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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Little,
Brown) has once again taken the Official Top 50 number one spot, with
168,389 copies sold for £1.86m in its second week on sale.
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J K Rowling is launching new short-form content about the
Harry Potter world, called Pottermore Presents, in September, which will be
available to sell through online retailers in the UK.
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Century has acquired The Pokémon Book of Joy in the wake of
the global Pokémon Go phenomenon.
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American bookselling chain Barnes & Noble has sacked its
c.e.o Ronald Boire after just under a year in the post.
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The Ship of Adventures bookshop in London's Hackney has been
named in Small Business Saturday UK’s "Small Biz 100" for
2016, a campaign promoting and supporting small businesses on the high
street.
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International publishers have snapped up the rights to the new
Mr Men books, announced earlier this week.
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A proposal put forward by Coventry City Council could see
library users go online to order books and collect them from local
community centres.
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Author Philippa Gregory insists on a “clause” in film
contracts to prevent filmmakers from changing historic facts in her work.
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Netflix has acquired film rights to Sarah Pinborough’s
psychological YA thriller, 13
Minutes (Gollancz), bringing Josh Schwartz and
Stephanie Savage, the creators of "Gossip Girl", on board to
write.
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English PEN and the Society of Authors have welcomed
a new report on defamation law in Northern Ireland recommending that
Northern Irish law should emulate that of England and Wales.
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Libreria bookshop in East London is holding an all-night event
to mark the launch of London’s Night Tube.
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The owners of The Big Green Bookshop are to launch a YouTube
channel next month that will feature videos showcasing a “mix of the
strangeness” that goes on at the shop.
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