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Industry bodies recommend consistency in AI audiobook narration terminology

The Audio Publishers Group and the Audio Publishers Association recommend the industry replace terms such as "cloning".

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Pottermore enjoys 'record year' as revenues increase to £48.8m

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Guinness settles into the top spot as race for Christmas number one begins

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Books in the Media: Annie Atkins and Fia Tobing's festive tale charms

The British Book Awards

Got it Covered: Nibbies 35th anniversary special

Today's News Stories

RHS to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram children's classic

German booksellers pinning hopes on Christmas shopping frenzy after slow start

Little, Brown Book Group supports Future Frontiers with careers advice and coaching

France's National Audit Office finds 'several faults' with €300 Culture Pass

Caroline Michel awarded Hay Festival Medal for Leadership after decade with charity

Vintage unveils giant Magic Eye billboard to celebrate Gabrielle Zevin novel

Rachel Winterbottom joins Transworld as sci-fi and fantasy publishing director

Scottish Government confirms £89m for Creative Scotland's draft Grant-in-Aid budget

George Szirtes wins King's Gold Medal for Poetry 2024

The Folio Society sees pre-tax profit up 137% for 2023-4

Topsy and Tim creator Jean Adamson dies aged 96

Kate Mosse criticises new government proposal on AI: 'Opt-out solution won't work'

Salt expands into genre and commercial fiction

Author Belinda Jones dies aged 56 after 'short but courageous' battle with cancer

Kate Carne and Angela Cheveau win QuietManDave Prize 2024

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Jobs in Books

Head of Key Accounts, UK Trade

Profile Books are looking for a Head of Key Accounts, UK Trade

Rights Report

#Merky Books lures back Derek Owusu in pre-empt

Viking snares 'unputdownable' novel in three-book deal from Harriet Evans

Hamish Hamilton secures Kiran Desai's 'ambitious' new novel

Harvill Secker pre-empts Gothic debut inspired by Bulgarian folklore from Anna Kovatcheva

Leap signs Hannah Marsh's 'much-needed revisionist look' at caesarean sections

Sweet Cherry scoop the first in a mindfulness series from Kirsty Topley

Hot Key buys two more books from 'immensely talented' Tia Fisher

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Today's News Stories

RHS to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram children's classic

Industry bodies recommend consistency in AI audiobook narration terminology

German booksellers pinning hopes on Christmas shopping frenzy after slow start

Pottermore enjoys 'record year' as revenues increase to £48.8m

Little, Brown Book Group supports Future Frontiers with careers advice and coaching

France's National Audit Office finds 'several faults' with €300 Culture Pass

Caroline Michel awarded Hay Festival Medal for Leadership after decade with charity

Vintage unveils giant Magic Eye billboard to celebrate Gabrielle Zevin novel

Rachel Winterbottom joins Transworld as sci-fi and fantasy publishing director

Scottish Government confirms £89m for Creative Scotland's draft Grant-in-Aid budget

George Szirtes wins King's Gold Medal for Poetry 2024

The Folio Society sees pre-tax profit up 137% for 2023-4

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Latest Issue

13th December 2024

In this week's issue:

Editors of the Year: The Bookseller’s inaugural ranking of acquiring editors
Books in the Media: Review of the Year
Author Profile: Natasha Brown discusses her second novel Universality
Previews: Paperback and Children's – New titles publishing in March
Spotlight: Wellbeing – Publishers look to man
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Opinion from The Bookseller and other columnists

Turning traditional

by Natasha Preston

Many indie authors still dream of being traditionally published — but if it happens, the adjustment can be tough.

Radical technology

by Chris McCabe

A new report has found that people prefer AI poetry to the human kind. It is based on a big mistake.

Old habits die hard

by Silé Edwards

For publishing to thrive, its people must feel secure and supported long-term.

How we manifest? It's all about the books

by Philip Jones

This week’s issue of The Bookseller, our 6,091st, features more than 500 upcoming books.

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Comment

Opinion from The Bookseller and other columnists

Turning traditional

by Natasha Preston

Many indie authors still dream of being traditionally published — but if it happens, the adjustment can be tough.

Old habits die hard

by Silé Edwards

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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.

Spotlight

Checking them twice: festive-themed children’s book sales soar

In the week ending 30th November, there were 286 identifiably festive titles in the TCM’s Top 5,000 list.

PrinteBookAudio

1

Guinness World Records 2025

2

We Solve Murders

3

Orbital

4

Butter

5

The 1% Club

6

Private Eye Annual 2024

7

Big Jim Begins

8

Hot Mess

9

Simply Jamie

10

In Too Deep

1

36 Hours

2

The Christmas Cottage

3

The Wives

4

The Truth About Melody Browne

5

The Darkest Evening

6

The Day of the Jackal

7

A Christmas Murder

8

The Christmas Cottage

9

The Midnight Hour

10

36 Hours

1

Wind and Truth

2

We Solve Murders

3

I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You

4

The Hidden Life of Trees

5

The Hotel Avocado

6

Atomic Habits

7

Here One Moment

8

Lights Out

9

Absolute Power

10

Odyssey

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Books in the Media: Annie Atkins and Fia Tobing's festive tale charms

This week a festive children’s book captured the heart of Lucy Bannerman at the Times while Peter Singer featured in reviews for his book on the life of a turkey.

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Percival Everett tops the Books of the Year lists

More than 900 titles were mentioned in the press’ end-of-year highlights lists, with Booker favourites featuring prominently, fiction at the forefront, and US novelist Percival Everett leading the way with his reworking of Huckleberry Finn.