Trade News with The Bookseller - Race to Christmas Number One title wide open

Race to Christmas number one title wide open The race for the Christmas number one title is wide open this year, with no outstanding contender for the top spot. Seven national retailers, along with prominent indies, have told The Bookseller their predicted top five titles for Christmas across all genres, with many maintaining it is still all to play for as there is “no Sir Alex Ferguson– type title” this year. Ferguson’s My Autobiography (Hodder) was last year’s Christmas number one.  More

Aaronovitch novel chosen for Cityread London 2015 campaign Ben Aaronovitch’s novel Rivers of London (Gollancz) has been chosen as the focus of Cityread London’s 2015 campaign. The title will be at the centre of a celebration of reading in the capital, starting on 30th March and running throughout April, which aims to engage Londoners with reading for pleasure, focused around the shared reading experience of a single book. Andy Ryan, director of Cityread London, said Rivers of London is “the perfect Cityread title” because of the “magical but very real modern-day capital” portrayed in the book.

Liz Sich to retire at the end of 2014 Four Colman Getty’s managing director Liz Sich will retire at the end of 2014 after 18 years at the company.  She will continue her association with the agency on a consultancy basis.

Bonnier Publishing acquires Igloo Books Bonnier Publishing has acquired Igloo Books, saying the acquisition makes the publisher a "dominant force" in children's mass market publishing.