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A greater percentage of independent booksellers reported that
they enjoyed Christmas sales increases in 2014, compared to the previous
two years, according to a survey by The
Bookseller.
In a separate survey by the Booksellers Association of 80
bookshops, 55% reported sales were up—compared with 43% last year—and of
those shops, 18% reported sales were up “a lot”. Meanwhile, 69% said they
saw an increase in footfall, up from 45% who said they had seen a decline
last year.
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The French Publishers Association (Syndicat National de
l’Edition, SNE), the Circle de la Librairie and the Bureau International de
l'Edition Française (BIEF), which promotes French publishing abroad,
replaced their traditional New Year cocktail reception yesterday evening
(8th January) with a memorial to the victims of Wednesday’s attack on the
French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.
Delivering a tribute, SNE president Vincent Montagne said:
"The world of publishing is in mourning. Because the victims included
authors of our houses, close friends, free and courageous spirits."
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Author James Patterson is donating £50,000 to a new prize that
will fund school libraries.
The World Book Day Award, launched today (9th January), offers
schools in the UK and Ireland the chance to win money to buy books from
local bookshops to stock their libraries. Six lump sums are on up for
grabs: £10,000 for the winning school; £5,000 for second place; and three
lots of £3,000 for those in joint-third place.
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Cornerstone's William Heinemann imprint has confirmed that its
plan to publish Michel Houellebecq's new novel Submission this autumn is
"unaltered".
The controversial novel, newly released in France by
Flammarion, imagines a future France with a Muslim president, and has come
into sharpened focus after Houellebecq featured on the cover of Charlie Hebdo, subject
of this week's Paris terror attack.
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