<p>Judy Piatkus</p><p>Whether you have had a great Christmas season or a tough one, come January there is nowhere to hide. Even when you have had... Read more
<p>It is a truth universally acknowledged that idle hacks in want of a kick-off for a couple of hundred words about Jane Austen will always... Read more
<p>Ebury held a comedy night in Soho last week to cheer up booksellers with the January blues--and to flag up some forthcoming titles in the... Read more
<p>Ebury held a comedy night in Soho last week to cheer up booksellers with the January blues--and to flag up some forthcoming titles in the... Read more
<p>HMV's case for the proposed acquisition of rival bookseller Ottakar's may be strengthened by the Competition Commission's consideration of the consequences of blocking the merger.</p><p>City... Read more
<p>Buckinghamshire County Council has asked residents to take financial responsibility for local libraries, after proposals to close eight branch libraries were met with protests.</p><p>In a... Read more
<p>Alison Bone</p><p>International games giant Games Workshop is launching a science fiction and fantasy imprint in spring 2007, through subsidiary BL Publishing.</p><p>The Solaris list will début... Read more
<p>Blackwell's new executive chairman Gerry Connolly has an "open mind" about the future direction of the academic chain.</p><p>He told The Bookseller there were "no plans... Read more
<p>W H Smith has claimed that it maintained margin on books at the expense of market share in the final two weeks before Christmas.</p><p>The chain's... Read more
<p>Alison Bone</p><p>Publishers have started to hammer out digital rights issues with authors and agents, as they look to exploit their backlists online.</p><p>The Publishers Association met... Read more
<p>Penguin has pledged to get 10,000 copies of Hilary Spurling's groundbreaking biography of modernist painter Matisse to wholesalers and booksellers by next Thursday (2nd February)... Read more
<p>A roller-coaster year ended positively internationally, with festive sales spreading much-needed cheer . . .</p><p>US</p><p>Gayle Feldman</p><p>It was not a bad Christmas for US independents and... Read more
<p>Richard Branson has persuaded press-shy supermodel Kate Moss to write her autobiography for Virgin Books. Branson is believed to have done the deal with... Read more
<p>Batch is planning to develop a website connecting independent publishers and retailers. Emma Barnes of Snowbooks announced plans to create virtual hub i-2-i last October,... Read more
<p>The Competition Commission has outlined a wide-ranging investigation into the proposed merger of HMV's Waterstone's with rival chain Ottakar's. The CC said that its inquiry... Read more