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Our round-up of the most read stories of the past week on The Bookseller: 1. Kate Morton sued by former literary agent 2. Feminist bookshop to open in Soho 3. Sphere wins auction to publish Zelda the cat's first book 4. Working class writers' festival planned for 2020 5. White leaves Waterstones for Simon & Schuster 6. 'Towering' opponent of censorship John Calder dies aged 91 7. Bonnier sells Weldon Owen to Insight Editions 8. Booksellers urge government to 'act quickly' on 'Amazon tax' 9. Publishers Association corrects key figure on author pay 10. Gaiman, Smith and Ishiguro to feature in British short story anthology

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August 20, 2018

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LATEST NEWS Indies overcome trade challenges through new routes Independent publishers are increasing their focus on events, social media and developing a strong identity through their output to boost sales and build communities of readers, a range of indies have told The Bookseller. Brits go to Beijing in buoyant mood For the first time, UK publishers will form the biggest international contingent at the Beijing International Book Fair this year, overtaking Japan and South Korea, historically the two largest national parties. Waterstones unveils 'more generous' loyalty card Waterstones has today unveiled a new, “more generous” loyalty card, the Waterstones Plus, which has been developed in-house by the chain’s booksellers. Queer Eye's Tan France goes to Ebury after auction Ebury Publishing imprint Virgin Books is releasing the first memoir of British fashion designer Tan France, resident style expert on the hit Netflix re-boot “Queer Eye”. Brown and Williams scoop James Tait Black prizes Craig Brown, who wrote a biography of HRH Princess Margaret, and short story writer Eley Williams are the winners of this year’s James Tait Black Prizes, awarded by the University of Edinburgh. Maldives luxury resort seeks a bookseller Philip Blackwell, founder of the Ultimate Library company, is recruiting a bookseller to work in a remote bookshop in the Maldives. Westover, Ondaatje and Jones among Obama's summer reads Barack Obama has revealed that Tara Westover’s Educated, Michael Ondaatje's Warlight and An American Marriage by Tayari Jones are among his favourite summer reads of 2018. Peter and Nicola Usborne to speak at Children’s Conference Peter Usborne and his daughter and deputy m.d., Nicola Usborne, are speaking at this year’s The Bookseller Children’s Conference on 24th August. Business history of the Premier League to John Murray John Murray has acquired a business history of the rise of Premier League football by Wall Street Journal writers Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg. YA fantasy inspired by ancient Japan to Gollancz Gollancz has acquired Empress of All Seasons by Emiko Jean, a debut YA fantasy set in a world inspired by ancient Japan, in which women with the ability to shift into monsters train to steal men’s fortunes.

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