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LATEST NEWS Indie bookshops vie for The British Book Awards title A bumper crop of Britain and Ireland’s best independent bookshops are bucking the market trend, achieving double-digit sales rises in 2017. Pearson returns to profit, PRH revenue up 'slightly' Pearson has returned to profit a year after posting its biggest ever loss, at the same time as announcing it is putting its K12 school courseware business up for sale. Booksellers Association sees highest membership since records began The Booksellers Association (BA) now has its largest membership since records began with over 5,000 members. Pan Mac to give seven indie bookshops £1,750 Pan Macmillan has launched a competition for seven independent booksellers across the UK and Ireland to celebrate the 175th anniversary of parent company Macmillan. Book trade is 'custodian of empathy', Scotland conference hears The book trade is a “custodian of empathy” and plays a vital part in reminding the world of the universality of the human condition, writer and broadcaster Sally Magnusson has said. Sunday Times to celebrate Nosy Crow’s export record Nosy Crow will be the only publisher included on this year’s Sunday Times Lloyds SME Export Track 100, which celebrates small and medium-sized companies with fast-growing international sales. The Bookseller launches illustrator showcase for Bologna The Bookseller is to run an Illustrators’ Showcase at this year’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair devoted to displaying the art-work of new illustrators.  Rooney's second novel an 'exquisite love story' Faber has revealed the details of Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year Sally Rooney’s eagerly anticipated second novel, "an exquisite love story" exploring themes of domination, legitimacy and privilege. Scottish trade's hopes for indie bookshop alliance Trade figures have expressed their excitement about the imminent launch of the Independent Bookshop Alliance, with hopes it will bring retailers and publishers closer together. Egan joins Hachette Ireland in new role Hachette Ireland has expanded its team, with Elaine Egan moving from her position at Orion into the newly-created role of group PR and communications manager at the firm. Lafaye to tell story of Scrooge's ghostly colleague HarperCollins has bought a novella about Ebenezer Scrooge's ghostly business partner, Jacob Marley, and his sister. Melvin Burgess pens new YA novel Melvin Burgess is set to release a YA novel about a girl who discovers she has the powers of a witch this August.