Readers Can’t Digest – Week 42 (8-Jun to 14-Jun)

1. Penguin Random House has confirmed that Kent Police are investigating the alleged theft of a finished copy of E L James’ forthcoming Fifty Shades of Grey novel Grey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Paddington creator Michael Bond among the top book industry figures named in the 2015 Queen’s Birthday Honours

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Babies learn faster using iPads than books, according to a neuroscientist leading research into the issue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Penguin Random House’s Michael Joseph division has signed a book by Felix Kjellberg, better known as YouTube star PewDiePie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.  Many agents and publishers have admitted that beginning your book with the main protagonist waking up in bed will be rejected 99.5% of the time

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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