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Global ranking: Record haul for publishing’s top 50 The industry's biggest companies have shrugged off a period relative stagnation and have began to grow dramatically. That is one of the overriding trends of the Global Ranking of the Publishing Industry, the annual Livres Hebdo/Bookseller list of the industry’s biggest players.

Modern Girl's Guides spoof titles from Mills & Boon Romance publisher and HarperCollins imprint Mills & Boon is to launch a "fun and feminist" series of humour books which "celebrate the sisterhood from A to Z".

John Banville's 'Dublin memoir' coming this autumn Hachette Books Ireland is publishing Man Booker Prize-winning novelist John Banville's "Dublin memoir", Time Pieces, this autumn.

Weekly E-Ranking: Trading places as Hawkins and Archer return There is a change at the top of the Weekly E-book Ranking…but hardly a dramatic one: Paula Hawkins reclaimed the number one spot from fellow Penguin Random House author Jojo Moyes.

Caroline Sheldon celebrates her 30th A quarter of Caroline Sheldon's clients at The Caroline Sheldon Literary Agency have been with her ever since she set the agency up, it was revealed last night at a party at The Art Workers' Guild in Queen Square, London, to celebrate the agency's 30th birthday.

Head of Zeus hires booksellers to lead new sales team Head of Zeus has established its own sales team to sell and market its books to independent and high street booksellers across the UK from the beginning of September.

PRH voted fifth best place to work in UK media Penguin Random House has been voted one of the top five media companies to work for in the UK, according to anonymous employee rating site Glassdoor, ahead of the BBC and Sky, and the only book publisher to make the top 10.

Sam Copeland appointed director at RCW Literary agent Sam Copeland has been made a director at Rogers, Coleridge and White, effective immediately.

Little, Brown reveals cover for Fantastic Beasts screenplay Little, Brown Book Group has revealed the cover for JK Rowling's screenwriting debut, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

PRH leads action at bustling Beijing Penguin Random House China revealed a host of new initiatives and acquisitions during the Beijing International Book Fair, including the launch of a new literary imprint and a partnership with Chongqing University Press.

Karen Ball launches IP consultancy Karen Ball, former publisher at Little, Brown Young Readers, is launching a new consultancy to help content generators develop intellectual property.

Piatkus wins Nordic guide to living longer in four-way auction Piatkus is publishing a pocket guide to living longer, introducing the Nordic concept of "sudhet" (soundness) following a four-way auction.