A Look at a Year of Bestsellers

No one would have been able to predict at the start of 2012 that a BDSM erotic romantic trilogy—Fifty Shades—would set new records for book sales and change/spice up what women worldwide would admit to be reading, many for the first time. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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Fifty Shades becomes bestselling British novel for adults

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'Fifty Shades' sex trilogy dominates bestsellers, report says

Booksellers, get out your handcuffs: Roughly one in five physical books sold in the U.S. over most of the spring were the ¿Fifty Shades¿ sex trilogy. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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Cambridge University Press ends printing after 400 years

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Mail commercial chief John Teal to leave after 25 years

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Engage wins sports book of the year

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WHS sees sales drop but 'confident' for next year

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Six-year Google Books spat ends

Google has struck a deal to digitise French books, ending a six-year legal battle. Continue reading at BBC World

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Printed book sales slump to nine-year low

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Hearst Magazines offloads Coast and Psychologies after seven years

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Stephen Colbert's children's book tops the bestseller list

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Pearson Sales Rise But Sees Lower Half-Year Profit

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