Morning Briefing with The Bookseller

2015 market growth underpinned by colouring, courgettes and YouTubers Three trends have driven print renaissance, but there have been more than a few surging categories and micro-trends underpinning 2015's market success.

Waterstones Tottenham Court Road store opens with cinema The largest Waterstones branch to be opened in London in a decade has started trading, and features a bar, cinema and mezzanine level.

Universities boycott Pearson over e-book price hikes Pearson has defended itself after an article in the Telegraph reported that a number of top universities, including Imperial College London, were "purging" Pearson materials from their courses, after the publisher raised the price of its digital content for academic libraries.

Foreman to lead Man Booker 2016 judges Biographer and historian Amanda Foreman is to chair the 2016 Man Booker Prize jury, and will be backed by a critic, a novelist, a poet and an actor.

Diversity drive on track in children's, but call for more BAME authors Authors, agents and publishers have praised the increase in the number of books with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) and mental health themes in 2015, but added that more needs to be done in terms of publishing BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) authors and books that feature characters with disabilities.

Potter downloads give J K Rowling audio supremacy The first-ever release of the Harry Potter series as audio downloads through Audible has seen J K Rowling dominate the e-tailer’s charts for the month of November, with all seven books featuring the boy wizard charting in the top 12.

Dorfman publishes short story after 50-year wait Chilean-American playwright and novelist Ariel Dorfman has published a short story he first began on his wedding day 50 years ago in the Index on Censorship magazine.

India’s Flipkart transfers e-library to Kobo Flipkart, one of India’s largest e-commerce marketplaces, is transferring its e-library to Kobo following the closure of its e-book business.

eOne signs licensees for The BFG film Entertainment One Licensing (eOne) has signed a slate of new licensing partners for next year’s The BFG film, including manufacturers of clothes, board games and confectionery.

Loraine Evans to programme Cheltenham children’s festival The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival has appointed Loraine Evans as its new children and young people’s programme manager.