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'Dismayed' trade reacts to Donald Trump's election The book trade has reacted with “dismay”, “horror” and “frustration” to this morning’s shock news that Republican candidate Donald Trump has beaten Democrat Hillary Clinton to take the White House as US president elect.

Midnight hour for Walliams with his best chart week ever David Walliams has put the brakes on The Girl on the Train’s 12-week run at the top of the chart, with The Midnight Gang (HarperCollins Children's) striking the Official UK Top 50 number one spot with a resounding chime, according to Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market.

Bloomsbury restructures sales department following Ward's departure Bloomsbury has divided its sales department into consumer and non-consumer responsibilities following the departure of group UK sales director David Ward.

Ione Walder hired as MJ's new cookery editor Michael Joseph has appointed Ione Walder, commissioning editor at Pavilion, to be its new cookery commissioning editor.

Goldsmiths Prize launches app Goldsmiths Press has released an app for The Goldsmiths Prize ahead of the latest winner, due to be announced today (9th November).

PPC launches junior book publicists’ mentoring scheme The Publishers' Publicity Circle (PPC) is launching its first mentorship scheme for junior publicists at the beginning of 2017.

Rachel Conway made director at Georgina Capel Associates Literary agent Rachel Conway has been made a director at Georgina Capel Associates Ltd.

Fan-based digital marketing campaign for Joe Wicks Pan Macmillan's non-fiction imprint Bluebird is launching a new fan-based digital marketing campaign for the third book in Joe "The Body Coach" Wicks’ Lean in 15 trilogy.

Emma Press buys Latvian titles in translation push Independent publisher The Emma Press has acquired English-language rights to two Latvian titles thanks to a grant from Latvia’s Ministry of Culture.

Blackwell's helps charity fund textbooks for lower-income students Exeter-based charity Reading List Foundation, in conjunction with Blackwell's, has reached the "major milestone" of providing scholarships to 16 students from lower-income households across England.