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Last updated 18.11.08
Costa announces 2008 shortlists
Four male novelists have been nominated for the Novel category shortlist at this year's Costa Book Awards, after last year's...
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BBC defends Lonely Planet deal
The BBC has defended its acquisition of Lonely Planet saying that it is just doing what BBC...
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Spending surge fails to lift market
Last week saw spending on books surge by almost 10% week-on-week, to a 2008 high, but this...
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Last updated 13.11.08
Looking back, going forward
It is perhaps indicative of Faber & Faber's intentions for its 80th year that it is moving offices. The timing is incidental; the company had been scouting out new digs for a little while. Yet the move reflects the way Faber is blending...
Getting them hooked
You cannot judge a book by its cover. This tiresome cliché is nonsense, as most people in the book trade know. Readers do judge books by their covers and, more importantly, often make buying decisions based on a visceral reaction to jacket...
Hachette men
Alongside organised crime and show business, the publishing world has often been described as recession-proof. Cheaper than a night out and longer lasting than a meal or trip to the cinema, books can come into their own when people are tightening...
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Last updated 18.11.08
Ashley Wilks
A criminal journey
A few months ago I started on a criminal journey with one of our authors which I’m glad to say didn’t end in murder; on the contrary, it’s ended with the birth of my very first online...
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Jon Slack
Publishing 2.0—the Reader Revolution
Using web 2.0 is a key way to get readers interested in books, and can lead to them having an...
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Martyn Daniels
Break the spine
In the digital world, publishers need to shift away from the book first, print-centric...
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