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  • How should Top Gear mark their next Facebook milestone?

    How should Top Gear mark their next Facebook milestone?

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    Top Gear fans are being asked to suggest ways for the team to mark the next milestone in their Facebook following. The show’s official Facebook page recently reached 10 million fans, an achievement marked with a thank you message from Jeremy Clarkson and a video of The Stig blowing up a caravan. Now fans are…

  • The Woman in Black dominates UK box office for third week

    The Woman in Black dominates UK box office for third week

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    Topping the UK box office for the third week running, Hammer’s The Woman in Black has become the highest grossing British horror of the past 20 years. The film has now taken over £14m in the UK, while in the US it has earned more than £50m. Its box office success means the film is…

  • The Greatcoat – review

    The Greatcoat – review

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    Helen Dunmore’s The Greatcoat is the first original novel from Hammer’s new publishing imprint with Random House. In this atmospheric and spooky ghost story, newly wed Isabel discovers an old RAF greatcoat that she uses to help keep warm. The discovery coincides with the arrival of a WWII airman who appears to know her and…

  • Plan B – ill Manors

    Plan B – ill Manors

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    This week’s music video (yes, we know it’s only Monday) is Plan B’s ill Manors, the single of which got its world premiere on Zane Lowe’s Radio 1 show this evening. We loved Plan B (real name Ben Drew) in Harry Brown where he played a bit of a wrong ‘un opposite Sir Michael Caine.…

  • Harry Potter eBook library deal announced

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    eBook distributor Overdrive has been named as the exclusive distribution partner for library editions of the upcoming Harry Potter ebooks. As reported last year, the books are to be published via Pottermore, the online Harry Potter experience created by J.K. Rowling in partnership with Sony. Under today’s agreement, OverDrive will manage hosting and digital fulfilment for over 18,000 public…

  • Penguin: eBooks account for 12% of revenues

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    eBooks accounted for 12% of Penguin’s revenues according to the publisher’s latest trading results. In a statement the company said “eBook sales doubled” in 2011 “and accounted for 12% of Penguin revenues worldwide and over 20% of sales in the US.” Penguin has also announced that more than 50million ebooks and apps have been downloaded…