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February 2010

Salinger backlist relaunched in the UK

Catcher in the RyeThe Hamish Hamilton imprint of Penguin in the U.K. will this spring relaunch the backlist of J.D. Salinger with new jackets approved by the author before his death in January. The relaunch had been planned for June, but now has been moved forward.

Amazon u-turns over e-book policy

Macmillan LogoAmazon has been forced to u-turn over the pricing of e-books.

Over the weekend, the online retail giant pulled e-books published by Macmillan from its website.

Barbara Taylor Bradford PR campaign receives top honours

Barbara Taylor BradfordPublic relations expert Maria Boyle scooped a prestigious national award for a PR campaign she orchestrated for bestselling author Barbara Taylor Bradford.

Yorkshire-born Maria won the award for the best publishing campaign of the last quarter (September-December 2009) for her work with Leeds-born novelist Barbara Taylor Bradford.

Angry Robot announces a new way of telling stories

Angry RobotHarper Collins imprint Angry Robot has announced what it calls a new way of telling stories.

Author Kaaron Warren's next work will be issued as both a full-length novel and also as a novella, seen from the point of view of one of the book's minor characters.

Waterstone's to track online visitors

Waterstone'sUK bookseller Waterstone's plans to track the behaviour of website visitors to boost online sales.

Waterstone's has signed a deal with content optimisation specialist Maxymiser to allow it to serve visitors content that best fits their browsing patterns.

Submissions open for 2010 Bridport Prize

Bridport Arts CentreThe Bridport Arts Centre today began accepting entries for the 2010 Bridport Prize – an international creative writing competition for short stories and poems.

E-book market to explode claim industry observers

e-book readerA leading group of consultants has predicted over six million e-book readers will be sold in the United States during 2010.

The Boston-based Yankee Group also expects the market to grow to $2.5 billion by 2013.

European iPad tipped for Spring release

Steve Jobs with iPadApple plan to make their new iPad available in Europe from 'late March' according to their own website.

The first model to be launched will be the most basic, which comes with only Wi-Fi support.

UK magazine invites student writers

British magazine GQ and the Norman Mailer Writers Colony have announced a new annual competition for non-fiction student writers.

Hachette sides with Macmillan on e-book pricing

Hachette CEO, David YoungThe US arm of Hachette has become the latest publisher to sign up to Apple's iBookstore. It's a move that could signal the end of low cost eBooks.