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Book trade swings behind Labour with six days to go According to The Bookseller’s online survey of the trade, 64.1% intend to vote for Jeremy Corbyn’s party at the polls next Thursday (8th June), while 15.7% will put a cross in the box of the Liberal Democrats, with the Conservative Party coming a close third on 13.1%.

Lawrence's Orangeboy scoops YA Book Prize Patrice Lawrence has won The Bookseller’s YA Book Prize 2017 for her “accomplished” and “page-turning” début novel, contemporary urban thriller Orangeboy (Hodder Children’s Books).

Politics comes to Book Expo America Hillary Clinton has promised an audience at Book Expo America that her next memoir will go “a lot further – as far as I can” in discussing her run for the presidency and its aftermath.

Jessica Kingsley boosts turnover Group turnover for UK indie Jessica Kingsley Publishers (JKP) was up 13% to £6.1m for the year ending December 2016, delivering a 30th consecutive year of growth.

Clarivate Analytics buys Publons Clarivate Analytics has bought Publons, the global platform for researchers to share recognition for peer review, for an undisclosed sum.

European publishers ask EC to ‘close the circle’ after e-book VAT vote European Parliament has voted to allow individual EU countries to reduce the rate of VAT on e-books to match the rate on printed books.

Candlish moves to S&S in six-figure deal Simon & Schuster has snapped up two novels from Louise Candlish, previously published by Penguin and Little, Brown, in a six-figure deal.

Alderman favourite to win Baileys Prize With the 2017 Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction winner announcement only five days away, the latest odds from bookmakers William Hill have British author, Naomi Alderman, as favourite at 9/4 to win.

Arabic publisher secures Márquez deal Cairo-based publishing house Dar Altanweer Egypt has signed the first Arabic-language rights deal for Gabriel García Márquez.

Haynes predicts 15% profit rise in next results Car manual publisher Haynes Publishing Group has said it expects profit before tax for the financial year ended 31st May 2017 to be up by 15% on the previous year.

Two Lewis-Stempel books longlisted for Wainwright Prize Nature writer John Lewis-Stempel has doubled his chances of winning the Wainwright Golden Beer Prize after having two of his titles longlisted.

Marina Kemp launches creative writing masterclasses Former Penguin Random House editor Marina Kemp is launching a series of one-on-one creative writing courses modelled on the traditional writer-editor relationship.