The Bookseller

Joanne Harris calls on publishers to take online pirates to court Joanne Harris has called on publishers to haul online pirates through the courts and set a legal precedent after authors rallied against website Ebooks Bike for allegedly allowing thousands of books to be downloaded for free.

NLT report reveals decline in children reading for pleasure The number of children and young people who read every day and the percentage of those who read for pleasure have declined, according to research carried out by the National Literacy Trust for World Book Day.

Coronet scoops debut novel by Who rocker Pete Townshend Coronet has scooped the "magnum opus" debut novel by rock star Pete Townshend, which he is also developing into an opera.

JS Group focuses on Aspire growth as revenues fall JS Group has reported a growth in its Aspire revenue as the academic bookselling group reaffirms the “transitioning and re-positioning of the business.”

Michael Joseph snaps up new Jojo Moyes novel Michael Joseph will publish the new standalone novel from Jojo Moyes, The Giver of Stars, in October.

Fielding wins Outstanding Achievement Award at RNAs Liz Fielding has been presented with the Romantic Novelists' Association’s Outstanding Achievement Award.

Macmillan lands Jeffrey Archer series in four-book deal Macmillan has snapped up the first four books in a planned eight-part series of novels by Jeffrey Archer.

Springer Nature reports mixed gender pay gap figures Springer Nature has said there is "more to do" after reporting a mixed bag of figures in its latest gender pay gap disclosures for UK employees.

Bookouture promotes Taussig to head new US-focused team Bookouture has promoted Kathryn Taussig to publishing director with responsibility for recruiting and leading a new US-focused team.

Pearson's ‘hilarious’ debut goes to Usborne for six figures in eight-way auction Usborne has acquired the “hilarious, touching and wise” debut fiction novel by Jenny Pearson in an “intense and heated” eight-way auction.

Joffe Books acquires 350-strong Robert Hale crime and fiction list Indie publisher Joffe Books has acquired the 350-strong Robert Hale crime and general fiction list from the Crowood Press.

PRH authors to deliver talks to WeWork entrepreneurs in new partnership Authors from across the PRH UK list will deliver a series of free events and talks to entrepreneurial members of shared workspace company WeWork in a new partnership called We Read the Future.