Jessica Andrews wins £10k Portico Prize for début Saltwater

Jessica Andrews has won the £10,000 Portico Prize for Literature for her début novel Saltwater (Sceptre). Read more

Backlist boost drove 2019 print market

Print backlist sales rose to an all-time high of £1.061bn in 2019, up 4.1% on the 2018's previous record... Read more

Trade behind UK and London on diversity, PA survey finds

The Publishers Association has released the findings from 2019’s UK Publishing Industry Diversity & Inclusion Survey. Read more

Cape clinches two Maggie Nelson books in 'major deal'

Jonathan Cape has bought two non-fiction books by The Argonauts author Maggie Nelson as part of "a major deal".... Read more
Pearson, Cengage and McGraw-Hill targeted with class action lawsuit

A group of US independent college bookstores has filed a class action antitrust lawsuit in a Delaware federal court against textbook publishers Pearson, McGraw-Hill and Cengage,... Read more
Netflix options Hanna Jameson's dystopian thriller

Netflix has optioned frights to or Hanna Jameson's dystopian thriller called The Last. Read more
Fairweather touted as bookies' favourite to win Costa Book of the Year

The Volunteer by former war reporter Jack Fairweather is the bookies' favourite to win the upcoming Costa Book of the Year award at odds of 2/1 with William Hill. ... Read more
Morpurgo blasts child literacy levels as authors honoured at Nielsen Bestseller Awards

Jojo Moyes, Adam Kay, Margaret Atwood and Heather Morris were among the eight authors whose books won Platinum awards last night (Thursday 23rd January), at Nielsen’s annual Bestseller... Read more
Bonnier Books UK to host portfolio review day in support of emerging illustrators

Bonnier Books UK children’s imprints Templar, Big Picture Press, Hot Key Books and Piccadilly Press are hosting an open professional portfolio review day for emerging illustrators... Read more

Opinion

Margin call

By Philip Jones

Editor at The Bookseller

Seven years ago, The Bookseller published an open letter from Sam Husain, then chief executive of Foyles, exhorting publishers to support bookshops with better terms.... Read more
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Boom time?

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