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Indie bookshops slam Pullman heavy discounting Independent booksellers have slammed the heavy discounting of new hardback titles by larger retailers as “pretty close to chaos” and “enormously detrimental to authors” ahead of the release of Philip Pullman's first Book of Dust novel (Penguin Random House Children's and David Fickling Books).

S&S 'expects to prevail' against $10m Yiannopoulos lawsuit Former Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos has served his former publisher Simon & Schuster US with a $10m lawsuit, days after his self-published memoir was released.

'Inside story' of the New Zealand All Blacks to Pan Mac Pan Macmillan has signed the “exclusive” inside story of the New Zealand All Blacks.

Penguin Random House shows Pride in LGBTQ authors Penguin Random House this weekend took to the streets of central London to march in support of Pride, an annual event which this year marked 50 years since the decriminalisation of homosexuality in England.

Linguistic myth-buster scooped by W&N in six-way auction Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired Don't Believe a Word, a new book by linguist David Shariatmadari investigating "the science of language", after a six-way auction.

Philip Marshall appointed director of the London Library Philip Marshall has been appointed as the London Library's new director and will take up the post in mid-September.

HarperCollins hires two publicity staff from Bloomsbury Two publicity professionals have moved from Bloomsbury to HarperCollins.

Vintage and Moleskine to release 30th anniversary Chatwin edition Vintage is teaming with Moleskine to produce a limited special edition of travel writer Bruce Chatwin’s The Songlines in recognition of the book's 30th year since publication.

Cundill Prize receives double number of entries The re-launched Cundill History Prize received double the number of entries compared to last year, it has been revealed.