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Issue date: Friday, 24 August 2007

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Roche answers back
Woolworths increases focus on books
CConcern over new voluntary library standards
National Year of Reading 2008 unveiled
Grisham to Hodder
Penguin brings a classic touch to bestsellers
Afghanistan account to Hutchinson

HC secure more books from 'Summer Read' author
Whiting returns to UK
Carlton launches children's list
Third BML seminar on exploiting industry change
Rankin details future plans...
Scroll on for the news behind the headlines...

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Dinosaur or dynamo: does the bookseller have a role in the digital era?
The third BML seminar will look at the role of the bookseller in the digital age.


Expert speakers, including Peter Bowron of Random House, Willie Anderson of John Smith, Vivienne Wordley of Foyles and Genevieve Kunst of amazon, will discuss how booksellers can respond to the demands of digitisation, what the customer wants and the legal issues around marketing and selling content online.

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Roche answers back
AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON the future of Borders UK is expected in the next few weeks. Meanwhile, Borders UK CEO David Roche replies to some of the comments made about his company and tells Roger Tagholm the values he thinks are important to bookshops...
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Woolworths increases focus on books
WOOLWORTHS HAS SHOWN further evidence of its desire to grow its share of the book market by creating a new position of Book Product Manager...
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Concern over new voluntary library standards
THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE of Library and Information Professionals is seeking assurances from the Government that a new voluntary framework will not allow libraries which are failing to escape investigation...
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National Year of Reading 2008 unveiled
EARLY PLANS ARE being unveiled for the 2008 National Year of Reading, which will include another set of books in the Quick Reads series. The National Literary Trust and The Reading Agency have been appointed by the Government to manage the project...
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Grisham to Hodder
WENDY GRISHAM, SISTER of best-selling novelist John Grisham, is to join Hodder in October as Director of Publishing for Hodder Inspiration, formerly Hodder & Stoughton Religious Books...
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Penguin brings a classic touch to bestsellers
FOLLOWING PENGUIN'S RECEIPT of the KPMG Publisher of the Year title at the British Book Industry Awards in May, the publisher is re-publishing thirty-six of its recent bestsellers in a "modern re-working of the traditional Penguin look"...
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Afghanistan account to Hutchinson, HC secure more books from 'Summer Read' author
HUTCHINSON'S CAROLINE GASCOIGNE has acquired "a polemical account of foreign failure" in Afghanistan by award-winning BBC journalist David Loyn...
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Whiting returns to UK
TIM WHITING, CURRENTLY Senior Publisher at Random House Australia, is returning to the UK in March 2008 to take up the newly created position of Publishing Director at Little, Brown/Abacus...
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Carlton launches children's list
FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS of Pirates and Santa Claus - both of which were New York Times bestsellers, Pirates staying at No 1 for 12 weeks last year - Carlton Publishing, best known for its illustrated, brand, media and leisure-related books, has set up a children's division...
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Rankin details future plans...
IAN RANKIN REVEALED the title of his twentieth - and apparently final - Rebus book at the Edinburgh Book Festival last week. He also discussed what he would be doing post-Rebus...
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Dinosaur or dynamo?
THE THIRD IN a series of Book Marketing Limited seminars on exploiting industry change will take place on 21 September. "Dinosaur or Dynamo: does the bookseller have a role in the digital era?" will examine whether booksellers can adapt to the digital age and, if so, how...
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Feature:
Starting over...
LINDA KELSEY KNOWS the media but is new to publishing. The experience so far has being intriguing...
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News in brief
Globe Pequot buys Footprint... Nielsen Book launches new service... Waterstone's dominates Bookseller shortlist... Man Booker website success... Bulos to Orion... Reading Agency seminar... Heinemann author dies... Parthenon hires... Country Bookshop launches social network site... Chicken House seeks talent... Faber wins Sundial... Royal Mail Awards expand...
See stories here
In this week's print issue
THIS WEEK'S PRINT issue of PN > includes an interview with the Director of the National Literacy Trust, Jonathan Douglas. A C Grayling writes about censorship, to tie-in with his new Bloomsbury hardback, while novelist Valerie Martin and journalist Rachel Simhon talk about their latest books. December titles are previewed, and key books in the Home, Interior & Crafts category are highlighted. Plus more news, features, media listings and book charts. To subscribe to PN, click HERE


Bantam launches new imprint in dual format
BANTAM DELL, A division of Random House, is launching Bantam Discovery, a new imprint that will publish one title per month in both trade paperback and mass market format. See story here
Penguin launches book club for two USA divisions
PENGUIN GROUP USA has launched an online resources site for reading groups...
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UNC book rental program to help students ease costs
U.S. TEXTBOOK PRICES have been rising at double the rate of inflation for the past two decades, according to a Government Accountability Office study, leaving many college students without textbooks...
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