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Editor's Letter

These crown jewels

Editor's LetterMay 5, 2023by Philip Jones

Bookselling is not an amateur profession, and neither should it be treated as such.

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Philip Jones

Editor

The Bookseller

Philip is editor of The Bookseller, a position he took up in August 2012. Before that he was deputy editor, having first joined the magazine in 1996. He was its web editor for 10 years, having helped launch thebookseller.com in 1998. He is a regular commentator on book trade matters on radio, TV and in the broadsheet newspapers.