@SAGEPublishing  confirms that 50 positions are to go in a process that begun in September. More here: (£)

Call to "get on the front foot" and "tirelessly" lobby Boris Johnson's new government from publishing insiders – trade reactions to the historic results from #GeneralElection2019 . More here: (£)

@LidoWriters  memoir about waking from a coma “determined to stop sleepwalking” through life has been pre-empted by � @wnbooks  the memoir, The Cure for Sleep, will be published in Spring 22:

#TheBookseller150 list for 2019 is out! New names on the list include @rebeccafolland , @GadsbyOliver , @Gill_Books ' Ruth Gill and @ABCoverD  co-founders @gray318  and @MrKeenan . See all the entries here:

The British Book Awards are back for 2020 – celebrating the best of the book trade for its 30th year. To be in with a chance to win a coveted gold #Nibbie , like 2019 winners @MichelleObama , @BoshTV  and @LeeChildReacher  enter by 7th February. Find out more:

@penguinrandom ends year with a positive note as c.e.o Markus Dohle hails "successful" 2019 in a year end letter to staff. Read more from the annual staff letter here:

#TheBookseller150 list for 2019 is out – a massive congratulations to everyone on the list! 🥳 Have a look at all the entries here:

@catherinecooper  French Alps-set thriller – The Chalet – has been pre-empted by @HarperCollinsUK  in a two-book deal. Publication is set for November 2020. Find out more about the novel here:

Trade figures rally to “get on the front foot” – find out more as publishing insiders react to last nights historic election: (£)

@TheHistoryPress  will launch a new imprint, Flint, for "books that spark" – the launch is set for @LondonBookFair  in March 2020 – Laura Perehinec to head, supported by Joanna de Vries: (£)