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PFD launches digital publishing spin-off Ipso Books Literary agency Peters Fraser and Dunlop has launched a spin-off digital publishing business Ipso Books with the aim of publishing both backlist and frontlist writers.

Hughes' widow criticises Jonathan Bate biography The Ted Hughes Estate has asked HarperCollins and author Jonathan Bate to "apologise for significant errors of fact" in Bate’s book about the poet, as well "damaging and offensive claims" about Hughes’ widow, Carol Hughes. In a statement issued by the solicitor for the estate, Damon Parker of Harcus Sinclair, the estate said it was "also seeking a retraction of the factual errors and an undertaking that they will be corrected in any further printed editions of the book, and immediately in the e-book version now on sale".

James' Man Booker triumph opens floodgates Offers have been "flooding in from around the world" for foreign rights to Marlon James’ A Brief History of Seven Killings following its £50,000 Man Booker Prize win.

Lagercrantz to write two more Millennium books David Lagercrantz has been contracted to write two more novels in the late Stieg Larsson's Millennium series.

Nourry: publishers need to put controls on pricing Google is "even more aggressive" than Amazon when it comes to control over the pricing of content, the chief of Hachette Livre, Arnaud Nourry, has warned. The chairman and c.e.o of the world’s second largest trade publisher said the search engine company was more dangerous than fellow American-based conglomerate Amazon because it gives information away for free.

World Book Day launches 2016 Patterson school library award The World Book Day Award 2016 (WoBoD), funded by James Patterson, is offering school libraries the chance to win up to £10,000 of new books.

Cheltenham book sales up 6% Onsite book sales increased by 6% at Cheltenham Literature Festival this year on 2014, with bestselling titles including books by Nigella Lawson, Bill Bryson and Robert Harris.

Jeff Kinney to embark on world tour Bestselling children’s author Jeff Kinney will be visiting the UK as part of a global book tour to mark the release of book 10 in the Wimpy Kid series - Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School.

BA and Guardian support Soup for Syria The Booksellers Association and the Guardian bookshop is supporting the Soup for Syria campaign, launched by US publisher Interlink Books to raise funds for Syrian refugees.

Fisher and Healy join LBF advisory board Richard Fisher and Michael Healy have joined the advisory board of the London Book Fair (LBF).

Newman's Seven to HarperVoyager HarperVoyager has acquired rights to the final book in a trilogy by Peter Newman.