Dorling Kindersley has launched a predominantly online marketing and publicity blitz for Karl Pilkington's new book, in response to the author's own ideas about the campaign.

To coincide with the 4th October publication of Happy Slapped by a Jelly­fish, the producer and co-presenter of XFM's "The Ricky...

Richard Charkin is leaving Macmillan for Bloomsbury. Charkin is to join the board of Bloomsbury as executive director on 1st October. He will have responsibility for the publisher's worldwide operations with particular focus on spearheading growth through acquisitions, new publishing areas and international expansion.

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Oxford's world famous Bodleian library won approval last night for a new book depository despite protests that the £29m building will ruin cherished views and is sited on a flood plain, reports the Guardian.

The proposal to build a depository on a riverside industrial park was bitterly opposed by some residents and conservation...

Borders' new owner Luke Johnson plans to relaunch Borders UK's online store when its relationship with Amazon comes to an end later this year. In an interview published in the Observer on Sunday, Johnson also said he would be closing a small number of stores. "We will probably shut a few of the shops that are not contributing, but...