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France's Virgin Megastore goes into liquidation

The Paris Commercial Court today brought the final curtain down on the Virgin Megastore chain. As expected, the court ordered the group into...

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Granta staff go as Faber takes on sales

Granta sales and marketing director Brigid Macleod and sales manager Sharon Murphy are leaving the company, with Faber taking on the publisher'...

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Authors feature in Queen's Birthday Honours

Women's prize for fiction founder and novelist Kate Mosse and author Jackie Collins are among those to receive an OBE in the Queens Birthday...

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German market rise follows flat 2012

A marginal overall decline, rising e-book sales and online booksellers with double-digit increases. Anja Sieg takes a look at the facts of figures...

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SoA chief sparks e-book row

The Society of Authors has ignited a public row with publishers over e-book lending terms, after releasing a report saying some were underpaying...

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Walker pre-empts on Parsons crime

Century and Arrow publisher Selina Walker has bought three crime novels from author and journalist Tony Parsons. Walker bought UK and Commonwealth...

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Penguin channels audiobook growth

Penguin Children’s is planning to build on audiobook sales growth, as it launches a new series of Roald Dahl recordings narrated by actors...

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Audible deal for Swallows and Amazons

Arthur Ransome's classic Swallows and Amazons series of children's books, has been produced as an unabridged audiobook collection for the...

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Benedicte Page made deputy editor at The Bookseller

The Bookseller's news editor Benedicte Page has been promoted to become the publication's deputy editor. She will continue to lead the news...

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Commons to debate future of creative industries

Shadow culture secretary Harriet Harman has called a debate on the future of the arts and creative industries in the House of Commons. It will be...

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Boyd’s Bedtime Ballads

A volume of “bedtime” poetry selected by William Boyd will be the first in a new series of poetry collections for Candlestick Press....

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Fourth AIBA honour for Allen & Unwin

Australian publisher Allen & Unwin is marking its fourth consecutive year as publisher of the year, after winning the prize at the Australian...

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