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Julia Donaldson supplants JK Rowling to become the UK’s all-time top author by volume

The Gruffalo co-creator’s 3.1 million units sold in 2024 means she edges past the Harry Potter writer to claim the record for bestselling author since records began.

News

Exclusive: Unbound faces 'financial uncertainty' as authors wait for delayed payments

Editor's Letter

A government move puts at risk a centuries-old commitment

Features

Review of the Year: On and on to the break of Don – Children’s titan tops the pile and bags TCM record

News

The Good Literary Agency founders 'heartbroken' to close agency after funding bid 'fails'

The British Book Awards

Got it Covered: Nibbies 35th anniversary special

Today's News Stories

Scholastic investigates reports of cyber attack

James Daunt and David Shelley to headline LBF's Main Stage

Kogan Page to launch new tourism, leisure and hospitality list

Manderley Press appoints Ed Ripley as sales and marketing director

Gay's The Word manager Jim MacSweeney steps down after 27 years

Matt Bomer to narrate new audiobook edition of Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life

Walker Books appoints Andrew Stanley as sales and marketing director

Snow Patrol's Jonny Quinn and Muswell Press unveil Mallorca-based writing retreats

Dawn Burnett appointed as communications director of Bluebird and One Boat

Faber announces 20th anniversary editions of Never Let Me Go

Neil Gaiman responds to sexual misconduct allegations, but his UK publishers remain silent

Creative Rights in AI Coalition criticises government for 'blindly following' EU stance on data mining

France's book sales fall in 2024 as year ends on 'bleak' note

New co-chairs of IPA Copyright Committee named

Ruth Alltimes becomes managing director at Hachette Children's Group as Hilary Murray Hill retires

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Jobs in Books

Commissioning Editor, Second Sky

Second Sky, the SFF imprint of the UK’s biggest digital publisher Bookouture, is looking for a commissioning editor

Rights Report

Quadrille to publish cocktail book with Outlander’s Sam Heughan

Transworld signs 'original' crime series from Emma Mason

HarperNorth acquires story of Aston Villa's rebirth from Gregg Evans and Matt Maher

Tor UK acquires 'darkly magical' adult novel by Marie Lu

Roundfire Books signs debut thriller from Salman Shaheen

Stephanie Garber moves from Hodder & Stoughton to Orion with first adult novel

Pan Mac wins three-way auction for Gemma Morr's 'sizzling' cowboy romance

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Today's News Stories

Scholastic investigates reports of cyber attack

James Daunt and David Shelley to headline LBF's Main Stage

Julia Donaldson supplants JK Rowling to become the UK’s all-time top author by volume

Exclusive: Unbound faces 'financial uncertainty' as authors wait for delayed payments

Review of the Year: On and on to the break of Don – Children’s titan tops the pile and bags TCM record

Manderley Press appoints Ed Ripley as sales and marketing director

Kogan Page to launch new tourism, leisure and hospitality list

Gay's The Word manager Jim MacSweeney steps down after 27 years

Matt Bomer to narrate new audiobook edition of Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life

Snow Patrol's Jonny Quinn and Muswell Press unveil Mallorca-based writing retreats

Dawn Burnett appointed as communications director of Bluebird and One Boat

The Good Literary Agency founders 'heartbroken' to close agency after funding bid 'fails'

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Latest Issue

17th January 2025

In this week's issue:

Review of the Year: Julia Donaldson reigns in our author-focused Review of the Year
Author Profile: Hallie Rubenhold on her new Crippen book Story of a Murder
Author Profile: Rozie Kelly discusses power dynamics in her upcoming novel, Kingfisher
Author profile: Ian Leslie on the Lennon and McCartney songwriting partnership
Previews:
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Opinion from The Bookseller and other columnists

Passing the baton

by Julia Kingsford

As TGLA closes, we must reflect on how the industry can keep pushing for change.

The fight against misinformation is on

by Amelia Fairney

... and publishing needs to arm itself.

A government move puts at risk a centuries-old commitment

by Philip Jones

The government’s recent pronouncements around artificial intelligence suggest it wants to weaken the rules around how written content is used and repurposed by, in the main, big tech.

How to plan for the BookTok ban

by Caley Routledge

Five ways the publishing industry might respond to the US TikTok ban

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Comment

Opinion from The Bookseller and other columnists

Passing the baton

by Julia Kingsford

As TGLA closes, we must reflect on how the industry can keep pushing for change.

The fight against misinformation is on

by Amelia Fairney

A government move puts at risk a centuries-old commitment

by Philip Jones

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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.

Bestsellers

2020s vision: Richard Osman Hoovers up sales

PrinteBookAudio

1

The List of Suspicious Things

2

Atomic Habits

3

Bored of Lunch Six Ingredient Slow Cooker

4

Orbital

5

Girl Moments

6

Make Change That Lasts

7

Cozy Friends

8

Iron Flame

9

Little Corner

10

The Housemaid

1

I Will Find You

2

The Wives

3

The Boyfriend

4

Message Deleted

5

The Bookshop Ladies

6

The Housemaid

7

An Ideal Husband

8

The No. 1 Lawyer

9

The Locked Door

10

The Sea Cave

1

The House of My Mother

2

Atomic Habits

3

We Solve Murders

4

Make Change That Lasts

5

I Haven’t Been Entirely Honest with You

6

The Hotel Avocado

7

The Satsuma Complex

8

The Thursday Murder Club

9

Butter

10

Unruly

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Authors interviews, news and book previews

Author Interviews

Rozie Kelly delves into the power dynamics of her award-winning novel Kingfisher

The NorthBound Book Award-winning Kingfisher centres on a queer man who finds himself attracted to an elusive older woman.

Author Interviews

Ian Leslie: his new book on Lennon and McCartney is 'a love story in songs'

Caroline Sanderson reports on the latest and perhaps most insightful book to explore the phenomenon that was the Lennon and McCartney songwriting partnership.