News from The Bookseller

Hachette and Curtis Brown lead dealmaking Hachette, Hodder and Curtis Brown all once again top The Bookseller’s league tables in a second look at the British publishing rights deals landscape.

Waterstones goes local in N8 Waterstones London regional manager Luke Taylor talks about the retailer's newest branch in Crouch End.

Robin Stevens' anger over snobbery towards her books A children’s author has described the labelling of her books as “too immature” for certain students as "heart-breaking".

Philippe Sands pens 'exhilarating follow up' to East West Street W&N has acquired A Death in the Vatican by British Book Award and Baillie Gifford Prize winner Philippe Sands.

PA calls for political parties to abolish tax on e-books The Publishers Association is calling for all political parties to commit to abolishing "unjust" tax on e-books, which it has branded "a tax on learning".

Tough Higher Ed market hits Cengage revenues Cengage’s adjusted revenues stood at $1.5bn for the fiscal year 2017, down 10% from the prior year, the company has told investors, ahead of posting its annual report later this month.

Emma Kavanagh moves to Orion Fiction Crime writer and police psychologist Emma Kavanagh has signed a three book deal with Orion Fiction.

Pan Macmillan makes changes to is comms and digital teams Pan Macmillan has announced a range of promotions across its communications teams and has developed new digital roles, among which is the appointment of the publisher’s first metadata manager.

Witherspoon to produce Honeyman and Steadman novels Reese Witherspoon’s production company Hello Sunshine is to adapt Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman (HarperCollins) and Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman (S&S UK) into film.

De Waal and McMillan to feature in 'working class anthology' Kit de Waal and Andrew McMillan are among the names contributing to Dead Ink's crowdfunded anthology on the working class entitled Know Your Place.

'The Infinite Monkey Cage' radio show tie-in to William Collins Professor Brian Cox and the team behind BBC Radio 4’s "The Infinite Monkey Cage" have signed a book deal with William Collins.

Film rights to YA debut S.T.A.G.S snapped up Feature film rights for M A Bennett’s debut YA novel S.T.A.G.S have been bought by Chernin Entertainment, ahead of its UK publication.