News from The Bookseller overnight

Multi-million pound campaign tackles copyright infringement The creative industries are tackling illegal downloading through a government-backed, multi-million pound education and TV advertising campaign.

Authors and booksellers call for Apple ruling to be overturned A group of authors and booksellers have filed a motion in the US asking for the Supreme Court’s decision against Apple's role in a 2010 conspiracy to fix the price of e-books to be overturned.

Robert Hale closes with 10 redundancies Independent publisher Robert Hale Ltd is to “withdraw from publishing” after nearly 80 years, with 10 people made redundant.

J K Rowling pledges £5k to fund BAME anthology J K Rowling has pledged £5,000 towards Nikesh Shukla’s The Good Immigrant, an anthology on race and immigration which is being hosted on crowd-funding site Unbound.

Poetry Trust's operations on 'pause' after funding difficulties The Poetry Trust will cease to operate for the time being while it "takes a pause" to review its operations due to the "difficult funding situation in the arts at the moment."

Nosy Crow seeks submissions from BAME writers Nosy Crow has put out a call for submissions from BAME authors, saying the children’s publishing industry needs to address the issue of complacency when it comes to diversity.

Paris attacks: France issues 'reading list' to aid understanding The French Booksellers Association has published a list of recommended reading to help the public understand the origins and consequences of the Islamist terrorist attacks that have rocked France this year.

Lund Humphries relaunches as indie publisher Art-book publisher Lund Humphries has relaunched as an independent publishing company after splitting from the Ashgate Publishing Group earlier this year.

Lost My Name reaches 1m sales London-based digital start-up Lost My Name has said worldwide sales of its personalised picture book have reached 1m copies.

Fitzcarraldo launches prize for unpublished writers Fitzcarraldo Editions has launched The Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize, a new annual essay award for unpublished writers.

GLL wins Lincolnshire library contract after judicial review Lincolnshire County Council is to outsource 15 libraries to not-for-profit organisation Greenwich Leisure Limited, after allegedly ignoring bids from the company last year.

Three high-concept Hamdy thrillers to Headline Headline has bought three novels by screenwriter and author Adam Hamdy.