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A year in review: Huge surge completes Pan Mac push into fourth With eye-popping growth of 26.8% in 2016, Pan Macmillan usurped the Indie Alliance and staked its claim as a ‘Big Four’ publisher.

A year in review: E-book sales fall for all but one of the UK’s biggest publishers It was another year of digital contraction for the UK’s biggest publishers, who experienced a second consecutive year of declining e-book volumes in 2016.

Audible and Apple end exclusivity agreement after EC probe Audible and Apple have agreed to end their exclusivity agreement for audiobooks following a European Commission (EC) probe.

Jones departs S&S triggering department restructure Toby Jones has left his role as Simon & Schuster’s group marketing and publicity director after 18 months.

Author sued for making children's books from classic novels A Swedish writer is being sued for infringing copyright after making children’s versions of novels such as Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany’s.

O’Reilly defects to former Dulwich rival Village Books Sheila O’Reilly is to join Village Books in Dulwich, south London, as its events manager, just months after departing its local rival, fellow indie Dulwich Books.

Ruth Davidson to write book on powerful women for H&S Hodder & Stoughton has commissioned Scottish Conservative Party leader Ruth Davidson to write a book about the life lessons learned by the world’s most powerful women.

Damian Horner to leave Hachette Damian Horner is leaving his position as brand development director at Hachette UK to join Real Vision, a video-on-demand platform for finance, as their global chief creative officer.

IOP's Hall joins Bloomsbury board as Stephen Page departs Steven Hall, m.d. of science publisher IOP Publishing, is to join the Bloomsbury board as a non-executive director, replacing Faber m.d. Stephen Page, who stands down after three years.

Jeff Brazier's grief survival guide to Hodder Hodder has acquired a practical guide to grief by life coach and TV personality Jeff Brazier.

Nick Hornby receives Honorary Doctorate from Kingston University Author Nick Hornby has received an Honorary Doctorate from Kingston University in recognition of his contribution to "literature and reading pleasure".