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Egmont Press sign children's author for first novel

Egmont PressEgmont Press will publish 9/11 Boy, a  novel about friendship, family, and racial tension, from debut children's author Catherine Bruton.

Global campaign encourages e-book take-up

ebooksReaders will be invited to download free or reduced price e-books during 'Read an E-Book Week' between 7 and 13 March.

Penguin to turn e-books into audio/visual experience

iPadsPenguin plans to kick start e-book sales with enhanced digital editions of bestsellers. Plans for interactive e-books go beyond embedded video and audio.

Authors to help disaster-stricken Haiti

100 Stories for HaitiOne hundred authors have contributed to a book entitled 100 Stories for Haiti to raise money for relief efforts in Haiti. The book is a collection of short stories from writers worldwide, published tomorrow (4 March 2010).

Publication halted on 'inaccurate' Hiroshima book

Last Train from HiroshimaPublication has been halted for a book about the atomic bombing of Japan, after the author was said to have relied on fraudulent sources.

Publisher Henry Holt and Co has said it will stop printing and shipping copies, adding that author Charles Pellegrino "was not able to answer" concerns about The Last Train From Hiroshima, including whether two men mentioned in the book actually existed.

O'Reilly lauches digital distribution service

DevicesO'Reilly Media has launched a new e-book service, which it claims will aggregate content and push it out to the dynamic marketplace of e-books and other digital channels.

UK action group to lobby book trade against Google settlement

ScalesAn action group has been set up to campaign for the rights of authors in the face of the proposed 'Google Book Settlement'.

Action on Authors' Rights describes itself as a grassroots group set up to campaign in support of authors' rights.

Amanda Hodgkinson celebrates two-book deal with Fig Tree Press

Amanda HodgkinsonBookShed member Amanda Hodgkinson has signed a two-book deal with Penguin imprint Fig Tree Press.

Fig Tree head Juliet Annan bought world rights to debut novel 22 Britannia Road from agent Rachel Calder at the Sayle Literary Agency. Annan said the novel had echoes of Small Island and Sophie's Choice and is "a powerful novel of acceptance, survival and love."

INTERVIEW: Anthony Goff talks agents, authors and the e-publishing age

Anthony GoffSome of the biggest worries facing literary agents relate to economic slowdown and the advance of digital publishing - e-books in particular.

This is according to the recently elected president of the Association of Authors’ Agents (AAA), Anthony Goff. The association exists to provide a forum for literary agents to discuss industry matters and represent agent interests as well as upholding best practice.

Irish publisher strikes 'zero advance' deal for debut novelist

Liberties PressIrish publisher Liberties Press takes its first step into fiction, striking a 'zero advance' deal. The publisher will not pay debut novelist Gerry O'Carroll an advance; instead, profits will be split between author and publisher.