Chair at AITKEN ALEXANDER ASSOCIATES LTD
Some literary consultancies are charging thousands of pounds to advise would-be authors. There needs to be a code of practice. Read more
at CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Cambridge University Press replies to Bonus Book's accusation of "cowardice" for withdrawing the book Alms for Jihad. Read more
"After almost five hours of discussion, albeit punctuated by a decent lunch at L Read more
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A triumph for Random House, but with so few big names on the Booker longlist, does this signal a changing of the literary guard?... Read more
Editor at The Bookseller
Waterstone's should be pleased that people are protesting the closure of one of its shops. Read more
Deputy Editor And News Editor at The Bookseller
The star of Mike Leigh's "Naked" has written a debut novel set in the art world. Read more
The Guardian reports this morning that librarians are up there with hairdressers and speech therapists as the least stressed out workers in Britain. Can that... Read more
Forthcoming in the Canongate Myths series is a retelling of the happiest story from Ovid's Metamorphoses Read more
The death of publishers isn't going to happen immediately. But they need to get online now and improve their web presence. Read more
Publishers and agents are at loggerheads over rights in the new digital world. They must work together to survive Read more
The 'sale or return' system for backlist could soon be seen as a quaint 20th-century anachronism. Read more
A few delights await in tomorrow's issue - kicking off with an important story on how trade terms are changing. Read more
CEO/MD/Owner at Fat Face
WHS Travel is consistently outperforming its sister stores on the high street, what's its secret? Read more
Why red-top publishing doesn't work in Australia. Read more
The American's novel in verse Sharp Teeth is set among packs of werewolves that rove about the grimy Los Angeles underbelly. Read more