E-book market share down slightly in 2015

E-book share of the UK book market has decreased marginally in 2015. According to findings from Nielsen Book Research, Steve Bohme, UK research director, said that ebook share was up from one in five to one in three between 2012-2014, but down marginally to 29% in the first quarter of 2015. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Agents' key FBF 2015 titles: part one

As this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair draws nearer, agents reveal their key titles. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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HarperCollins signs three-book deal with Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo has signed a three book deal with HarperCollins and the first new title will be published later this month. Eagle in the Snow, released 8th October (h/b, £12.99), was inspired by the true story of Henry Tandey, the most decorated British soldier of the First World War and the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Icon acquires 'ground-breaking' book on masculinity

Icon Books has acquired Man Up: Surviving Modern Masculinity by journalist Jack Urwin, a book that explores the reason masculinity is “currently in crisis”. Tom Webber, commissioning editor at Icon Books, bought UK and Commonwealth rights from Juliet Pickering at Blake Friedmann to Man Up.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Apple iBooks Category Bestsellers, September 27, 2015

The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended September 27, 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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In Japan, a Gorgeous Library Leads to Garbage Books

When Tsutaya Bookstores partnered with the Takeo Library, the result was a stunning building that left only enough money to stock it with cast off books. The post In Japan, a Gorgeous Library Leads to Garbage Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Rabbi Jonathan Sacks Confronts Religious Violence with the Book of Genesis

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The Martian Proves Movies Are Now Better Than Their Books

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