W H Smith has sought to play down the effect its exclusive deal with Penguin will have on the travel market saying that it captures only 5.6% of retail travel book sales. The deal, revealed first in The Bookseller 10 days ago, has faced a barrage of criticism from travel writers, and rival companies. The Guardian reports that...

The news that Penguin and W H Smith have signed a deal giving the publisher exclusivity for its foreign travel guides in WHS travel stores has generated much heat on our website.

It is a deal that appears markedly different depending on where you stand. For fellow travel publishers, the exclusion will be a painful one, particularly since...

Travel publisher Lonely Planet has launched a campaign using social networking websites to warn travellers about its books no longer being available at W H Smith's travel stores.

The BBC-owned publisher is now actively telling people to buy their branded guides before travelling after The Bookseller revealed last week that...

The British Guild of Travel Writers has questioned W H Smith's decision to sign an exclusive arrangement with Penguin that will see only its 'foreign' guides available for sale at WHS' travel outlets. Guild chairman Melissa Shales said the decision could damage rival publishers and called for a boycott of Penguin's guides...