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Fire and Fury trumps Kerridge to claim number one Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury (Little, Brown) has blazed into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, ousting Tom Kerridge’s Lose Weight for Good (Absolute) and selling 41,202 copies for £620,851, according to Nielsen BookScan's Total Consumer Market.

Decline in spoof books hits W H Smith High Street High street sales at W H Smith plunged 4% like-for-like over the Christmas period, partly because of the decline in spoof humour books.

Google Play launches audiobook store Google Play has launched a dedicated audiobook store to take advantage of the recent growth in downloads.

Hutchinson acquires memoir from Nelson Mandela's grandson Hutchinson has acquired a memoir by Nelson Mandela's grandson at auction for an undisclosed sum.

Deacon to lead Amazon Publishing UK Laura Deacon has been appointed to lead Amazon Publishing UK's editorial team, succeeding current editor-in-chief, Emilie Marneur, who is moving to Amazon Video to become its head of film acquisition.

BESA to run EdTech Exchange in joint venture with founders The British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) is to take on the operational running of start-up mentoring organisation EdTech Exchange, in a joint venture with its original founders which aims to expand the Exchange internationally.

Tributes pour in for Ursula K Le Guin Authors have paid tribute to Ursula K Le Guin as "a literary icon" following the American fantasy novelist's death on Monday afternoon.

Pluto to shut office for International Women's Strike London-based radical publisher Pluto Press will be shutting its office on 8th March to mark the ​International ​Women's Strike.

Watts slams 'amateur' poetry of Kaur, McNish and Tempest Poet Rebecca Watts has criticised the new wave of high-selling female poets such as Rupi Kaur, Hollie McNish and Kate Tempest in a literary magazine, saying "we must stop celebrating amateurism and ignorance in our poetry".

Donald Trump Annual coming from Kings Road The first unofficial Donald Trump Annual is set to be published in October 2018 by 535, an imprint of Kings Road Publishing.

'Freed' HK bookseller seized again by Chinese agents Hong Kong publisher and bookseller Gui Minhai has been seized again by Chinese agents on suspicion of sharing secret information with Swedish diplomats.

Memorial for Toby Eady set for April The memorial of late literary agent Toby Eady will take place at 4pm on Monday 9th April at the Royal Overseas Club.