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Today’s Book News Saturday, 13th December 2025 Last Call for Mass Market Paperbacks Mass‑market paperbacks are set to largely vanish from the US trade as ReaderLink will stop distributing them at the end of 2025. Publishers Weekly notes that unit sales have plunged from about 131 million in...

Today’s Book News Friday, 12th December 2025 Amazon Is Loosening Its DRM Policy for Kindle Starting January 20, Amazon will allow Kindle Direct Publishing authors to make their titles DRM‑free and offer downloads in EPUB or PDF format. This policy change comes after the company removed USB...

Today’s Book News Thursday, 11th December 2025 Kindle to Offer Downloads for DRM‑Free Titles Starting 20 January 2026, Amazon’s Kindle store will let readers download DRM‑free books in EPUB or PDF formats, making it easier to read purchased titles on different devices. Publishers with existing...

Today’s Book News Wednesday, 10th December 2025 SCOTUS declines to hear Texas library book banning case The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal in the case challenging Llano County’s removal of library books, leaving in place a Fifth Circuit ruling that allowed the removals...

I can tell you with great authority – norovirus is no fun :(

Today’s Book News Tuesday, 9th December 2025 DAILY SUMMARY: bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-detail/inclusive-books-for-children-reveals-outstanding-longlist Inclusive Books for Children unveiled its 2025 awards longlist, describing it as “outstanding”; the list features authors including Alex...

Today’s Book News Sunday, 7th December 2025 DAILY SUMMARY: Sophie Kossakowski to head Hachette’s global sales and marketing Kossakowski, formerly with Sourcebooks and HarperCollins, will join Hachette Book Group as senior manager of international sales and marketing on 18 December. Publishers...

I would also love to know who the lawyers were. The press usually doesn’t print that sort of info, tho. I have a feeling I might know who it was. I had dinner with a lawyer friend who made a pile of money out of sometimes very contentious litigation for his clients… I asked him what all that...

Well precisely! A common-sense solution. But apparently, not much of that around… :)

Hi Rachel! Good question. You ought to be able to “leave” a conversation: Which then should clear up space in your inbox… can you try and let me know? :) p.

It’s always a good idea, when considering titles, to spend a few mins on Google etc. Ultimately, it’s the author who makes a warranty to the publisher. It’s just sensible to see what else is out there. I would love tp know who the deli owner’s lawyer was… (I have a shrewd idea…). This could...

Today’s Book News Saturday, 6th December 2025 (London date) A Mixed Holiday Weekend for Booksellers Publishers Weekly reports that independent bookstores experienced a mixed Thanksgiving weekend. Some shops saw strong turnout from locals, while others suffered steep sales declines due to...

And yes, this really is something that writers worry about, although almost always, without any good reason. Yasmin Khan’s cookbook Sabzi ignited a legal battle when a Cornish deli of the same name attempted to claim ownership of the widely used South and Central Asian word (it apparently means...

Title: Today’s Book News Friday, 5th December 2025 (London date) Epic Dream Sequence: PW Talks with Shane McCrae Publishers Weekly interviewed poet and editor Shane McCrae about Only Sing, his collection of 152 previously unpublished Dream Songs by John Berryman. McCrae said the 18‑line poems...