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Latest News

BBC loses court battle over Stig
www.bbc.co.uk

The BBC has lost a legal fight to stop publication of a book which reveals the identity of Top Gear's driver The Stig

HMV Under Fire From Investors Over Waterstone Performance
www.guardian.co.uk

Bookseller's poor performance has intensified speculation that parent group HMV might sell the business

What Next For The Local Library?
www.bbc.co.uk

A decent cup of coffee . . . and other ways to lure people back into libraries

Random House's Backlist E-book Deal With Andrew Wylie Leaves Much Unanswered
www.dailyfinance.com

Deal brokered through two hourlong meetings between Dohle and Wylie

Trade Announcements

Two-book World Rights Deal With Tor In New York For Debut Science Fiction Novelist

RHCB To Publish New Lauren Kate Novel, The Betrayal Of Natalie Hargrove

Women In Publishing Event - What Makes Good Design? 8 September 2010

Simon & Schuster UK To Publish Book On The Miliband Brothers

New Chair For Publishing Scotland

Society Of Children's Book Writers And Illustrators British Isles Conference 2010

Record-breaking World Peace Day Event – 24 Hour Online Reading!

Authors Day And Book Fair, North Wales

Granta To Publish Controversial 1949 Novella

Crime Writing Initiatives To Run Again

Bloomsbury Publishing Interim Results

Simon & Schuster UK Celebrate a Double No.1

Hannah Lewis Promoted At Orion

Royal Society Prize For Science Books Shortlist Announced

Completelynovel.com Opens Up Access To Print-on-Demand Services By Adding Lightning Source As A Partner

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Opinion

Rise Of Social, Demise Of Literary Reading
www.insideview.ie

I am part of a diminishing of people who like to hold, thumb, page, and read books

E-books From An Author's Point Of View
gigaom.com

So as a midlist author, what does all this mean to me?

The Worst Negative Book Review Clichés
www.mediabistro.com

negative coverage of books can be just as generic as positive coverage

Why Kindle-Killers Haven't Killed Kindle
ereads.com

R. I. P. "Kindle-killer."

Books in the Media

Judith Kerr, Talking Tigers And Tea
www.guardian.co.uk

The much beloved author of The Tiger Who Came to Tea and the Mog books, still going strong at 86, tells Alison Flood about her new book

Warren Beatty Slept With 12,775 Women, Claims Biographer
www.guardian.co.uk

Hollywood star's sexual conquests said to have included Isabelle Adjani, Diane Keaton and Madonna

Obituaries

Knox Burger, Agent And Book Editor, Dies At 87
www.nytimes.com

Died on Jan. 4 in Manhattan at the age of 87 after enduring a number of medical problems

Geoffrey Moorhouse
www.telegraph.co.uk

Geoffrey Moorhouse, who died on November 26 aged 77, was a greatly talented writer on the wide variety of subjects that snared his interest

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Feature Items

Digested Read: Tony Blair A Journey
www.guardian.co.uk

WMDs, George Bush, Cherie and Gordo: Tony Blair's memoir in just 818 words!

Trade Publishing Stands At Risk Of Committing Hi-tech Suicide
www.independent.co.uk

Crazed rush to strip perceived value from the art, skill and labour of writers everywhere

The Royalty Math: Print, Wholesale model, Agency model
www.idealog.com

The real economic implications are, for the publisher and the author, of today's sales practices and division of revenue - (OK you better read this one)

Who Needs Publishers?
www.huffingtonpost.com

We All Do!

Most Popular Stories

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  2. Publishers Struggle To Adapt To E-books (and So Do Book Lovers)
  3. Bestsellers Propel Big Sales For Random House And Hachette
  4. No TV return for Richard and Judy
  5. Scribd.com Goes To The Dark Side
  6. Birmingham City Council Spends £187m On New Library - And Cuts Book Fund
  7. Sony And Amazon Try To Rain On Apple's Parade
  8. Digested Read: Tony Blair A Journey
  9. BBC loses court battle over Stig
  10. Stig Wrangle Continues In Private