Curation, technology and creating a cultural destination were three of the key themes that emerged from the first Foyles bookshop workshop held on Monday (11th February) in partnership with The Bookseller.

Representatives from across the industry came together at the Charing Cross Road store to discuss how to create...

In an open letter, published online this week and in The Bookseller, Foyles chief executive Sam Husain has called for greater publisher support. The bookshop model is broken: it needs a rethink. Big publishers have not exactly rushed...

When on the 11th April the Department of Justice went public with its lawsuit against five US publishers over the adoption of the agency model, my hunch was that this day would be remembered as the moment publishing changed: became less convivial for sure, more professional in some ways and certainly much less fun.

Seven months on...

The book trade faces a nervous wait today amid speculation that VAT could be imposed on books in the 'emergency budget'. Before the General Election the Tories said they would not apply VAT to books, but some publisher sources said there was now a "40/60" chance of the tax being levied on books, as part of a raft of measures...