The Bookseller

George Saunders wins Man Booker Prize George Saunders has become the second American author to win the £50,000 Man Booker Prize for his first full-length novel, Lincoln in the Bardo (Bloomsbury).

Trade gives approval to 'truly deserving' Booker winner Saunders Trade figures have given George Saunders' Man Booker win their seal of approval, congratulating the prolific short story writer on his first full length novel.

Audiobooks.com launches in UK Canadian audiobook service Audiobooks.com is launching in the UK today with a catalogue of 70,000 titles.

MPs accuse Amazon and eBay of profiting from 'fraudsters' Amazon and eBay have been accused of profiting from foreign firms trading on its marketplace platform and failing to charge VAT on UK sales, a Public Accounts Committee report has found.

Napack appointed Wiley president and c.e.o. Brian A Napack, a former president of Macmillan and currently an advisor at Providence Equity Partners, has been named the new president and c.e.o. at John Wiley.

Brown bags it: Origin takes two in a row Dan Brown’s Origin (Bantam) has once again claimed the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 60,602 copies for £631,480.

Levin departs McGraw-Hill McGraw-Hill Education c.e.o. David Levin is leaving the company after three years in the role.

HQ signs Gizzi Erskine's Slow cookbook HarperCollins has signed up TV chef Gizzi Erskine to write a cookbook, Slow, which promotes "quality" over convenience.

Screen rights to Wattpad thriller bought by Komixx Komixx Entertainment Ltd has optioned the worldwide screen rights to “electrifying” YA thriller Captured by Kelly Anne Blount, featured on Wattpad.

Penguin Life to publish guide to 'guilt-free' pregnancy and birth Penguin Life is publishing pregnancy guru Rebecca Shiller’s "empowering" guide, Your No-Guilt Pregnancy Plan, in March 2018.