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Agents of change: The year of campaigning differently

By Miriam Robinson

Conference Programmer at Marketing & Publicity Conference

Miriam Robinson, programmer for The Bookseller's Marketing & Publicity Conference 2019, shares what to expect from the day. Read more

Should publishers commission an autobiography from Mrs May?

By Alison Baverstock and Jackie Steinitz

Academics at Kingston University

Political memoirs are big business – and these academics think they’ve found an algorithm that will help their would-be publishers take smarter risks. Read more

The battle for B&N

By Philip Jones

Editor at The Bookseller

The fight to acquire US bookseller Barnes & Noble is a battle for the future of the book business, says Philip Jones. ... Read more

Why the Barnes & Noble sale may help US publishers buy better books

By Mark Gottlieb

Literary agent at Trident Media Group

Could a revived physical retail scene allow US publishers to make more decisions based on editorial instinct rather than numbers alone? ... Read more

Word on the Street

By Rosamund De La Hey

Owner and founder at The Mainstreet Trading Company

How can bricks and mortar stores claim a slice of the pie as audiobooks experience a boom but CDs lose out to digital downloads?... Read more

Finding the X Factor

By Natalie Jerome

Brand-publishing specialist at Various

The industry really needs to up its game if it wants to make a difference when it comes to diversity in the publishing landscape. ... Read more

Open for business

By Benedicte Page

Deputy editor at The Bookseller

The Open Access movement is accelerating, and with it, the challenges for academic publishers, who must think more creatively than ever about how their businesses... Read more

Jimmy six-hundred: Mr Daunt goes to New York

By Philip Jones

Editor at The Bookseller

In all of the current adulation for James Daunt, current chief executive of Waterstones and incoming chief executive of Barnes & Noble, it is worth... Read more

Why we must publish books we hate

By Andrew Crofts

Other at

In a world of divided polemic and political outrage, should the publishing industry continue to give a platform to voices they abhor? Read more

Women in publishing: what we love, and what we'd change

By Aki Schilz

Director at The Literary Consultancy

The Kim Scott Walwyn shortlist share their thoughts on the industry. Read more

It’s time for a new Scottish review of books – with a better attitude

By Claire Squires

Professor of Publishing Studies at University of Stirling

The furore over Creative Scotland’s withdrawal of funding for the Scottish Review of Books shows that tired old attitudes towards diversity live on.... Read more

Speaking out

By Alice Lloyd

Commissioning editor for audio and podcasts at Trapeze Books

Audio content from book publishers need not be limited to audio facsimiles of books, nor podcasts about books, as the market swells in its variety.... Read more

Subscription friction

By Philip Jones

Editor at The Bookseller

Philip Jones reflects on the ongoing dispute between Swedish audiobook retailer Storytel and the country’s biggest book publisher Bonnierförlagen. Read more

A place of safety

By Philip Jones

Editor at The Bookseller

Philip Jones believes Quarto needs to rediscover the vision that saw its kids' publishing business grow 170% in six years. Read more

Creative writing is an essential skill for our children, not a nice-to-have

By Ben Payne

Writer and producer at Various

As the first National Writing Day approaches, the co-founder of the Ministry of Stories explains how creative writing can transform children’s lives. Read more

By Miriam Robinson

By Alison Baverstock and Jackie Steinitz

By Philip Jones

By Mark Gottlieb

By Rosamund De La Hey

By Natalie Jerome

By Benedicte Page

By Philip Jones

By Andrew Crofts

By Aki Schilz

By Claire Squires

By Alice Lloyd

By Philip Jones

By Philip Jones

By Ben Payne

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In a House of Lies

by Ian Rankin

Pinch of Nom

by Kay Featherstone & Kate Allinson

Never Greener

by Ruth Jones

The Spy and the Traitor

by Ben MacIntyre

The President is Missing

by President Bill Clinton & James Patterson

Normal People

by Sally Rooney

The Tattooist of Auschwitz

by Heather Morris

Dark Sacred Night

by Michael Connelly

Something to Tell You

by Lucy Diamond

How to Be a Footballer

by Peter Crouch