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Thursday 2nd September |
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Book Trade News
Author Leo Wins Book Deal Aged 6 Boy aged SIX has landed a multi-book publishing deal after writing a mini-novel about his pet dog
Wolters Kluwer CEO Says `Explosive' China Lawyer Growth Will Fuel Sales Wolters Kluwer NV, Europe's largest tax and legal publisher, said "explosive" growth in China's legal profession will drive sales increases of more than 10 percent a year in the country
Burkle Defends Nominees, Charges B&N With Distortions In the back-and-forth between Ron Burkle and Barnes & Noble for shareholder votes it was Burkle's turn to defend his slate of board nominees
Digital Royalties: Random House Sets 40% Bar For Some Titles Random House has been in discussions with the major agencies for months about a new digital royalty structure
HMV Under Fire From Investors Over Waterstone Performance Bookseller's poor performance has intensified speculation that parent group HMV might sell the business
What Next For The Local Library? A decent cup of coffee . . . and other ways to lure people back into libraries
Music And Fashion Is The Perfect Fit For HMV Entertainment retailer HMV is diversifying into fashionwear
Authors Join Forces To Defend Public Lending Right Nearly 3,000 authors are calling on the culture secretary, Jeremy Hunt, not to cut back on the money they receive when their books are loaned from a library, a "significant" part of income for many struggling writers
Internet Wiping Out Printed Oxford Dictionary Waning demand for printed versions means that the authoritative guide to the English language may only live online in the future
Man Booker Prize Launches First-time App Leading up to the Sept. 7 shortlist announcement, the Man Booker Prize has released its own app
Guardian First Book Award Longlist Ten titles contend for £10,000 award, with subjects covered including everything from the itinerant experience of the Somali community to Churchill's 'black dog'
HarperCollins Are 'A Bunch Of Chancers' Top Gear boss lambasts Stig book plans
New Thriller Sells More E-books Than Hardcovers Laura Lippman's thriller, "I'd Know You Anywhere," went on sale Aug. 17, and in its first five days sold 4,739 e-books and 4,000 physical hardcovers
PW to Review Self-Pubbers Self-published authors have been unable to gain respectful attention in the marketplace, get noticed by Big Publishing and catapulted into fame and fortune and distribution in bookstores
Authors Prepare For Battle In World Fantasy Awards China Miéville's The City and the City and James Enge's Blood of Ambrose among those shortlisted for best novel prize
Publishing Revenue Down At Lagardere Total revenue in publishing group fell 3.4% in the first six months of 2010, to 975 million euros
Penguin Negotiating Ebook Rights With The Wylie Agency Penguin Group has had conversations with Andrew Wylie regarding the books in the Odyssey Editions program and those conversations are ongoing.'
Haynes: Turnover Down (slightly) Profits Up (marginally) Niche publisher with a strong balance sheet and steady earnings
London Libraries Change Programme To Appoint More Consultants Again The London Libraries Change Programme which now enters its third year of changing nothing yet is about to appoint the fourth set of outside consultants to think what it should do next
WH Smith Shares Climb After Upbeat Analyst Comments Could benefit from demerging its travel business from the high street outlets
Bloomsbury Interim Results 'Improved operational performance'
Barnes & Noble Looks For Shareholder Support After Ron Burkle began looking for shareholders' votes in his fight with Barnes & Noble yesterday, it was the retailer's turn
Jimmy Page's First Book To Cost £445 Former Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page is set to release his first book at the price of £445
Facebook Tries To Claim Ownership Of The Word 'Book' Facebook Lawsuit Throws the -book at Social Networking Site for Teachers
Random House's Backlist E-book Deal With Andrew Wylie Leaves Much Unanswered Deal brokered through two hourlong meetings between Dohle and Wylie |