News: retail

High five for The Thursday Murder Club at the top of the charts

Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club (Penguin) has scored a fifth week as the UK Official Top 50 number one, selling 29,953 copies. ... Read more

Ex-Review manager Wengraf raises £10k for new Glasgow shop

Former Review Bookshop manager Katia Wengraf has raised more than £10,000 online to help fund her new independent store, Mount Florida Books, in a former... Read more

Bookstat chart: Jewell takes the crown

Lisa Jewell’s The Family Upstairs (Cornerstone) headed up to the top of the Bookstat e-book top 10 for the week ending 12th June.... Read more

BA launches community bookshop group

The Booksellers Association (BA) is launching a group to support and provide services for community bookshops which are part of its membership. Read more

Graphic novels and children's non-fiction grow in potential 'consumption frenzy'

Computing books, graphic novels, children's non-fiction, true stories and the royals are all key areas to watch out for in 2021 with a potential “consumption... Read more

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