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What makes a book a bestseller? It’s tricky

It is a truth generally acknowledged that authors and publishers want their books to become bestsellers. Bestseller lists, especially those published in prestigious media outlets, such the New York Times, or publishing industry magazines are important marketing tools for publishers, and useful selection tools for booksellers, librarians and readers.

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Spotify’s new audiobook streaming could have ‘devastating effect’, says Society of Authors

The industry body says the music giant’s move to make more than 150,000 titles available has not been discussed with authors and may compete with sales

The Guardian - UK

Claudia Mason obituary

Other lives: Bookseller and signwriter who lived for many years on a houseboat on the Thames

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Amazon to close Book Depository online shop

Gloucester-based bookseller bought by the retail giant in 2011 will shut at the end of April

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‘We’ve rediscovered the joy of reading’: how customers are rescuing UK bookshops

A bookseller in Kent has gone viral after tweeting a picture of her empty shop. Here, other retailers explain how they are surviving – even thriving – when many people are counting every penny

The Guardian - UK

When my memoir came out, I got a brutal shock. Vulnerable writers need protection

Nothing prepared me for revisiting my most painful times – then being criticised for it. We need industry-wide guidelines, says journalist Terri White

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All-star judging panel for British Book Awards 2023 announced

Channel 4 News lead anchor, Krishnan Guru-Murthy, will be joined by other famous faces as part of the panel.

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Profits of JK Rowling's digital publisher plunge by 40 per cent

JK ROWLING’S digital publisher responsible for Harry Potter e-books and audio books has seen its profits plunge by 40.

The National (Scotland)

Have we fallen out of love with celebrity memoirs?

The year’s autobiography big-hitters haven’t sold as well as expected, with buyers disenchanted by pricing and lack of feelgood topics

The Guardian - UK

RuPaul’s Drag Race essay collection wins oddest book title of the year award

RuPedagogies of Realness wins the Bookseller/Diagram prize ahead of What Nudism Exposes and Frankenstein Was a Vegetarian

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Europe’s largest Middle Eastern bookseller to close

Al Saqi Books in London, which was established in 1978, blames closure on rise in prices of Arabic-language books and ‘detrimental’ effect of Brexit

The Guardian - UK

Waterstones staff ‘abused by customers’ amid book shortages due to delivery delays

Booksellers have reportedly had titles thrown at them and faced aggressive behaviour from customers

The Independent UK

Boris Johnson memoir could earn him ‘north of £1m’

Insiders say outgoing prime minister unlikely to write about personal life but book deal possible this autumn

The Guardian - UK

British Book Awards 2022 shortlist revealed including Sir Paul McCartney and Sally Rooney

The "resurgence of the celebrity memoir" is marked in this year's shortlist

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Northumberland independent bookshop named best in the North of England

Forum Books in Corbridge took the crown for the North of England at the Bookseller's Independent Bookshop of the Year and could now be named retailer of the year at the British Book Awards in May

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