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Amazon opens physical bookshop in Seattle Amazon will open a bricks and mortar bookshop in Seattle this morning selling books at the same price as its website Amazon.com.

JK Rowling is writing a new children's book JK Rowling has revealed she is writing another children's book which she "really loves".

Silberman wins £20k Samuel Johnson Prize Steve Silberman has been awarded the £20,000 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction for Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and How to Think Smarter About People Who Think Differently (Allen and Unwin).

Transworld signs 'major' high concept space debut at auction Transworld has signed a "major" debut novel described as ‘Gravity meets One Day’ by debut author and head of digital in film at Paramount Pictures UK, Katie Khan.

Half of a Yellow Sun judged Bailey's 'Best of the Best' Half of a Yellow Sun by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been named the Bailey's ‘Best of the Best’, chosen from the past decade's winners of the Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction.

McGeehon appointed T&H textbook publisher Thames & Hudson has appointed Priscilla McGeehon to manage the next phase of the expansion of its textbook business.

Third Alfie Deyes book set for March release Blink is to release a third book by vlogger Alfie Deyes, The Scrapbook of My Life, which will see Deyes discuss the beginning of his PointlessBlog YouTube channel and his childhood.

Forty authors back call for school system change Over 40 authors including Alan Gibbons, Cathy Cassidy and Michael Rosen have backed a protest against the current UK school system following the "deeply disturbing" findings of a poll which suggested more than half of teachers are thinking of quitting.

Orwell estate allows poetry to go on general sale All George Orwell’s poetry is available in a single volume for the first time in a book which was not originally permitted to be sold on the open market.

New short-form subscription service to launch next year German publisher Bastei Lübbe has revealed it is to launch an e-book subscription service targeting the mobile market called oolipo. The subscription service will first soft-launch in the UK, USA, Germany, Austria and Switzerland in April 2016 with the aim of launching in July 2016 in two languages – English and German. It will offer new, exclusive and series short stories and other short works only for a flat rate, aimed at the mobile and tablet reading market.

Morpurgo, Simon and Ross make 2016 Children’s Book shortlist Books by Michael Morpugo, Francesca Simon and Tony Ross have been shortlisted for this year's Children's Book Awards. The awards are divided into three categories: books for younger children, books for younger readers and books for older readers.

Luke Bitmead Bursary 2015 shortlist revealed Nine authors have been shortlisted for this year's Luke Bitmead Bursary, the prize for unpublished authors set up in memory of Legend Press’ first novelist who died aged 35.