Waterstones ends unpaid work placements after investigation
Waterstones stops using unpaid jobseekers, as government rebuts claim that scheme is contrary to Human Rights ActThe high street book store Waterstones has pulled out of a government scheme that employed unpaid jobseekers in its stores after a Guardian...
Ian Rankin wants tax incentives to help new authors
Inspector Rebus creator fears for new writing talent as publishers cut advances and internet transforms industryIan Rankin, the author of the Inspector Rebus series, is calling for tax incentives to support new writers, as cash-strapped publishers cut ...
The way ahead for publishing
The media and the market for books are in flux in the age of ebooks and Amazon, but publishers still have a vital role, says Faber's chief executive2011 was a dramatic year for the UK books industry. Waterstones changed ownership and leadership. Ebook ...
Bible becomes 2011 bestseller in Norway
New translation's success, which saw queues outside bookshops, is not linked to Utøya murders, says publisherThe UK's 2011 bestseller lists might have been dominated by cookery, courtesy of Jamie Oliver, and romance, courtesy of David Nicholls, but N...
Mein Kampf tagged as ‘perfect Christmas present’ by Waterstone’s
Adolf Hitler's antisemitic manifesto included among Christmas picks by Huddersfield branchThe UK's biggest book chain, Waterstone's, has apologised after one of its branches pushed Adolf Hitler's manifesto Mein Kampf as the "perfect" Christmas present....
Jamie Oliver scores fourth Christmas No 1
Jamie's Great Britain sells nearly 60,000 copies in single week, topping Christmas book chart for a second year runningDon't want to know what that book-shaped present is under the tree? Then you might want to stop reading here, because most of the nat...
Meerkat cult inspires hunt for quirky Christmas bestseller
Publishers wait to see which offbeat title heads the yuletide bestsellers listsWhen Meerkats Turn Bad; 101 Uses for a Dead Meerkat; Where's the Meerkat? – drawn by the success of last year's surprise Christmas hit, the fictional meerkat memoir The Si...
Jeanette Winterson remembers George Whitman
George Whitman's Paris bookshop, Shakespeare and Company, became my second home, says Jeanette WintersonIn 1958 George Whitman, who died this week, organised a reading in Paris for his friend Lawrence Durrell. Whitman had come to Paris as a GI in the w...
George Whitman obituary
Founder of the Shakespeare and Company bookshop in ParisGeorge Whitman, who has died aged 98, was the proprietor of Shakespeare and Company in Paris, probably the world's most famous bookshop. He took the name from an equally celebrated establishment, ...
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