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Elsevier has sought to set aside public criticism of its Open
Access (OA) and pricing policies and to restate its value for the academy,
emphasising how, as a profit-generating company, it has the means to invest
in innovation to serve researchers’ fast-changing needs.
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Pearson saw sales fall 4% in the first quarter of 2016, but
has maintained trading is "in line with expectations".
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Amazon has reported its most profitable quarter ever,
achieving $513m (£351m) up from $57m (£39m) the previous year.
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Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has announced Mark Nicholas as
the winner of the inaugural Carmelite Prize, its new award recognising
excellence in children’s book illustration.
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Orion Publishing Group has acquired a biography of
Prince by bestselling British music journalist Mick Wall.
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Author Jessie Burton has named a setting in her new novel The
Muse after Waterstones bookseller Leilah Skelton (pictured) as a thank you
for a “stellar” effort in hand-selling her début novel.
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The 11th book in Jeff Kinney’s Wimpy Kid series, which will go
on sale on 1st November, will be entitled Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down.
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Online writing community Wattpad is looking to monetise its
content by selling stories to other entertainment businesses through the
new Wattpad Studios division.
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Little, Brown has acquired three new novels by bestseller Mark
Billingham.
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Pavilion Books has appointed Ione Walder to the role of
commissioning editor.
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Janetta Otter-Barry, the founder of independent publisher
Otter-Barry Books, is hoping to publish new voices in children’s poetry
with her new list.
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The author Jenny Diski, who published a memoir about living
with inoperable lung cancer only last week, has died aged 68.
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