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Citing appellate court rulings that make the plaintiffs' point, AAP and CCC decline to pursue further appeals in a 12-year-old case. The post AAP and CCC End Georgia State ‘E-Reserves’ Copyright Litigation appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The Nigerian-American author won the Orange Prize in 2007 and her novel 'Half of a Yellow Sun' was voted best of the Women's Prize's 25 years. The post Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Named Women’s Prize ‘Winner of Winners’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

In a slew of changes to its editorial team, Wildfire Books has appointed Jack Butler from Amazon Publishing as fiction publisher, while publisher Kate Stephenson is leaving to go freelance. 

Thriller author B P Walter, also Waterstones' social media co-ordinator, has signed a new three-book deal with HarperCollins, seeing him move from Avon to digital-first imprint One More Chapter.

Simon & Schuster Children’s Books has acquired two more titles in the Dragon Realm series by Katie and Kevin Tsang.

Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired world English rights in Sandro Veronesi's Italian bestseller The Hummingbird, translated by Elena Pala.  

Representation in children’s books is still not reflective of society, according to reading charity BookTrust and the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE).

Hodder & Stoughton will publish The Emperor’s Feast, a "unique history of China told through its food and drink", by author and presenter Jonathan Clements.

Raven Books has acquired two new high-concept novels by Stuart Turton. 

When we started planning Book Week Scotland 2020, the natural fit for the theme was future: the year was filled with exciting possibilities and interactive, grassroot community projects. At Scottish Book Trust, planning that started in February soon shuddered to a halt: although we didn’t know it at the time, physical book events would soon…