News: retail

Crime writer Abdullah to donate pre-order profits to Trussell Trust

Crime writer Kia Abdullah has teamed up with an indie bookshop to donate profits from all pre-orders placed through her website to food bank charity... Read more

E L James' Freed shackles the top spot

E L James' Freed (Arrow), the final instalment in the blockbuster Fifty Shades series, has made its debut in the UK Official Top 50 number... Read more

Sissay, Dent and Donaldson feature at Independent Bookshop Week

Authors including Lemn Sissay, Grace Dent and Julia Donaldson will feature in a line-up of virtual and in-person events as part of Independent Bookshop Week... Read more

Trade campaign warns of 'potentially devastating' change to UK copyright laws

An alliance of organisations including the Publishers Association and Society of Authors has launched a new campaign warning of a “potentially devastating” change to the... Read more

Amazon could be made to pay more tax after G7 deal

Amazon could be made to pay more tax after the G7 group of advanced economies reached a “historic” deal to make multinational companies pay more tax in... Read more

'Huge relief' as PRH and Waterstones resolve dispute

Agents say they are relieved after Penguin Random House and Waterstones returned to “business as usual” following a dispute that saw the bookseller limit the visibility... Read more

Jones cookbook One hits the top in Bookshop May chart

One: Pot, Pan, Planet by Anna Jones (Fourth Estate) has topped Bookshop.org's Indie Champions list for May, its monthly chart of books generating the most money... Read more

Brookmyre embarks on whirlwind Scottish tour to support reopened bookshops

Author Chris Brookmyre has embarked on his own informal book tour to promote latest novel The Cut (Little, Brown) and to support reopened Scottish bookshops.... Read more

Amazon Charts: Thursday Murder Club boomerangs back to the top

Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club (Penguin) has returned to the Amazon Charts' Most-Sold: Fiction top spot, as its paperback debuts in the Official UK Top... Read more

W H Smith partners with MCB to gift copies of Rashford's book

W H Smith is partnering with Macmillan Children's Books to give away a copy of Marcus Rashford’s book, You are a Champion: How to Be The Best You... Read more

Burley Fisher launches weekend festival to mark birthday

Hackney independent bookshop Burley Fisher is to host a weekend festival in October, partnering with indie presses to mark its belated fifth birthday. Read more

The Works sees 19% sales decline despite online surge

Retail chain The Works saw a 19% decline in total sales year on year for the 53 weeks to 2nd May 2021 despite online revenues rocketing... Read more

Indie bookshops face 'danger' from third-party sites, Daunt warns

Independent booksellers face “danger” by allowing third-party sites to “sever the connection” between them and their customers, Waterstones m.d. James Daunt has warned. ... Read more

Rankin's A Song for the Dark Times hits the high note in top spot

Ian Rankin's A Song for the Dark Times (Orion) has clearly struck a chord with the book-buying public, reaching a crescendo in its first full... Read more

Bookshop.org urges industry to back indies with links in Independent Bookshop Week

Online indie retailer Bookshop.org is calling for publishers and authors to link to independent bookshops and its own site for the duration of Independent Bookshop Week... Read more