Gunning out at Foyles as iconic bookshop restructures management

Foyles' head of buying Kate Gunning is to leave the independent bookshop after a restructure of its middle management. Sam Husain, chief executive of Foyles, said that...

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Erotica on hold for Black Lace and Nexus at Virgin

Virgin Books will not publish any new titles in its Black Lace and Nexus erotica lists...

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Swann defends Penguin deal, BAA says WHS will 'evaluate'

W H Smith chief executive Kate Swann has defended the exclusive travel book deal with...

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Penguin to publish Vikram Seth's sequel to A Suitable Boy

Penguin UK has acquired A Suitable Girl, the long-awaited sequel to Vikram...

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Blogs »

Peter Cox »

Culture shock

Publishers who think they can use the web to do without retailers in the near future would be best to think again.

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Clare Alexander »

Poles apart

The big publishers are in danger of marginalising and overlooking emerging authors and smaller books.

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Kate Lord Brown »

Don't Tweet back in anger

As in the cases of Alice Hoffman and Alain de Botton, blog posts and Tweets are public, free access and often stream of consciousness. Quality and accuracy varies—people tend to post first, think later.

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Charts »

Top 20 Children's Books

27th June
  1. New Moon Meyer, Stephenie
  2. Eclipse Meyer, Stephenie
  3. Twilight Meyer, Stephenie
  4. Breaking Dawn Meyer, Stephenie
  5. Are These My Basoomas I See Before Me? Rennison, Louise
  6. Miles to Go Miley Cyrus
  7. The Girls' Holiday Book -
  8. Twilight (tie-in) Meyer, Stephenie
  9. Eagle Day Muchamore, Robert
  10. Horrid Henry's Holiday Simon, Francesca
  11. Untamed Cast, Kristin & Cast, P C
  12. Hunted Cast, Kristin & Cast, P C
  13. The Boys' Holiday Book -
  14. That's Not My Plane Watt, Fiona
  15. Night World: Vol 1 Smith, Lisa J
  16. Marked Cast, Kristin & Cast, P C
  17. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Carle, Eric
  18. Aliens in Underpants Save the World Freedman, Claire
  19. Night World: Vol 2 Smith, Lisa J
  20. Betrayed Cast, Kristin & Cast, P C

Features »

Business focus: beat the crunch

BUY THE NON-BOOK You can't do it with books alone—now, perhaps more than ever, you have...

Fair game

For as long as most publishers, booksellers and agents can remember, book fairs have been essential dates in the diary. As places to negotiate...

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Author Profiles »

The Book of Nick

Nick Cave does not disappoint. Anyone who has come across the rock legend will testify to his brooding presence, particularly as the willowy front-man to his band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Up close, Cave inhabits this persona with an...

 

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Simon’s Cat

Simon Tofield 1 October 2009

With over 30 million hits on YouTube, Simon’s Cat is a genuine word-of-mouth phenomenon. Fans from all over the world have fallen for this adorable but anarchic feline who will do just about anything to be fed.

The Death Defying Pepper Roux

Oxford Children’s Books Published October 2009

Pepper Roux has his whole life ahead of him. If he’s lucky, that’s 14 hours by the all clock. But Pepper isn’t ready to die. So he sets sail on a sea of adventures, inviting disaster and mayhem at every turn.

Cambridge University Press – Inspiring ideas for 425 years

N/A Published 2009

2009 sees the 425th anniversary of the printing of the first book in Cambridge by a practising University Printer. Cambridge University Press is celebrating by commemorating the books, people, ideas and achievements that have emerged from this history and which continue to inspire the world.

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