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Former Reed Elsevier chief gets £2.2m sign-off

Fri, 03/19/2010 - 22:28
Former Reed Elsevier chief executive Ian...

Nosy Crow signs up Axel Scheffler for toddler series

Fri, 03/19/2010 - 13:55
Children's publisher Nosy Crow has made three...

Holland turns to non-fiction in Bantam buy

Fri, 03/19/2010 - 13:17
Bantam Press has signed a six-figure deal for...

Penguin to re-issue The Prisoner novel

Fri, 03/19/2010 - 11:01
Penguin is to re-issue the 1968 novelisation...

Almond at the double, as authors line up for Astrid Lindgren

Fri, 03/19/2010 - 10:34
Children's writer David Almond has been...

Spring job cuts 'tweaks' not 'second wave'

Fri, 03/19/2010 - 10:04
A second round of redundancies has hit the...

Bargains a hit in high street squeeze

Fri, 03/19/2010 - 09:40
Chain bookshops and book clubs were the...

Affordability key driver for US e-book sales

Fri, 03/19/2010 - 09:07
US e-book consumers cite free content, low...

Publishers use The View from Here to find writers

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 15:36
Bloomsbury is the latest publisher to join...

Inpress signs up seven publishers

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 15:34
Inpress has signed up seven new trade...

Amazon launches Kindle for Mac

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 15:24
Amazon has launched its Kindle for Mac...

Solomons attempts to break world record for publicity

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 15:23
Sceptre author Natasha Solomons is attempting...

Paper book tokens to run dry this May

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 15:03
National Book Tokens has confirmed it plans...

Amazon threatens publishers over e-book pricing

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 10:14
Amazon.com is threatening to remove books...

British Bookshops bullish after buyout

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 09:47
British Bookshops has entered a phase of...

Publishing staff negotiate pay rises

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 09:46
Pay rises in this year's round of publisher...

Novelty books face unexpected VAT threat

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 09:44
A new ruling by the EU could spell the end of...

Borders' board approves retention bonuses for top brass

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 09:23
Executives at the Borders Group are to...

Trade raises concerns over licensing in digital bill

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 09:22
Writers and agents have raised concerns over...

APS keen to build on 'tangible' results from conference

Thu, 03/18/2010 - 08:41
The challenge for Scott Coning, the incoming...