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

In what might be a bit of a worry for booksellers and publishers as we head into the final seven days of trading before Christmas, the top 10 books in Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market (TCM) dropped 5% in volume week-on-week in the latest charts, with Guinness World Records 2025 returning to the top spot – selling just under 40,000 copies.

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Waterstones' warehouse systems hit by Blue Yonder ransomware gang attack

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Wonder Wall leads The Bookseller’s inaugural ranking of acquiring editors

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Percival Everett tops the Books of the Year lists

The British Book Awards

Got it Covered: Nibbies 35th anniversary special

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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

Government launches AI consultation running until February 2025

Quarto appoints Karine Marko as managing director

Mukahang Limbu wins Borough Press' £10k non fiction prize

Newly formed Creative Rights in AI Coalition urges government to protect copyright

Jessie Goetzinger-Hall promoted to commissioning editor at Mountain Leopard Press

Quercus publisher Jane Wood to move into freelance consultant role

Anna Ridley promoted as Penguin General announces Communications team restructure

Hachette Ireland managing director Breda Purdue to retire

The Bookseller redesigns weekly magazine to bring authors and books to the front

Jenna Coleman to narrate Jojo Moyes’ We All Live Here

Amelia Fairney takes redundancy after 27 years with Penguin General

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Rights Report

HarperNorth acquires 'epic tale' from Stuart Maconie of the people who made The Beatles

Quercus acquires new duology and three novellas from 'TikTok sensation' Lyla Sage

Gaia pre-empts 'exceptional' debut from Dr Rosa Vásquez Espinoza

Persephone Books reprints Sally Carson's 'forgotten masterpiece'

Hodder acquires new book from disaster planner Lucy Easthope in exclusive submission

Bath Publishing acquires second book on the Post Office Scandal by investigative journalist Nick Wallis

4th Estate scoops John Patrick McHugh’s ‘captivating tragicomic’ debut novel

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Today's News Stories

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

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

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

Government launches AI consultation running until February 2025

Mukahang Limbu wins Borough Press' £10k non fiction prize

Quarto appoints Karine Marko as managing director

Waterstones' warehouse systems hit by Blue Yonder ransomware gang attack

Newly formed Creative Rights in AI Coalition urges government to protect copyright

Jessie Goetzinger-Hall promoted to commissioning editor at Mountain Leopard Press

Quercus publisher Jane Wood to move into freelance consultant role

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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 manifest success in 2025 with range of titles

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Opinion from The Bookseller and other columnists

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.

Is this the end of the expert?

by Daisy Game

The pressure on both individuals and businesses to become multi-hyphenates is intense.

A history of neglect

by Kasim Ali

When it comes to new technology, publishing never prioritises author income.

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Comment

Opinion from The Bookseller and other columnists

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

Is this the end of the expert?

by Daisy Game

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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.

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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.