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News stories from the book world in December 2003

December 2003

Agencies as big businesses

22 December 2003

A recent extraordinary interview with New York agent Andrew Wylie, known without affection as the 'the Jackal' has focused attention again on the way in which agents are developing a more predatory approach to other agents' clients. Wylie is one of a kind, as exemplified by a recent interview, in which he admitted that he's like a sponge: 'If I were to characterise it, I would say that <  Read more

Bestsellers and Big Reads

15 December 2003

The international scene has continued to reverberate as Harry Potter smashes through previous sales records. In spite of huge sales of the English language edition, the German translation has gone on to set new records.  Read more

Open access, the way of the future?

8 December 2003

Open access is beginning to look as if it will transform online journal publishing. To date readers (and libraries) have paid subscriptions to academic journals, now mostly online, where research is published.  Read more

The British Library teams up with Amazon

1 December 2003

Another Amazon coup has hustled the online retailer into the headlines yet again.  Read more