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The book trade has expressed surprise over the snap general
election called by prime minister Theresa May and is divided over whether
it will harm or boost the book market.
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Matt Forbeck’s Star
Wars: Rogue One (Egmont) has knocked Lee Child’s Night School (Bantam)
off the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, shifting a stellar 57,949
copies according to Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market.
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Historical writer Ben Kane, currently published by
Cornerstone, has signed a three-book deal with Orion.
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Scholastic has claimed two titles out of the five shortlisted
for Oscar’s Book Prize, which honours the best book published for children
under five-years-old.
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NMD Trading Company has sold book supply company Mayfield
Books & Gifts to Cornwall-based distributor Outstanding MD.
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Willow Smith has bought the film rights to YA fantasy
trilogy Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton (Faber) with a view
to starring in it.
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The Folio Society has published 1,000 limited editions of Riddley Walker by
Russell Hoban with illustrations by Sir Quentin Blake and a postscript from
the former Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams.
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Hodder & Stoughton has acquired the memoir of Sir Ian
McGeechan, a former Lions rugby player and head coach.
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Altmetric, the scholarly research data science company, is to
undertake a pilot project with The Organisation for Economic Cooperation
and Development (OECD), to track the impact of materials in the OECD
iLibrary.
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Yesterday prime minister Theresa May announced her intention
to call a snap general election on 8th June this year, pulling it forward
from 2020.
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