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Authors and literary agents 'angry and frustrated' by Facebook impersonations

Unicorn Academy series author Julie Sykes and art historian Ruth Millington have been plagued by fake author profiles on Facebook and Instagram, revealing ’anger, frustration and vulnerability’ over the situation.

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Judges for The British Book Awards 2025 to include Bonnie Garmus, Mary Portas and Reeta Chakrabarti

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Rebecca Yarros storms to the top of the charts

Author Interviews

Anthony Cheetham on the books that shaped him

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FairyLoot and Transworld launch new fantasy publishing imprint

The British Book Awards

Got it Covered: Nibbies 35th anniversary special

Today's News Stories

Orion's Jennifer Wilson becomes managing director of Hodder & Stoughton

Sam Birmingham appointed director of international rights at Trident Media Group

Musical based on Neil Gaiman's Coraline cancelled following sexual misconduct allegations

Casemate UK rebrands to Script Publisher Services and bolsters board

Eye Books partners with BookSource for distribution

WH Smith Travel revenue rises as high street flags

Rachel Hart to join Wildfire Books as editorial director

Fiona Robertson's departure from Watkins sparks restructure

The Emma Press appoints James Trevelyan as director

Chalke History Festival announces Evelyn Partners as new lead partner in multi-year deal

Campaigns for You Are Here and Intermezzo shortlisted for the 2024 PPC Annual Awards

Professor Liz David-Barrett wins The Ideas Prize for non-fiction

Dark Horse Comics halts publication of Neil Gaiman's works

Diana Evans' short story Broth features in Fictionable's first print edition

Rosi Crawley joins Bloomsbury Children’s Books as publicity director

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Rights Report

HQ snaps up Caroline Hirons' 'essential handbook' on skincare for teenagers

Simon & Schuster Children's nabs two YA romantasy novels in deal with Catherine Doyle

Century acquires two 'sweeping' dual timeline novels from Izzy Broom

Monoray acquires new 'startlingly honest' memoir from Alan Davies

Dan Brown's sixth Robert Langdon novel to be published 22 years after The Da Vinci Code

Piccadilly Press acquires two middle-grade novels by Maisie Chan

Blink acquires 'professional confessional' from mental health nurse Elliot Sweeney

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Today's News Stories

Orion's Jennifer Wilson becomes managing director of Hodder & Stoughton

Sam Birmingham appointed director of international rights at Trident Media Group

Authors and literary agents 'angry and frustrated' by Facebook impersonations

Musical based on Neil Gaiman's Coraline cancelled following sexual misconduct allegations

Casemate UK rebrands to Script Publisher Services and bolsters board

Eye Books partners with BookSource for distribution

WH Smith Travel revenue rises as high street flags

Campaigns for You Are Here and Intermezzo shortlisted for the 2024 PPC Annual Awards

Judges for The British Book Awards 2025 to include Bonnie Garmus, Mary Portas and Reeta Chakrabarti

The Emma Press appoints James Trevelyan as director

Fiona Robertson's departure from Watkins sparks restructure

Chalke History Festival announces Evelyn Partners as new lead partner in multi-year deal

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Latest Issue

24th January 2025

In this week's issue:

Review of the Year: A successful year for publishers in our top 20
Author Profile: David Szalay leans into our era’s short attention span in his new episodic novel
Author Profile: Veteran publisher Anthony Cheetham takes up a new role as author
Previews: Children's – New titles publishing in April

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Opinion from The Bookseller and other columnists

Translation adjacent

by Kotryna Garanasvili

Translators do so much more than translation – and we need the industry’s help.

A call to AI action

by Clementine Collett

The government’s consultation on AI and copyright must inspire action from everyone in publishing.

The editor's dilemma

by Kasim Ali

Too many white editors are failing to unlock the full potential of their non-white authors.

Translating yourself

by Nadim Sadek

AI translation tools open up exciting possibilities for certain books.

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Comment

Opinion from The Bookseller and other columnists

Translation adjacent

by Kotryna Garanasvili

Translators do so much more than translation – and we need the industry’s help.

A call to AI action

by Clementine Collett

The editor's dilemma

by Kasim Ali

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Bestsellers

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Weekly print bestsellers based on data supplied by Nielsen BookScan. Other digital charts from Bookstat and Audible.

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Rebecca Yarros storms to the top of the charts

In news that will surprise very few, Rebecca Yarros has soared straight to first place in this week’s chart with Onyx Storm (Piatkus) – the third book in the Empyrean series – in the latest data from Nielsen Bookscan’s Total Consumer Market (TCM).

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Onyx Storm

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Cruel is the Light

3

Fourth Wing

4

Iron Flame

5

The List of Suspicious Things

6

What's Your Dream?

7

The Wrong Hands

8

Orbital

9

I Will Ruin You

10

Atomic Habits

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Onyx Storm

2

I Will Find You

3

In Plain Sight

4

The Wives

5

The Boyfriend

6

Fourth Wing

7

The Lake

8

The Locked Door

9

Iron Flame

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The Bookshop Ladies

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Onyx Storm

2

What's Your Dream?

3

Atomic Habits

4

We Solve Murders

5

Murder on the Marlow Belle

6

Poison Garden

7

Make Change That Lasts

8

The Hotel Avocado

9

Ready Player One

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I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You

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Author Interviews

Anthony Cheetham on the books that shaped him

The veteran publishing fire-starter is back in the world of books, and believes there is still much to be achieved in the business, both by looking back and forwards.