Friday, December 11, 2015

The Bookseller - Morning Briefing

European Commission
Richard Mollet, c.e.o of The Publishers Association, has said it is a “relief” to see the European Commission “beginning to appreciate the need to move carefully and proportionately when proposing changes to copyright law”, after the release of the latest EC proposals.
E L James' Fifty Shades of Grey series has claimed five spots on Apple's iBooks 2015 best-selling fiction chart while Jeffrey Archer has claimed four spots and Lee Child has two.
The New Bookshop
The New Bookshop in Cumbria is set to re-open just a few days after being ravaged by floods.
Nick Higham
Presenter of the BBC's weekly "Meet the Author" programme, Nick Higham is leaving the show after six years at the show's helm on the BBC News Channel.
Harry Potter Colouring Book
The Harry Potter Colouring Book (Studio Press) has made it into the top 10 "most wished for presents of the year", according to Amazon.co.uk.
Foyles Bristol
Foyles will mark the reopening of their newly relocated Cabot Circus, Bristol branch with a free Star Wars themed party featuring a "squadron of stormtroopers" ahead of the new Star Wars film release.



Transworld
Francesca Best has acquired three "gritty" historical saga novels by a debut author as her first acquisition for Transworld.
Books by Bill Bryson, Paula Hawkins and John Green are among the shortlist for Sainsbury’s e-book of the year 2015 award.
Toby Mundy has been made the chair of Wimbledon BookFest for 2016, after the current chair and co-founder Tony Kane has stepped down.
Chatto & Windus
Chatto & Windus has acquired Catherine Chidgey's The Wish Child, a novel about "the Nazi obsession with perfection".
Fife council’s executive committee has voted through plans to close 16 libraries next spring.
Fourth Estate
Anna Kelly at Fourth Estate has acquired The Transition, a debut novel by poet Luke Kennard set in the "very near future."

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