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Penguin Random House UK is making its full catalogue of 23,500
e-books available for libraries to lend.
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Bookshops have been forced to close and The New Bookshop in
Cockermouth, Cumbria, has been badly damaged following severe flooding and
weather disruptions caused by Storm Desmond.
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The Society of Authors has asked literary festivals to
reconsider how much they pay authors, following a survey that shows most
only pay £150-200 per appearance.
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WH Smith boss Stephen Clarke has been awarded a 56% pay rise
this year, taking home £3.9m including bonuses in 2015.
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HarperCollins imprint Fourth Estate has signed My Absolute Darling, a
debut novel from American author Gabriel Tallent, after an eight-way
auction.
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Amazon US has launched a new tablet "for readers" in
time for Christmas called the Fire HD 8 Reader’s Edition.
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Transworld Publishers has acquired a new sports title called Fifty Years of Hurt,
an the exploration of "a national obsession” authored by the new chief
football writer for the Times,
Henry Winter.
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Unite is set to meet with Penguin Random House next week to
review “any options” to keep the Rugby warehouse site open, as well as
“redeployment” opportunities for members.
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Finch Books, a new YA imprint of the Totally Entwined Group,
has signed a three-book deal with Lady Victoria Hervey.
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Middlemarch by George Eliot has been
named the greatest British novel by global book critics outside the UK.
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Blackwell’s has opened a new shop at the University of
Sheffield, further into the heart of the university campus.
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Pan Macmillan is launching its first online Christmas TV
advertising campaign with the message “there is no better gift to give than
a book”.
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