Just as every dog has his day, every editor has his (or her) Christmas. This year, it's the turn of Nick Davies, who acquired arguably the celebrity success of the season, from Russell Brand (175,000 sales and counting), as well as a surprise hit from Pub Landlord Al Murray (83,000).

But Davies is not toasting this chart-topping...

Waterstone's has reported strong sales growth in its latest half-year thanks to the chain's acquisition of Ottakar's a year earlier and the success of the final Harry Potter book. However, the growth did not prevent the chain suffering what it described as "some dilution in market share" over the period thanks to its store...

Virgin Books managing director KT Forster has departed the company, eight months after its acquisition by the Random House Group. Random said Forster had "decided to leave to develop new projects". RHG board member and Virgin Books chairman Richard Cable is taking on the day-to-day management of the publisher.

Forster has been...

Given that in Cecelia Ahern's novels everyday life takes on a magical tinge, it's appropriate that she herself has had what looks like a charmed career. She made her name with her début novel, PS, I Love You, written when she was just 21, which reached number one in her native Ireland and made it into Richard and Judy...