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Avid fans of James Bond have been informed that the next book in the series will go under the title Solo. Author William Boyd revealed the information at the London Book Fair and told how the name of the book relates to 007 undertaking a...
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Suzy Astbury, Managing Director of Inspired Selection – the key book trade recruiter and sponsor of the London Book Fair Chairman’s Breakfast – discusses the challenges of finding the right person for the right job in the digital age
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As The London Book Fair Author of the Day on Tuesday, Elif Shafak carries the torch for Market Focus country Turkey, a place she still calls home and whose unique confluence of Eastern and Western traditions and cultures exerts a profound...
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In a few short years, author and illustrator Liz Pichon has become a firm favourite with children in Britain and around the world. The London Book Fair's Author of the Day (Wednesday 17 April 2013) talks about her own childhood favourite, which...
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It's thirty years since William Boyd was chosen as one of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists and, rather to his surprise, he's still writing successfully, films as well as novels. On the opening day of LBF 2013 (Monday 15 April) he is...
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Sara Lloyd, Digital and Communications Director of Pan Macmillan and Chair of this year’s LBF Digital Minds Conference, discusses the problems and opportunities facing publishers in a world that’s still very much in transition.
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Before the world had heard of Amazon, Mehment Inhan and his colleagues in Turkey were launching idefix.com.tr. Fifteen years on, with a consumer website, a literary magazine, and a B2B distribution company, the internet retailer is creating...
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Founded 16 years ago, Profile is one of the UK's most successful independent publishers whose long list of bestsellers includes Alan Bennett's short stories, Simon Garfield's Just My Type and, of course, Lynne Truss's Eats, Shoots and Leaves....
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The store refurbishment is rolling out, Kindles are on sale, a bookselling academy is in place. Much now depends on the next couple of months but Waterstones Managing Director James Daunt was in a buoyant mood when he talked to Liz Thomson...
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Digital ebook sellers based in Luxembourg and France will no longer be able to take advantage of a tax loop hole under new provisions put forward by the EU's European Commission. Internet giants like Amazon currently benefit from the...