News: retail

Purcell named winner of £10k Thumping Good Read award

Laura Purcell has won the £10,000 Thumping Good Read Award for her "chilling" novel The Silent Companions (Raven Books). Read more

CUP bookshop 'transformed' with touch screens

The Cambridge University Press bookshop has been "transformed" with touch screens placing its catalogue of books and teaching materials “at people’s fingertips”. Read more

Watkins gives indies early release date for foraging title

Watkins Media is launching a campaign for independent bookshops for its upcoming title Foraging With Kids by Adele Nozedar. Read more

The Works plans £100m float

Discount retailer The Works is reportedly planning to enter the stock market with a £100m listing giving its private equity owners and management a £36.7m... Read more

Ng to replace O’Reilly at Village Books, Dulwich

Lyndsey Ng, formerly senior publicity manager at Hodder & Stoughton, has been appointed to replace Sheila O’Reilly as events and media manager at Village Books,... Read more

HC rushes-out celebration of England's 'Young Lions' as World Cup boosts sales

HarperCollins is the first publisher to rush out a book celebrating England’s “Young Lions”, announced hours after the team crashed out of the Fifa World... Read more

Waterstones employee signs deal for 'sizzling' debut

Simon & Schuster UK has signed a two-book deal for a "sizzling" debut police procedural by Waterstones Sheffield event manager Russ Thomas. Read more

Richard and Judy Book Club creator slams W H Smith deal

TV producer Amanda Ross has criticised Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan for shifting their book club to W H Smith after their recommendation show ended... Read more

BA urges MEPs to support controversial copyright law

Tim Godfray, executive chairman of the Booksellers Association, has written to all UK MEPs asking them to support publishers in their fight against copyright infringement.... Read more

Dubery leaves Bertrams amid management restructure

Bertrams’ new owner Aurelius has installed a new management team four months after buying the wholesaler. Read more

B&N fires c.e.o. after company policy 'violations'

Barnes & Noble has abruptly fired another c.e.o. Read more

Hearst partners with W H Smith on Big Book awards

Magazine publisher Hearst UK has secured a retail partnership with W H Smith for its Big Book awards and accreditation initative. Read more

IBW 'raised the bar' but publishers 'could do more'

Independent Bookshop Week (IBW) “went up a gear” in 2018, according to Rosamund de la Hey, owner of St Boswell’s bookshop The Mainstreet Trading Company,... Read more