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Library visits fall 14% in five years A total of 106 libraries have closed in the UK this year, while library funding has been cut by £50m, figures from the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy have revealed.

Odedina leaves Oneworld Sarah Odedina has resigned from her position as children’s publisher at Oneworld.

Feline fine: Mog stays top while adult Ladybirds fly up the charts Mog’s Christmas Calamity (HarperCollins Children’s) dug its claws into the number one spot for a fourth consecutive week, while Michael Joseph’s Ladybird Books for Grown-Ups titles flocked into the Top 50, with six titles out of eight charting inside the top sixteen.

Anticipation builds ahead of EC's communication on copyright reform The first legislative communication on copyright reform, as part of the European Commisison's Digital Single Market strategy, is due later today.

Marlon James wins Green Carnation Prize Marlon James has won the Green Carnation Prize, awarded to LGBT writers, for A Brief History of Seven Killings (Oneworld).

Buchanan novel to Sceptre after 'fierce' six-way auction Sceptre has acquired Harmless Like You by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan - "a unique exploration of love, loneliness and reconciliation" - following a "fierce" six-way auction.

'Assurances' for booksellers in wake of PRH e-lending trial The book trade must "work together" to navigate potential disadvantages of e-book lending, the chief executive of the Booksellers Association, Tim Godfray, has said.

Oneworld creates new crime imprint Point Blank Oneworld will launch a new crime imprint, Point Blank, in spring 2016.

Bob Paisley biography to Bloomsbury Bloomsbury has acquired the biography of football manager Bob Paisley by Ian Herbert, chief sportswriter at the Independent.

E-books help boys’ reading progress, says NLT report The National Literacy Trust has released a report claiming that e-books improve boys’ enjoyment of and progress with reading.