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S&S UK saw sales and profit rise in 2017 Simon & Schuster UK saw a rise in sales and profit in 2017, driven by a "significant" increase in print and downloadable audio book sales, the firm has revealed.

'Unprecedented demand' for Rebel Girls 2, reveals publisher The company behind the Rebel Girls series is already planning a second print run for book two, due for release next week, following “unprecedented demand” for the title, a spokesperson has told The Bookseller.

Hodder wins auction for Zoella's first non-fiction Zoe Sugg, known as YouTube personality Zoella, has moved to Hodder & Stoughton for her first non-fiction book after the publisher won rights at auction.

Fewer pre-school children being read to, Egmont report warns Only 51% of pre-school children are read to on a daily basis, a “steep decline” from 69% five years ago, Egmont Publishing has revealed.

Kit de Waal's Common People hits crowd-funding target Kit de Waal's anthology Common People, providing a platform for new working class writers, is now fully crowd-funded for publication with Unbound.

Seven-book deal for Nick East Hachette Children’s Group has signed a seven-book deal with author and illustrator Nick East.

Two debuts make Arabic Fiction prize shortlist Two debut novels are battling it out on the shortlist for the $50,000 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, including one soon to be published by Oneworld.

'Gifted' French publisher Jean-Manuel Bourgois dies French publisher Jean-Manuel Bourgois has died aged 78.

Amazon to adapt Iain Banks' space opera Amazon will adapt the late Scottish author Iain M Banks’ acclaimed space opera Consider Phlebas 30 years after it was first published.

Reading comprehension falls in secondary schools, study claims A new report from Renaissance Learning suggests the reading comprehension of secondary school pupils is falling below that of primary school children because teenagers are not reading challenging enough books.

Dolby joins Toby Mundy Associates Trevor Dolby has joined creative management agency Toby Mundy Associates (TMA) following his retirement as publisher at Penguin Random House imprint Preface last year.

Fiona Crosby leaves Penguin for Headline Fiona Crosby, commissioning editor at Michael Joseph, is joining Headline to become senior commissioning editor for non-fiction.