For book lovers, turning the final page of a thrilling read can be a bittersweet experience. Now bookshops are capitalising on readers' appetite for extra pages to boost their fight back against the online retailers threatening their future, by signing up big name authors to pen bonus material exclusively for their customers. Fans of Chocolat author Joanne Harris who buy her follow-up novel, Peaches For Monsieur Le Curé, from Waterstone's will find it includes an extra chapter not available to those who snap up their copy at a reduced rate …
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As the dust settles on this year's London Book Fair, held under the umbrella theme of 'making words go further', PrintWeek asks three book production professionals—from Little, Brown, United Bible Societies and Walker Books—about their evolving print requirements.
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