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Amazon's Naggar tells publishers to slash e-book prices Amazon’s publishing chief David Naggar has said publishers should slash their e-book prices to 99p to sell more books.

Faber strikes partnership with Liberty London Fabrics Faber has announced a “unique” publishing partnership with Liberty London Fabrics.

Authors question the novel's future in face of declining attention spans Authors have asked whether the novel will exist in the future when competing against new entertainment trends such as online streaming and television box sets.

Motherhood story wins Borough Press open submission competition Katie Munnik's "evocative story of motherhood" has been picked as the winning entry for Borough Press’ open submission period, with the author scooping a £10k publishing deal.

Carcanet pays tribute to poet John Ashbery Independent poetry publisher Carcanet Press has paid tribute to poet John Ashbery who has died aged 90.

Masterchef winner Mahmood Ahmed to Hodder This year's "Masterchef" winner Saliha Mahmood Ahmed is publishing her debut cookbook with Hodder & Stoughton: an Indo-Persian collection of recipes called Khazana.

V&A to host UK's largest Winnie the Pooh exhibition Original Winnie the Pooh drawings will be on show at the V&A for the first time in almost 40 years as part of the UK’s largest exhibition on the classic children's character created by author A A Milne and illustrator E H Shepard.

Andrea Dunbar-inspired debut novel to Fleet Fleet has acquired Adelle Stripe's debut novel, Black Teeth and a Brilliant Smile, first published in July by Hull-based indie Wrecking Ball Press and shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize.

Lord swaps Bloomsbury for Bluebird Henry Lord, senior publicity manager at Bloomsbury, is joining the communications team for Bluebird at Pan Macmillan.

'Noireland' crime festival launches in Belfast A new crime festival is launching in Ireland next month featuring Sophie Hannah, Scandi author Arne Dahl and Graeme Macrae Burnet.

Viking prepares for 'huge' John le Carré campaign John le Carré is putting in an "extremely rare" public appearance at the Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival Hall to mark the publication of his new book, A Legacy of Spies (Viking), that has been dubbed "the literary event of the autumn".

Maori-inspired debut novel to OWN IT! OWN IT! has signed a "wonderful" debut novel set in London and New Zealand by Jill Johnson entitled The Time Before The Time To Come.