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The High Court has deemed the government’s ban on sending books to prisoners unlawful. Mr Justice Collins today (5th December) declared the ban unlawful saying he could see “no good reason” for the rule, “in the light of the importance of books for prisoners.” New measures were brought in in... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Viking and Little, Brown are both to publish books about the former leader of the Liberal Party Jeremy Thorpe, who died yesterday (4th December). Little, Brown will be first, releasing Jeremy Thorpe by Michael Bloch on 16th December, less than two weeks after Thorpe’s death. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Campaigners and prominent trade figures, including many high-profile authors, have expressed their delight with the High Court’s decision to rule the government's ban on sending books to prisoners unlawful. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Toni Morrison’s new novel God Help the Child will be published by Chatto & Windus in April next year. The book is described as “spare and unsparing” and is “about the way childhood trauma shapes and misshapes the life of the adult”. It follows a woman called Bride, “whose stunning... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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To listen to the Audio Book Club discussion of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves, click the arrow on the player below. Continue reading at 'Slate'
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At least 28 editors at the New Republic resigned today following a management shake-up at the century-old political magazine.The departures by staff editors and contributing editors were reported in a tweet by Ryan Lizza, a contributing editor, who also stepped down.The editors stepped down en... Continue reading at 'Advertising Age'
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Hodder imprint Yellow Kite has acquired a book about The Whole30 programme. Publisher Liz Gough bought UK and Commonwealth rights to The Whole30: The 30-day Food Programme to Transform Your Health and Your Life by Melissa Hartwig and Dallas Hartwig. Gough pre-empted rights in a six-figure deal... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Sugg's debut book, 'Girl Online,' now holds the record for the highest sales in its first week for a new writer in the UK. Continue reading at 'The Christian Science Monitor'
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A crowd of mourners gather as pallbearers carry in a black coffin and shroud it with a Canadian flag. Eulogies flow for James "Logan" Howlett, taken too soon. Continue reading at 'Stuff'
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"Geordie Shore" star Vicky Pattison, who released her autobiography earlier this year, is to write two novels. Manpreet Grewal, commissioning editor, acquired world rights to the books for Little, Brown Book Group imprint Sphere from David Riding at MBA. Pattison’s novels will focus on a... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Labour MP Helen Goodman [pictured] has been moved from her position as shadow culture minister after 14 months in the role, following a mini-reshuffle. Chris Bryant will now take on the role, while Goodman will take on the shadow welfare reform brief, which Bryant has vacated. The moves follow... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Squirl, a Houston-based start-up company, plans to roll out, this month, the beta version of a location-based app intended to provide a high-tech portal between imaginary landscapes and their real world inspirations. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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In 1996, the Association of American Publishers awarded Jones a lifetime achievement award for his work in the higher education publishing field. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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With the stock prices up at nine companies in the month, the Publishers Weekly Stock Index rose 6.5% in November. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Founded in 2011 by Jill and Ron Tomich, Denver-based Slicebooks is a digital publishing platform that gives publishers the ability to “slice” their titles into smaller chunks and sell them by chapter. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Gannett announced that it's shutting down its weekend magazine, USA Weekend, effective Dec. Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
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Last week Barnes & Noble severed its ties with Microsoft, taking another step toward becoming, in the words of CEO Mike Huseby, a “client- and content-focused” company. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Over 5,600 hotels, libraries, cafés and cruise lines are now sponsoring PressReader HotSpots in their locations, offering guests 3,500 newspapers and magazines. To find the nearest PressReader HotSpot, please visit pressreader.com ... Continue reading at 'Editor & Publisher'
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Book sales in the US jumped 23% week on week in the seven days ending 30th November as 15.8 million print books registered through Nielsen BookScan. It follows two consecutive weeks of volume growth above 5%. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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In S&S reorg, Perl rises and Hirschhorn leaves and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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