Publishing giant Random House has declined to release a new book by controversial German politician-turned-author Thilo
Sarrazin over fears it could whip up anti-Muslim hatred.
The world's largest publishing
event, the Frankfurt Book Fair, opens its doors to the public this weekend
after hosting industry professionals all week.
German publishing giant Axel Springer has bought a majority stake in business news site Business Insider (BI) for $343 million (€306 million), the company said in a statement on Tuesday.
Writers have taken pen to paper in protest against Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos and his company's methods and are calling for consumers, publishers and their fellow authors to boycott the online retail giant.
The publisher of Europe's top-selling newspaper Bild, Germany's Axel Springer, said Thursday it would sell off regional dailies and magazines for €920 million
The publisher that bought the German rights to a novel for a song before learning that the author was Harry Potter writer J.K. Rowling said on Sunday it was eyeing a windfall.
German media giant Bertelsmann said Tuesday the best-selling "Fifty Shades" trilogy of S&M books helped whipped overall group sales and profits into shape last year.
German children's books publishers still use paper made from tropical rainforests on “a shocking scale,” despite promising two years ago they would stop, <i>Der Spiegel</i> magazine said in a report to be published on Monday.
A new study commissioned by the association against copyright infringement (GVU) has found that Germans stole 14 million e-books last year. But reports from the publishing industry suggest e-books make up very little of the overall market.
A Polish domestic cleaning lady has spilled the dirt on her German employers in a new memoir, "Under German Beds." The book is a best-seller, but as Hannah Cleaver reports, heavy criticism is coming from unlikely places.
A new erotic magazine for women called “Alley Cat” hit German newsstands this week, with publishers targeting young women who have “grown up with sex,” according to the editor.
German media group Axel Springer announced on Wednesday it would merge its Eastern European operations with those of Switzerland's Ringier to create one of the region's biggest print and digital publishers.
In an effort to squeeze more money from its internet operations, German publisher Axel Springer AG is introducing iPhone applications with monthly subscription fees for two newspapers. The <i>Bild</i> app will allow users to “shake” the clothes off the paper’s naked front page girls.
“Garbage” and “hysterical propaganda” was one angry reaction at the world's biggest book fair this year when Internet search service Google defended plans to turn millions of books into electronic literature available online.
A Düsseldorf publisher has cancelled print of a murder mystery because of fears that its subject matter – an honour killing – would put employees at risk for Islamist retaliation, according to news magazine <i>Der Spiegel</i>.
German publisher Georg von Holtzbrinck has teamed up with private logistics companies to create a 'hybrid mail' service using the internet for quicker delivery at a lower cost, according to weekly news magazine <i>WirtschaftsWoche</i>.
In a galling mix-up for the proud residents of the German capital, Berliners will have to use a phone book for the next year that appears to belong the city's southern rival Munich.
