Bonnier's Willocks and Poilbanc to join Welbeck

Bonnier Books UK’s Angie Willocks and Nico Poilblanc are following James Horobin to Welbeck as sales directors. Read more

Infropro Digital in £114.5m takeover bid for Haynes

Car manual publisher Haynes Publishing Group and its subsidiaries are set to be bought by B2B information firm Infopro Digital in a deal worth £114.5m. Read more

Piatkus Fiction pre-empts two books by debut author Eleanor Ray

Piatkus Fiction has pre-empted two books by debut author Eleanor Ray in a six-figure deal. Read more

Bertelsmann aims to be climate neutral by 2030

Bertelsmann is aiming to be climate neutral by 2030, taking its share of responsibility in the battle against climate change and global warming. Read more
Fane announces Salman Rushie tour

Salman Rushdie is touring the UK and Ireland to celebrate the paperback release of his 2019 Booker Prize-nominated novel Quichotte. Read more
Ant Middleton to publish debut thriller with Sphere

Sphere is publishing a debut thriller by Ant Middleton, TV star of "SAS: Who Dares Wins" and bestselling non-fiction author behind First Man In and... Read more
Rob Biddulph named LBF's Illustrator of the Fair

Author and illustrator Rob Biddulph has been announced as Illustrator of the London Book Fair (LBF). Read more
British Council announces Sharjah market focus programme at LBF

The British Council, in partnership with the Sharjah Book Authority, has announced the Sharjah Market Focus Cultural Programme for the London Book Fair 2020, featuring... Read more
New YA novel from Anne Fine for David Fickling

David Fickling Books is publishing a new "laugh-out-loud" YA novel from former Children’s Laureate Anne Fine OBE, called Shades of Scarlet. ... Read more

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Opinion

The invisible army: how e-books are saving authors

By Nicola May

Right now, I could walk into a roomful of readers, booksellers and authors, and I doubt if anyone in that crowd would know who I... Read more
The one and (not) only

Philip Jones Editor at The Bookseller
The discount trap

Richard Charkin Executive director at Bloomsbury Publishing
Swept away

Philip Jones Editor at The Bookseller
Mastering apprentices

Marcus Simmons Corporate partnerships manager at LDN Apprenticeship

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Book Previews

FutureBook

BookTech pitch-off | Super six start-ups make the cut

By Bec Evans

Co-founder at Prolifiko

Whittling down the entrants to a shortlist of five start-ups to pitch at FutureBook Live proved a tough task—so much so that an additional firm made the cut this year. Read more
Boom time?

Dominic White Head of Publishing and Commerce at W F HOWES LTD
What is the futurebook?

Molly Flatt Comment editor at The Bookseller
What the publishing world looks like from an outsider's perspective

Jasper H Joffe Publisher at
How big is the pre-order market?

Philip Jones Editor at The Bookseller