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Publishers have been blasted for "directly
taking money from authors' pockets" when it comes to audio, both
by sitting on audio rights and for paying "pitiful"
royalties to authors on audiobook sales.
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Retailers have unleashed their Christmas offerings, hot on
the heels of Black Friday, featuring whisky tastings, gift picks
delivered through YouTube videos, and giant snowmen lurching from store
canopies.
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Indie booksellers have focused on the importance of the
high street in their festive offers, with West End Books in London’s
Hampstead appearing alongside other retailers in Visa’s Christmas
advert.
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It is “absolutely the responsibility” of the publishing
industry to inspire and empower the next generation, Dialogue Books
publisher Sharmaine Lovegrove has said, while urging the trade to
ensure inclusivity in the workplace is "the norm, and not just a trend".
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Nadiya Hussain is publishing a new narrative
non-fiction book called Finding
My Voice, exploring the many different roles assigned to
her by gender, culture, society and religion.
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Former Quarto chief Marcus Leaver has offered insight into
his future publishing career as chairman of mental health publisher
Trigger, saying wants more freedom to expand the business across
various mediums.
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Children’s book artists including Quentin Blake, Shirley
Hughes and Chris Riddell have recreated Raymond Briggs’ The Snowman (Penguin
Random House Children's) in their own style as part of plans to
celebrate the picture book’s 40th anniversary.
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Carlton, Mostly Lit and HarperCollins division HQ picked
up gongs at the FutureBook Awards.
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Forensic anthropologist Professor Dame Sue Black has won
this year’s £6,000 Saltire Book of the Year award for All That Remains: A Life in
Death (Transworld), while Canongate picked up the prize for
publisher of the year.
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Sphere has acquired two new novels from crime author Val
McDermid.
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The Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize has returned
for a second year, newly expanded, with partners across the world and a
new residency in Andalucia.
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Hachette chief executive David Shelley has called for
greater strides in inclusion and diversity in his Futurebook
keynote.
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