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15th November 2024

15th November 2024

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Features, trade interviews, and people listings

Pearson's sales growth accelerates to 5% as it increases 'AI capabilities'

Pearson's sales growth accelerates to 5% as it increases 'AI capabilities'

Pearson’s sales growth accelerated to 5% for the third quarter and nine months ended 30th September 2024, from the equivalent period in 2023.

Spredges effect: why books are becoming more beautiful

Spredges effect: why books are becoming more beautiful

Budget, AI and rising costs: industry insiders discuss redundancy trends

Budget, AI and rising costs: industry insiders discuss redundancy trends

Freelancers and audio take the spotlight as the 2024 FutureBook Awards celebrate the book trade at its best

Freelancers and audio take the spotlight as the 2024 FutureBook Awards celebrate the book trade at its best

Life after bookselling: Little Toller directs full attention to publishing

Trade Interviews

Life after bookselling: Little Toller directs full attention to publishing

Features

Spredges effect: why books are becoming more beautiful

Spredges effect: why books are becoming more beautiful

Budget, AI and rising costs: industry insiders discuss redundancy trends

Budget, AI and rising costs: industry insiders discuss redundancy trends

Freelancers and audio take the spotlight as the 2024 FutureBook Awards celebrate the book trade at its best

Freelancers and audio take the spotlight as the 2024 FutureBook Awards celebrate the book trade at its best

PRH Audio to work ‘hand-in-hand’ with authors as it trials AI recording methods

PRH Audio to work ‘hand-in-hand’ with authors as it trials AI recording methods

Surprise! The UK audiobook market stands at over £1bn

Surprise! The UK audiobook market stands at over £1bn

Molto bene: Italian market reaps post-pandemic gains despite flatlining

Molto bene: Italian market reaps post-pandemic gains despite flatlining

Trade Interviews

Selection matters: World of Books branches out to meet customer needs

Selection matters: World of Books branches out to meet customer needs

Life after bookselling: Little Toller directs full attention to publishing

Life after bookselling: Little Toller directs full attention to publishing

So hot right now: literary agents going out on their own

So hot right now: literary agents going out on their own

Being seen: how Dark Matter joins the dots between books and Black readers

Hodder Press: careful curation of non-fiction list remains the key to solid growth

Hodder Press: careful curation of non-fiction list remains the key to solid growth

Mundy, Mundy: the Aevitas Creative Management boss and prize director doubles up

Mundy, Mundy: the Aevitas Creative Management boss and prize director doubles up

Features

Spredges effect: why books are becoming more beautiful

Spredges effect: why books are becoming more beautiful

Budget, AI and rising costs: industry insiders discuss redundancy trends

Budget, AI and rising costs: industry insiders discuss redundancy trends

Freelancers and audio take the spotlight as the 2024 FutureBook Awards celebrate the book trade at its best

Freelancers and audio take the spotlight as the 2024 FutureBook Awards celebrate the book trade at its best

PRH Audio to work ‘hand-in-hand’ with authors as it trials AI recording methods

PRH Audio to work ‘hand-in-hand’ with authors as it trials AI recording methods

Surprise! The UK audiobook market stands at over £1bn

Surprise! The UK audiobook market stands at over £1bn

Molto bene: Italian market reaps post-pandemic gains despite flatlining

Molto bene: Italian market reaps post-pandemic gains despite flatlining

Trade Interviews

Selection matters: World of Books branches out to meet customer needs

Selection matters: World of Books branches out to meet customer needs

Life after bookselling: Little Toller directs full attention to publishing

Life after bookselling: Little Toller directs full attention to publishing

So hot right now: literary agents going out on their own

So hot right now: literary agents going out on their own

Being seen: how Dark Matter joins the dots between books and Black readers

Hodder Press: careful curation of non-fiction list remains the key to solid growth

Hodder Press: careful curation of non-fiction list remains the key to solid growth

Mundy, Mundy: the Aevitas Creative Management boss and prize director doubles up

Mundy, Mundy: the Aevitas Creative Management boss and prize director doubles up

Rising Stars

The Bookseller's Rising Stars is an annual list of the book industry's up and comers.

Alesha Bonser

Alesha Bonser

Marketing director

Bloomsbury Children's Books

Freya Blyth

Freya Blyth

Owner

The Bookshop by the Sea

Nadia Saward

Nadia Saward

Commissioning editor

Orbit

Richard Smartt

Richard Smartt

Owner

the book-ends

Jess Chandler

Jess Chandler

Publisher and editor

Prototype

The Bookseller 150

The Bookseller 150 is an annual list of the 150 most influential people in UK publishing.

Nels Abbey

Nels Abbey

Writer & co-founder, The Black Writers' Guild

Emma Paterson

Emma Paterson

Literary Agent

Aitken Alexander Associates

Miles Stevens-Hoare

Miles Stevens-Hoare

Director & general manager

W F Howes

David Taylor

David Taylor

Senior vice-president

Ingram Content Group

Kate Skipper

Kate Skipper

C.o.o.

Waterstones

Bookshop Heroes

The Bookseller's Bookshop Heroes is a listing of some of the best individual booksellers in the UK and Ireland.

Duncan Cooper

Duncan Cooper

Owner

The Childrens Bookshelf (Hereford)

David Coates

David Coates

Events manager

Blackwell's (Manchester)

John Newman

John Newman

Children's manager

The Newham Bookshop (Newham)

Alexia Pepper de Caires

Alexia Pepper de Caires

Owner

Back to Books (Birmingham)

Liam Bowden

Liam Bowden

Shop development retail manager

Waterstones (London)

Most Read

The most popular pages across the site

Spredges effect: why books are becoming more beautiful

Colm Tóibín’s ‘masterpiece’ named Waterstones Irish Book of the Year 2024

Penguin Classics to launch 'Penguin Archive' series with publication of 90 short books

Rob Waddington on leave of absence as Sarah Roscoe and Philipp Bartscher take on new roles at PRH UK

Agatha Christie fans gather in Golden Age dress for HarperCollins' sold-out 'A Christie for Christmas'

Faber launches 'biggest trade campaign ever' to mark the publication of Sally Rooney's Intermezzo

Budget, AI and rising costs: industry insiders discuss redundancy trends

We need to talk about redundancy

BBC's 'Between the Covers' reveals books and guests for new series

New writing award for authors aged 60+ to prove it’s ‘Never Too Late’

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