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Bad Dad motors into number one spot as Walliams' fastest seller David Walliams’ Bad Dad (HarperCollins Children's) has screeched into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 92,667 copies for £559,227.

Macmillan US closes self-publishing platform Pronoun Macmillan Publishers in the US is closing its self-publishing platform, Pronoun, bought in May of last year.

Mayo and Jones star in Transworld showcase "Gavin and Stacey" creator Ruth Jones and BBC Radio Two's Simon Mayo were among the debut novelists presenting their work at a showcase of 2018 talent hosted by Transworld at the Charlotte Hotel in central London.

'Gripping exposé' on Trump's relationship with Russia to Guardian Faber Guardian Faber is to publish Collusion, a "gripping, alarming exposé" about the "biggest political scandal of the modern era" in which journalist Luke Harding reveals the true nature of Trump’s decades-long relationship with Russia.

Bloomsbury Children's to publish US author Renée Watson Bloomsbury Children’s Books is to publish "critically acclaimed" US author Renée Watson for the first time in the UK after buying world rights in five new titles from Bloomsbury Children’s Books US.

Investment pulled on storytelling platform Oolipo German publisher Bastei Lübbe has pulled its investment of mobile storytelling platform Oolipo, once heralded as "the offspring of a love-affair between Netflix, YouTube, and a Snapchat Story", after it failed to gain traction with users and capture the attention of further investors.

Transworld to publish Norwegian literary novel Transworld is to publish The Hills, a Norwegian literary novel which has been sold internationally into 14 countries.

Audible launches Mandarin offering Audible has launched a Mandarin offering with more than 300 audiobooks and audio dramas in Mandarin.

Bloomsbury signs memoir of concentration camp survivor Bloomsbury is to publish the "remarkable" memoir of Zuzana Ruzickova, who survived three Nazi concentration camps, slave labour and the anti-Semitic Communist dictatorship of former Czechoslovakia to become one of the world’s most acclaimed harpsichordists.

Salt to publish Jason Cowley 'chronicle' Salt is to publish what it calls a "major" chronicle of the last decade by New Statesman editor Jason Cowley, titled Reaching for Utopia.

Mr B's persuades Parthian to reprint Hummingbird Nic Bottomley, owner of Mr B's Emporium in Bath, has purchased half the print run of a title from Welsh indie Parthian.

Sony launches trailer for upcoming Peter Rabbit film A new trailer for "Peter Rabbit" has been released by Sony Pictures ahead of its release next March.