Pinch of Nom notches up a ninth week as Atkinson achieves a personal best

Kay Featherstone and Kate Allinson’s Pinch of Nom has returned to the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, racking up a ninth non-consecutive week in the top spot. Read more

Lambeth indie closure highlights fragility of UK high street

Independent bookshop Travelling Through has shut down, as Booksellers Association m.d. Meryl Halls says the closure has highlighted how "fragile our high streets are"... Read more

BookBeat launches in 24 countries in major European expansion

Audiobook streaming service BookBeat has launched in 24 new European markets, making the service available in 28 countries overall. Read more

Total UK publishing revenues down 2% in 2018; consumer book market stable

UK publishing industry revenues overall stood at £6.05bn in 2018, down 2% on the £6.15bn revenue of the previous year, according to the PA Publishing... Read more
Book Culture's future at risk, warns New York indie owner

The owner of New York's Book Culture bookshops says the business's four stores are in danger of closing unless they receive help from the city. ... Read more
Perks, Griffiths and Koomson make Dead Good Reader Awards shortlists

Heidi Perks, Dorothy Koomson and Elly Griffiths are among 28 writers to make the Dead Good Reader Awards shortlists, following a record number of nominations. ... Read more
Lee Child denounces PM hopeful as 'Boris Trump' as authors launch European tour

Lee Child has compared Boris Johnson to Donald Trump and weighed in on Brexit as he joins forces with Jojo Moyes, Kate Mosse and Ken... Read more
Puffin snaps up WriteNow mentee's picture book debut

Penguin Random House division Puffin has acquired a picture book about a day in the life of two gay dads and their adopted daughter, by WriteNow... Read more
Indie publisher launches imprint for BME voices

Indie publisher Hashtag Press is launching a new imprint to showcase exclusively BME voices. Read more

Opinion

Is YA Twitter as toxic as mainstream media suggests?

By Chelsey Pippin

Writer and librarian at Roedean School

Responding to the Guardian’s piece on “toxic” YA culture, Chelsey Pippin argues that the online YA community’s sensitivity and nuance is being underplayed. ... Read more
Stand and deliver

Philip Jones Editor at The Bookseller
A letter to booksellers during Independent Bookshop Week

Clare Mackintosh Author at Clare Mackintosh Ltd
Why publishers’ integrity matters more than ever

Helen Saunders Editorial officer at Open Library of Humanties
Agents of change: The year of campaigning differently

Miriam Robinson Conference Programmer at Marketing & Publicity Conference

Book Previews

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5 ways independent bookshops can win at social media

By Stewart Bain

Manager at The Old Library

The man who made Orkney Library’s Twitter feed a smash-hit shares the social media lessons he’s learned since moving to indie bookselling. Read more
Look to China if you want to disrupt the way we sell books

Stéphanie Michaux Digital publishing professional at Various
The book trade must stop focusing on disruption and start focusing on impact

Alf Rehn
My Virtual Literary Festival hopes to create a unique meeting space for authors and readers across the world

Molly Flatt Comment editor at The Bookseller
From legacy to ‘lean’ - how publishing innovates

Bec Evans Co-founder at Prolifiko

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The Official UK CHART

1.
Pinch of Nom

by Kay Featherstone & Kate Allinson
2.
Careless Love

by Peter Robinson
3.
In a House of Lies

by Ian Rankin
4.
Pinch of Nom Food Planner

by Kay Featherstone, Kate Allinson & Laura Davis
5.
Never Greener

by Ruth Jones
6.
A Cornish Summer

by Catherine Alliott
7.
The Fast 800 Recipe Book

by Bailey, Dr Clare & Pattison, Justine
8.
War of the Wolf

by Bernard Cornwell
9.
Normal People

by Sally Rooney
10.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz

by Heather Morris

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