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Tuesday 9th February |
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Book Trade News
The Nook Headed To Barnes & Noble Stores Device is back in-stock online and B&N will be shipping Nooks to stores this week
Shop Sales Suffer 'Worst January For 15 Years' Sales fell by 0.7% On a like-for-like basis
Neil Gaiman 'Has Written Doctor Who Episode' Fantasy writer Neil Gaiman has said he is to write a forthcoming episode of Doctor Who
Opposition To Digital Economy Bill Grows Government's proposed 'three strikes' rule would damage business
British Library To Offer 19th Century First Editions For Free Download On Kindle The British Library is to make more than 65,000 rare first editions of 19th Century fiction available for the public to download for free from the spring
Animals Come To Rescue Of Biography Market The biography of Casper the commuting cat is just one of a spate of 'animalit' titles being snapped up
Art Owned By Michael Crichton Goes On Sale Artworks belonging to the late Jurassic Park author Michael Crichton are to be sold off, Christie's has announced
Waterstones Recommends Novel Full Of Expletives, Sex And Violence For Children As Young As Eight Sawbones, a thriller by the Scottish crime writer Stuart MacBride, was chosen by the retailer in a children's catalogue as suitable for 'reluctant, struggling or dyslexic readers aged 8+'
The Book People Agrees £15m Asset-backed Loan Deal Direct bookseller The Book People has secured a £15m asset-based loan facility from specialist lender Burdale to support current and future working capital requirements
Macmillan Buttons On The Way Back mazon has begun to restore the option to all of the publisher's books
Sci-fi And Fantasy Authors Wade Into Amazon Spat Blasters and enchanted swords at the ready
Authors Guild Launches Amazon Buy Button-tracking Program WhoMovedMyBuyButton.com
Random House To Publish Final Gormenghast Book Titus Awakes, written by Mervyn Peake's widow based on notes left by the author to complete the sequence, set for publication in 2011
Bowker Acquires BML Bowker expands its global research presence with addition of UK's leading provider of book business intelligence
Tony Blair 'Should Read More Dostoevsky' More Dostoevsky please! Rowan Williams says ex-PM needs more soul-searching after evidence to Iraq war inquiry
Oddest Book Title Prize Draws Record Number Of Submissions Shortlist announced February 19, followed by a public vote to determine the winner
New Walter Scott Prize To Honour Historical Novels Inaugural £25,000 award to be presented in June at Borders book festival
Sami Rohr Prize Winners They've named the winners of the 2010 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature. Yes, winners
Rich Literary Prize Dumped The West Australian Government has scrapped a book prize which was once the richest in Australia
Novel Split For Literary Couple Caroline Michel and husband Lord (Matthew) Evans are living apart
Macmillan NYT Ad: 'Available At Booksellers Everywhere Except Amazon' Macmillan takes more aggressive stance in the ongoing debate with Amazon
Sargent Says Deal Is Closer; Macmillan Royalty Rate To Rise Macmillan CEO said he hoped it would be back to business as usual soon
Justice Department Says It Still Has Problems With Revised Google Settlement Revised agreement still raises class certification, copyright and antitrust issues
Best-Selling Chick-Lit Author Killed Herself After Marriage Break-Up Best-selling chick-lit author Susan Morgan killed herself in a hotel room after her husband walked out on her, it has been revealed
Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' To Be Republished In Germany Adolf Hitler's autobiography "Mein Kampf" is to be republished in Germany in 2015 for the first time since being banned under the country's constitution at the end of the Second World War |
