Here’s what’s happening this week in the book industry:

In Australia, two major online book retailers initially blocked sales [5] of Ronan Farrow’s new book following legal threats from a former National Enquirer editor, the New York Times reported. But Amazon Australia ultimately reversed this and began sales of Farrow’s book [6] the following week.

Consortium Book Sales & Distribution has announced six new publishers [7] for the spring 2020 season: Black Dog Press and Artifice Press, Bloodaxe Books, Blue Dot Kids Press, Buño Books, Inhabit Education Books, and Street Noise Books.

Simon & Schuster has entered into a distribution agreement [8] with U.K. independent publisher Oneworld Publications. S&S will handle sales and distribution to markets and territories in North America for the publisher effective November 1.

Two Rivers Distribution will distribute David and Charles Ltd. [9] in North America. The distribution deal was effective September 2019 and covers both print and e-book titles.

Current editorial director at HarperCollins’ Ecco imprint Megan Lynch will join [10] Flatiron Books as senior vice president and publisher on November 4.

Elina Vaysbeyn has joined [11] Shambhala Publications as sales and marketing director. Vaysbeyn was most recently associate marketing director at Dutton.

Heads of the Colored People by Nafissa Thompson-Spires was awarded the fiction prize [12] at the 2019 Hurston/Wright Foundation’s annual Legacy Awards on October 18, in Washington, D.C.

Finalists have been unveiled for the $75,000 [13] Cundill History Prize. The winner of the prize, administered by McGill University in Montreal, will be named November 14.

The Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction announced its shortlist [14], with the winner to be announced on November 19.

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