Usborne is giving away extracts from its Usborne Spectator Guides to Olympic events through the Guardian. Some 15,000 copies of the guides covering Track and Field, Aquatics, Cycling and Gymnastics will be given away through Waitrose stores on 14th July in a promotion developed by marketing company Mostra.

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Egmont is extending its sales activity to independent bookshops and the gift sector across the UK and may develop its publishing programme to support these areas.

Gillian Laskier, group sales director for Egmont UK, said changes in the market had prompted it to revisit its sales to these sectors. “Children’s book sales...

A report into boys’ reading has found that three out of four UK schools are worried about boys underachieving in reading, but that there is no national strategy to tackle it. Last year some 60,000 boys failed to reach the expected level in reading at age 11.
 
The Boys’ Reading Commission, conducted by the All-...

Greetings card manufacturer Cardooo is looking to expand into the book trade with a range of “book in a card” products.

Nick Kenney, c.e.o. of parent company Best Publishing Ever and formerly head of export at Faber, said he had developed the range of cards to provide booksellers with a “non-book product” that...