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US publishers bullish after strong kids growth The spectres of Brexit and Trump faded as a bullish mood prevailed at the Nielsen Children’s Summit in New York, with the kids' sector boosted by sales of Harry Potter and Pokemon Go titles.

Gillon Aitken dies Literary agent Gillon Aitken of Aitken Alexander Associates has died.

Publisher protests as Amazon Japan cuts back its KU offering After underestimating the ferocity of Japan's manga fans, Amazon has made major adjustments to the contents of its Kindle Unlimited offer in the country, while dropping some publishers from the service altogether.

Bob Dylan breaks silence over Nobel Prize win Bob Dylan has broken his silence over winning the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature, saying he will attend the ceremony “if possible”.

Spotify and Pearson to speak at FutureBook Conference Will Page, director of economics at Spotify, Steve Ackerman, managing director of Somethin’ Else, Ian Small, c.e.o. of AudioBooks.com, and Tom Hall, vice president Learning Platforms, Schools and English at Pearson, are the latest speakers added to the line-up of FutureBook, The Bookseller’s digital publishing conference.

Juno Dawson and Alex T Smith team up for YA story Author Juno Dawson and illustrator Alex T Smith have teamed up to create a YA novel, which will be published by Barrington Stoke in October next year.

Stephen King pens picture book Horror master Stephen King has written a picture book, first mentioned in one of his adult series, under a pseydonym.

Historian's Mud Pie list has Buddhist flavour Tony Morris, former publisher of the history list at Oxford University Press, is launching Mud Pie Books, a boutique publisher that will showcase writing about Buddhism.

Tales on Moon Lane puts focus on indie authors Kids’ bookshop Tales on Moon Lane will next year launch a week of events devoted to independently published authors—including a new book prize.

'Profoundly moving' story of neuroscientist's brain disorder to Transworld Transworld is to publish the "extraordinary" story of neuroscientist Dr Barbara Lipska’s own brain "going awry".

Small Publishers Fair adds avant-garde arm Sixty-five small publishers from across the globe are to gather at London’s Conway Hall to celebrate books by artists, poets, writers and designers.

Dan Mooney wins final Luke Bitmead Writer's Bursary Unpublished author Dan Mooney has won the final Luke Bitmead Writer’s Bursary.