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A story in yesterday's Sunday
Times reporting that N M Rothschild corporate financiers
have been asked by Waterstones owner Alexander Mamut to explore
a £250m sale of the chain has been described as "sensible
enough" by the chain's m.d. James Daunt.
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Publishers and booksellers are preparing to give readers a
welcome fright this Halloween with a range of spooky special promotions,
activities and events, with one independent publisher crowdfunding for an
entire new horror imprint.
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HarperCollins has bought three more novels by Behind Her Eyes author
Sarah Pinborough in a “substantial six-figure” deal.
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Five authors are in the running for The Sunday Times
/ Peters Fraser + Dunlop Young Writer of the Year Award, after judges
made the "rare exception" to increase the prize's usual shortlist
from four to five in wake of the "incomparable
strength" of this year’s list of submissions.
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Gui Minahi, the Hong Kong bookseller and publisher detained in
China since October 2015, has been released from prison in China, the
Swedish embassy has been informed.
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A book co-authored by disgraced political journalist Mark
Halperin has been cancelled by Penguin Press in America, according
to reports.
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The Borough Press is publishing the first standalone novella
by Lionel Shriver this November: a "biting" examination of
love and ownership entitled The
Standing Chandelier.
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Kirsti Beautyman has been named as illustrator of the year by
picture book mentoring scheme Picture Hooks.
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SelfMadeHero is to mark the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx's
birth with a graphic novel adaptation of The Communist Manifesto created
by Guardian cartoonist
Martin Rowson.
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A nine-year-old boy with autism has been chosen as the winner
of the Book People’s Bedtime Story Competition and will now work with
Little Tiger to turn his “incredibly touching” entry into a book.
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