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Menendez joins WHS as books director Former Tesco category director Lucy Menendez has been hired as the new business unit director of books at WH Smith.

Bertelsmann creates Printing Group Bertelsmann is creating Bertelsmann Printing Group, which will bring its offset and gravure printing activities into one organisation.

Lawrance to leave Piatkus Anne Lawrance will step down from her role as senior commissioning editor of Piatkus, an imprint of Little, Brown, in January 2016. Lawrance will leave the company in order to concentrate on the final year of her training towards becoming a qualified counsellor.

Accent Press to become Living Wage employer Accent Press founder Hazel Cushion has called on the industry to end “morally wrong” unpaid internships and improve diversity by signing up to pay the Living Wage to staff.

Editorial staff quit Elsevier journal en masse All six editors and all 31 editorial board members of research journal Lingua have resigned last week in protest over publisher Elsevier's high subscription rates and failure to embrace open access.

Penguin Books pays out over MoD libel Penguin Books has agreed to pay an undisclosed sum in compensation to the former director general of legal services at the Ministry of Defence, Martin Hemming, following libel proceedings brought against the publisher for allegations made in Shami Chakrabarti’s book Liberty.

"The Apprentice" shines spotlight on children's books Publishers and booksellers were put under the spotlight in last night’s episode of "The Apprentice", after candidates were asked to create a children’s book.

Publishers open submissions for Author Day Publishers Pan Macmillan, HarperCollins and literary agency Peters, Fraser & Dunlop will provide authors with face-to-face advice and feedback as part of The Bookseller’s inaugural Author Day.

The Chiswick Bookshop to open tomorrow A new independent called The Chiswick Bookshop is set to open its doors for the first time in London tomorrow (6th November), with American journalist and writer Judith Miller cutting the ribbon.

Faber to release Moby memoir next June Faber & Faber is to publish Moby’s “piercingly tender” memoir, Porcelain, in June 2016.

Kensal Rise library to host fundraiser with Melvyn Bragg The Friends of Kensal Rise Library will host a fundraising evening with Melvyn Bragg this Sunday, where he will discuss his newly published historical novel Now is the Time (Sceptre) to rasie money for the library.

'Banned' Judge Dredd satire to be reprinted for first time Previously unpublished episodes of the comic book series Judge Dredd from the late 1970s, part of the 2000 AD anthology, are going to be reprinted for the first time by Rebellion Publishing following a change in the law.