News: retail

Authors Guild 'met with DoJ officials'

The US Authors Guild has met with officials from the Department of Justice to seek a government investigation into allegations that Amazon is violating antitrust... Read more

Shriver condemns "dangerous" Amazon monopoly

Lionel Shriver has expressed her concern over the “dangerous” monopoly Amazon is developing after receiving the BBC Short Story Award last night. Speaking to... Read more

Sainsbury's music book exclusive

Sainsbury’s has secured a deal to sell the first Now That’s What I Call Music Book exclusively through its stores. The title is published by... Read more

Blackwell's returns to profit

Blackwell’s has reported an operating profit of £0.6m for the year to end June 2014, up from its operating loss of £2.8m the year... Read more

US indies 'agree new e-book terms with Amazon'

The Perseus Books Group and 400 other independent publishers have reportedly agreed new e-book terms with Amazon in the US.Publishers Weekly has reported... Read more

Blink signs Collabro title

Blink Publishing has signed a title from "Britain's Got Talent"-winning band Collabro, for publication in 2015. The band, made up of Michael Auger, Richard... Read more

Preston: Amazon 'disparaging' of author protests

Douglas Preston, founder of Authors United, has said Amazon appears to be meeting the group’s efforts with “disparagement and what seems to be an escalation... Read more

Sainsbury's to develop exclusive children's range

Sainsbury’s has partnered with Centum Books in a three-year deal to develop an exclusive range of children’s titles for the supermarket, aiming to bring out... Read more

Biteback buys Trierweiler's hit memoir

Biteback has signed UK and Commonwealth rights to the memoir of Valérie Trierweiler, the French bestseller recounting her tumultuous relationship with French president Francois Hollande.... Read more

Trade welcomes merger of Hachette children’s divisions

Early reactions to the news that Hachette is merging its three children’s businesses into one division have been positive, with many saying the move ... Read more

Transworld's Green to join Pan Mac

Transworld’s Kate Green will join Pan Macmillan later this year as senior publicity manager on the fiction communications team. Green, who is currently... Read more

'Showrooming' carried out by 43% of Brits

British consumers’ intent to buy e-books online has tripled since 2011, according to Nielsen’s Global Survey of e-commerce. The data company also found that... Read more