Atlantic Books has bought the rights to a book by ex-chancellor of the exchequer Alistair Darling, which it claims will "put the reader inside the room during the most seismic economic crisis of modern times".

The book has the provisional title Back From the Brink and will be published in September next year. The title...

A reward of 500,000 Kroner (£50,000) has been offered for crucial information on the shooting of Norwegian publisher William Nygaard. Nygaard was shot and seriously wounded outside his home in Oslo in October 1993. The case has recently been reopened and the Norwegian Publishers
Association and publisher H Aschehoug & Co have...

Waterstone's is to promote 12 debut authors with the launch of Orange New Writers in a new partnership with Orange. The initiative, which will launch in March next year, will take the shape of 'Book of the Month' promotions offering debut authors the chance to receive month long retail exposure in all 316 Waterstone's stores....

W H Smith chief executive Kate Swann saw a dip in her annual earnings of almost £100,000 for the year ended 31st August 2010.

During the last year Swann's overall salary was £1.3m including both her standard salary and annual performance bonus. This was a drop from £1.4m the previous year. Her annual performance...