Morning Briefing from The Bookseller

Travel market rises as publishers innovate Travel publishers promise innovation as print "finds its place" in the market, following second consecutive year of growth.

World Book Day unveils 20th anniversary plans World Book Day is introducing a raft of new projects to mark its 20th anniversary on Thursday 2nd March. Booksellers are also gearing up to celebrate the anniversary with a flurry of activity.

Amazon to create 5,000 jobs in UK Amazon has revealed plans to create 5,000 more jobs in the UK this year – boosting its workforce by over a quarter.

Wiley chief speaks out against US travel ban Mark Allin, president and c.e.o. of Wiley, has made a strong public statement in support of freedom of movement in the face of president Trump's recent attempt to impose a US travel ban on certain Middle Eastern countries, saying that global interconnectedness is "critical to continued progress" in science and education.

Big Green Bookshop gets business boost after Piers Morgan tweets The Big Green Bookshop’s mission to tweet out every word of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Bloomsbury) to Piers Morgan has been continued by the Twitter community after the broadcaster blocked the bookshop from contacting him.

Hutchinson and Unbound scoop Usher's Speeches of Note Unbound and Penguin Random House imprint Hutchinson have scooped the rights to publish Speeches of Note, a new book by Shaun Usher, whose previous book Letters of Note was published by Canongate.

Obama close to clinching book deal The Obamas are close to agreeing book deals, it has been reported.

Miffy creator Dick Bruna dies aged 89 Dick Bruna, the Dutch creator of the Miffy cartoon rabbit, has died aged 89.

Headline to publish Gaiman's Neverwhere sequel, The Seven Sisters Neil Gaiman is writing a sequel to Neverwhere, 20 years after it first published, called The Seven Sisters, for publication with Headline.

Pearson to offer online degrees with Manchester Metropolitan University Pearson has partnered with Manchester Metropolitan University to offer online degree programmes.

Helen Jenner moves from Transworld to Bookouture Helen Jenner, currently digital publishing manager at Transworld, is set to become commissioning editor at digital publisher Bookouture.

BBC Radio 6 DJ partners with Pan Mac for 'smart thinking' podcast Radio DJ and broadcaster Shaun Keaveny has released a new "smart thinking" podcast with Pan Macmillan called "Not So Simple".