Deputy Editor And News Editor at The Bookseller
This romantic comedy, due out for Valentine's Day, leaves our previewer cold. Read more
at Eye & Lightning Books
Will the publishing business go the same way as music and DVDs, with customers succumbing to the convenience of downloads? Read more
Libraries need more books, but they are unlikely to get them while ministers continue to quote wrong information. Read more
Agenting has long left behind its amateur reputation, Michel's move is a sign that it has entered the big league. Read more
Another UK publisher has fallen foul of the UK libel system that allows the rich and powerful to stifle investigation. Read more
Editor at The Bookseller
The former managers of Waterstone's Wood Green plan to open an independent bookshop in the same area. Read more
Associate Publisher at
Google, LibraryThing and Amazon have had greater success at building online tools for books than publishers: do techies understand books better than book people?... Read more
"There seems to be an assumption that if you have taken a long time to decide, you must have had a row."... Read more
If the statistics are to be believed, chain bookshops are losing out to supermarkets and switched-on independents. Read more
With 10% of Britons aspiring to write, unpublished writers need publishers and agents more than ever. Read more
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Publishing is probably Britain's most successful creative industry, but you wouldn't know it from some coverage of the Booker. Read more
On the eve of the announcement of the Man Booker Prize shortlist, literary blogger Dovegrereader gives her verdict. Read more
A novel due out in January will explore the true story of the Sarajevo Haggadah, a 15th-century manuscript with an eventful history. Read more
Bookshop owner/manager/bookseller at
Country Bookshop is aiming to take its book community online with the launch of a social networking site Booksconnect. Read more
The bidding war for Victoria Beckham's tome was a turning point for China's book fair - and small publishers should join the fun.... Read more