Most read stories of the past week on The Bookseller

 

Our round-up of the most read stories of the past week on The Bookseller: 1. HarperCollins' group sales director Wright leaves 2. Bloomsbury to publish 'urgent' book on consent 3. Mostly Lit and Waterstones announce year-long partnership 4. Michael Joseph wins auction for bestselling 'Irish Bridget Jones' 5. Connect Books sold for £6m 6. Quarto makes five redundant from foreign rights team 7. Mystery publisher's thriller snapped up worldwide 8. Thirteen Reasons Why author Asher expelled from group after misconduct claims 9. Coelho and Thomas nominated alongside Ness and Rundell in more inclusive Carnegie longlist 10. Macmillan celebrates 175 years of publishing 1. Hachette reports 'stark' 24.7% gender pay gap (£) 2. 'Lost' manuscripts of Charlotte Brontë to be published 3. Zoe Ball to host TV Book Club 4. Authors hit back at Self's claim 'the novel is doomed' 5. Major UK booksellers accused of listing far-right titles for sale 6. The British Book Awards unveils nominees for 2018 7. Redundancies mark 'closing time' for PRH's e-book production team 8. HarperCollins' gender pay gap is 10.4% 9. Pearson reports 21% mean gender pay gap 10. Nosy Crow deal for 'vanishingly rare' novel