefited from a reading renaissance during the lockdown  Move likely to spark outrage as … Read more

Cancel culture claims another victim: Children’s book publisher pulls Captain Underpants spinoff

Scholastic, the world’s largest publisher of educational books for children, will no longer distribute The Adventures of Ook and Gluk: Kung-Fu Cavemen from the Future because it ‘perpetuates passive racism’ against Asians. Critics charge that the book’s storyline includes a Kung Fu master with dashes for eyes who wears traditional Asian garb. He is rescued … Read more

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich suing author and their publisher over Putin’s People book

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich suing author and her publisher over Putin’s People book which he says includes ‘false or misleading’ claims surrounding his takeover of the club Roman Abramovich has publicly confirmed he will take legal proceedings He is suing an author and their publisher over the book entitled Putin’s People The book includes comments that … Read more

Country Life publisher Future confirms £594m takeover of GoCo Group

Country Life publisher Future raises profit forecast as it completes £594m takeover of GoCompare and Look After My Bills owner GoCo Group GoCo Group also recently bought the Australian price comparison site Mozo Future publishes dozens of titles including FourFourTwo and Woman & Home  By Harry Wise For This Is Money Published: 12:44 GMT, 19 … Read more

Publisher cancels Julie Burchill’s book contract after ‘Islamophobic’ Twitter row

Feminist journalist Julie Burchill has had her book contract cancelled after her publisher accused her of ‘crossing a line’ by posting ‘Islamophobic’ comments on Twitter.   Burchill’s book – Welcome to the Woke Trials: How #Identity killed progressive politics – was due to be released in March but was dropped by Little, Brown after a row with … Read more

Magazine publisher Future swoops on price comparison website GoCompare

GoCompare snapped up in £600m deal: Magazine publisher Future swoops on price comparison website By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 25 November 2020 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 25 November 2020 Britain’s biggest magazine publisher has swooped on the price comparison website Go Compare in a £600million takeover. Future, which owns dozens … Read more

Ideal Home publisher agrees deal to buy Go Compare owner for £594m

Magazine publisher Future agrees deal to buy the owner of price comparison site Go Compare for £594m Insurance mogul and GoCo chair Sir Peter Wood could net £50m from the deal  Future also produces FourFourTwo, ProCycling, and Horse & Hound magazines Shares in the Bath-based firm have shot up over twentyfold in the last six … Read more