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$2m crime novel deal collapses amid questions over AI use

Agents withdraw Jerry Falade’s hotly anticipated debut after saying they can no longer authenticate ‘how the manuscript evolved’

The Guardian - UK

Amazon pulls sponsorship from Paris book festival after booksellers’ association boycott

Syndicat de la Librairie Française accused online retailer of trying to ‘flood the market with fake AI-generated books’

The Guardian - UK

The Philosopher Fish wins oddest book title prize

Richard Adams Carey’s study of the caviar industry scores a narrow victory over How to Dungeon Master Parenting

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What makes a book a bestseller? It’s tricky

It is a truth generally acknowledged that authors and publishers want their books to become bestsellers. Bestseller lists, especially those published in prestigious media outlets, such the New York Times, or publishing industry magazines are important marketing tools for publishers, and useful selection tools for booksellers, librarians and readers.

The Conversation

Spotify’s new audiobook streaming could have ‘devastating effect’, says Society of Authors

The industry body says the music giant’s move to make more than 150,000 titles available has not been discussed with authors and may compete with sales

The Guardian - UK

Claudia Mason obituary

Other lives: Bookseller and signwriter who lived for many years on a houseboat on the Thames

The Guardian - UK

Amazon to close Book Depository online shop

Gloucester-based bookseller bought by the retail giant in 2011 will shut at the end of April

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‘We’ve rediscovered the joy of reading’: how customers are rescuing UK bookshops

A bookseller in Kent has gone viral after tweeting a picture of her empty shop. Here, other retailers explain how they are surviving – even thriving – when many people are counting every penny

The Guardian - UK

When my memoir came out, I got a brutal shock. Vulnerable writers need protection

Nothing prepared me for revisiting my most painful times – then being criticised for it. We need industry-wide guidelines, says journalist Terri White

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All-star judging panel for British Book Awards 2023 announced

Channel 4 News lead anchor, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, will be joined by other famous faces as part of the panel.

The Independent UK

Profits of JK Rowling's digital publisher plunge by 40 per cent

JK ROWLING’S digital publisher responsible for Harry Potter e-books and audio books has seen its profits plunge by 40.

The National (Scotland)

Have we fallen out of love with celebrity memoirs?

The year’s autobiography big-hitters haven’t sold as well as expected, with buyers disenchanted by pricing and lack of feelgood topics

The Guardian - UK

RuPaul’s Drag Race essay collection wins oddest book title of the year award

RuPedagogies of Realness wins the Bookseller/Diagram prize ahead of What Nudism Exposes and Frankenstein Was a Vegetarian

The Guardian - UK

Europe’s largest Middle Eastern bookseller to close

Al Saqi Books in London, which was established in 1978, blames closure on rise in prices of Arabic-language books and ‘detrimental’ effect of Brexit

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Polari Prize, UK’s awards for LGBTQ+ literature, winners announced for 2022

Founded in 2011 by Paul Burston, the Polari Prize is an annual award given in the UK for LGBTQ+ literature. The winners of Polari Prize 2022 in three categories-- namely, Polari First Book Prize, Polari's Children’s and YA Prize, and overall Polari Prize- were announced on November 15, 2022, at…

The Times of India

Jada Pinkett Smith’s ‘honest’ memoir to be published in 2023

After actor Will Smith writing his memoir, news is that his wife and actress Jada Pinkett Smith is all set to tell her story in her own words in an autobiography. The “honest and gripping” memoir is untitled at the moment, and it is expected to be published in autumn…

The Independent UK

Waterstones staff ‘abused by customers’ amid book shortages due to delivery delays

Booksellers have reportedly had titles thrown at them and faced aggressive behaviour from customers

The Guardian - UK

Boris Johnson memoir could earn him ‘north of £1m’

Insiders say outgoing prime minister unlikely to write about personal life but book deal possible this autumn

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Oscar-winning actress Emma Thompson's new Christmas book to be released in October

Oscar-winning actress Dame Emma Thompson has written a new children's book titled 'Jim’s Spectacular Christmas' with illustrator Axel Scheffler. Interestingly, Thomspon and Scheffler have been pen pals for roughly 30 years and so teaming up for this project was easier for them. The book will be published by Puffin in…

The Times of India

Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, becomes new patron of Book Aid International

Book Aid International is a charity that works with publishers in the United Kingdom and its partners across the world to provide brand-new books to the needy every year. Globally, people in many refugee camps, community libraries, schools, hospitals, and prisons have benefitted through Book Aid International's charity; thus people…

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First memorial of Shakespeare’s twins Hamnet and Judith secured by author Maggie O’Farrell

Author Maggie O’Farrell won the Women's Prize for Fiction in 2020 for her novel 'Hamnet' which is inspired by the lesser-known story of Shakespeare’s son Hamnet, who died at a young age. Few people knew about Hamnet, who died aged 11 in 1596, and his twin sister, Judith, who died…

Wales Online

British Book Awards 2022 shortlist revealed including Sir Paul McCartney and Sally Rooney

The "resurgence of the celebrity memoir" is marked in this year's shortlist

Chronicle Live

Northumberland independent bookshop named best in the North of England

Forum Books in Corbridge took the crown for the North of England at the Bookseller's Independent Bookshop of the Year and could now be named retailer of the year at the British Book Awards in May

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