In Great Britain, the Office of Fair Trading is due to decide whether to refer Waterstone's planned takeover of Ottakar's bookshops to the Competition Commission. If the £96.4 million deal is given the go-ahead, Waterstone's parent company, HMV, will control at least 23.6 per cent of the British book trade. Leading publishers and authors are making a last-ditch attempt this weekend to head off the deal, which some fear will mean too much power being concentrated in the hands of Pack and Alan Giles, chief executive of HMV.
Ultra-rare JRR Tolkien booklet Songs for the Philologists up for auction on eBay UK. There is only 14 copies thought to be in existence.
The Library of Congress has posted webcasts of author events from this year’s National Book Festival. Authors involved include Diana Gabaldon, Neil Gaiman, George R.R. Martin, EL Doctorow and John Irving.
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