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Former Waterstone's m.d. Tim Coates is to launch Bilbary (www.bilbary.com), an international online consumer site for the sale and lending of e-books.

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Publishers must explore transmedia approaches to engage children whose lives revolve increasingly around gaming, online communities and social networking, The Bookseller's annual children's conference, sponsored by Huzutech and Dubit Research, heard last week (29th September). Read more »

Books became the number one worldwide trending topic on Twitter yesterday after British author Nicola Morgan's chance invention - #lessinterestingbooks - took off around the world, beating gossip about Cheryl Cole's sacking as a judge on the American version of The X Factor. Read more »