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Jun 16 2014: Foyles opens new flagship "bookshop of the future" on Charing Cross Road
Jun 12 2014: Charles Wright to be new poet laureate
Jun 12 2014: Impac Dublin award goes to Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Jun 11 2014: Spot the Dog author Eric Hill dies aged 86
Jun 11 2014: Amazon's supplier battles expand to Warner Home Video
Jun 05 2014: B&N steps back into the tablet market with agreement to co-brand tablets with Samsung (that will include Nook software)
Jun 04 2014: Amy Einhorn joining new Macmillan's Flatiron Books
Jun 03 2014: Wall Street Journal blames Justice Department for Amazon-Hachette dispute
Jun 02 2014: First BookCon show at BEA draws sell out crowd of 10,000 readers
Jun 01 2014: Kirkus announces new book awards worth $150,000 per year
May 28 2014: Amazon breaks silence on Hachette-Amazon rift but no solution in sight for affected authors
May 28 2014: Maya Angelou Dies at 86
May 23 2014: Amazon ups the ante in battle with Hachette over terms by removing pre-order option from many titles
May 21 2014: Simon & Schuster to make its backlist available via Scribd & Oyster so subscribers can download for flat monthly fee
May 20 2014: Almost half of 6-8 year olds read daily. Only a quarter of 15-17 year olds do.
May 15 2014: Amazon continues to delay availability of Hachette books that are readily available elsewhere
May 05 2014: First ever California Book Day - a triumph!
May 02 2014: News Corp/Harper Collins buying Harlequin
May 01 2014: Ordinary Grace & Ketchup Clouds among this year's Edgar Award winners
Apr 28 2014: Attempt to ban book backfires with 700 copies given away in the community
Apr 23 2014: World Book Night Today!
Apr 18 2014: Colorado House passes sales tax fairness law. Bill now with Senate for consideration.
Apr 17 2014: Gabriel Garcia Marquez Dies
Apr 14 2014: Authors Guild: Google must not be permitted to build its financial empire off the backs of authors
Apr 14 2014: The Goldfinch and Toms River win Pulitzers

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