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Into the Water splashes into number one Into the Water (Doubleday) has cannonballed into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, displacing Transworld stablemate Lee Child’s Night School (Bantam).

SoA concerns over Amazon Marketplace trading The UK’s Society of Authors has raised concerns over the volume of cheap editions being sold on Amazon.co.uk.

Pan Mac signs six book deal with David Baldacci Pan Macmillan has bought six more books from thriller writer David Baldacci as the publisher bids to build the author's sales in the UK and internationally.

Soaring costs force Wordsworth Editions to raise Classics prices Wordsworth Editions is to increase the price of its Wordsworth Classics range due to rising paper prices and distribution costs as a result of the currency fluctuations caused by uncertainty surrounding Brexit.

BBC doctor Chatterjee wins book deal after six-way auction Penguin Life has acquired The Power of Balance by Dr Rangan Chatterjee, resident BBC doctor and star of "Doctor in the House", after a six-way publisher auction.

Tributes paid to 'irreplaceable' Penelope Hoare Former deputy publishing director at Chatto & Windus Penelope Hoare has died aged 77, after receiving treatment for cancer.

Century to publish 'definitive' guide to The Simpsons for show's 30th anniversary Century has acquired a guide to the "golden age" of "The Simpsons", written by the hosts of a popular Simpsons podcast, Four Finger Discount.

Andy Weir's new novel set on the moon Ebury is publishing a new novel from Andy Weir, author of The Martian, about a heist set on the moon.

Comma Press and UCLan launch short story prize Manchester-based indie Comma Press and the University of Central Lancashire have launched a prize to find the best voices in short fiction.

Canelo's Cullen buys two 'major' novels for its 2017 list Canelo has bought two “major” novels for its 2017 list including a debut thriller about a child abduction and a story about a woman whose struggle to conceive leads her to accept an “unconventional offer”.

PRH bewitched by social media magician's middle-grade novel Penguin Random House Children’s Publishers will publish social media magician Zach King’s first middle-grade book with an accompanying augmented reality app.