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Quarto halts sale talks with mystery bidder Quarto has terminated discussions with a potential bidder to acquire the company.

Lion Hudson rescued from administration by AFD Group Oxford-based Christian publisher Lion Hudson has been sold to a new division of the AFD Group saving the jobs of the 15 remaining staff.

DfE has 'questions' to answer over maths textbook scheme Colin Hughes, chair of the Publishers Association's Education Publishers Council, has called into question the Department for Education's (DfE) method of evaluating textbooks for its South Asian maths teaching programme, after just one textbook was approved for the scheme.

PRH selects 150 for WriteNow scheme Penguin Random House has selected 150 budding authors for its WriteNow 2017 scheme as the publisher aims to “bring new perspectives to bookshelves across the UK”.

Hislop's 'Cartes Postales' puts stamp on bestseller chart Victoria Hislop has posted her 14th number one, with Cartes Postales from Greece (Headline) selling 22,798 copies for £94,497.

Picador pre-empts essay collection by Muslim women Picador has pre-empted a collection of essays about the Muslim female experience, edited by social media activist Mariam Khan.

Turnover soars at Carlton Books' parent Turnover at Jonathan Goodman Publishing, parent company of Carlton Books and Andre Deutsch, soared last year according to accounts filed on Companies House.

Former Transworld editor Diane Pearson dies at 85 Diane Pearson, who worked at Transworld for almost 40 years, has died, aged 85.