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Amazon, again

26 July 2010

A recent article by British publisher Colin Robinson in The Nation has raised many issues about Amazon. Almost always in the news, the company has also just made an announcement about its e-book sales outpacing hardback sales.  Read more

Big is big

19 July 2010

A recent study published in the Bookseller shows that Pearson has retained its position as the world's largest book publisher with sales of €5.3 billion (£4,476 bn or $6,854 bn).  Read more

Spotlight on new prizes

12 July 2010

Following on from our look at prizes and what effect they have last week, this week's column will be devoted to new prizes. There has been a proliferation of new prizes launched over the last few years, so there's quite a lot to evaluate. Some of them focus on new work but only a proportion of them are open for entries from unpublished writers.  Read more

What price literary prizes?

5 July 2010

The literary world is awash with literary prizes, with new ones being set up every year. But what effect do these prizes have and do they actually sell more books?  Read more