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James Daunt: Is the books industry a place where creativity and diversity truly thrive?

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Are You Selling the New Roll Dahl Books?

Do you welcome the idea in your bookshops of selling books by well-known authors that have been re-edited with a view to sensitivity? The most clear example has been Roll Dahl, which Puffin books thought it was going to re-off us at the public. I wouldn't expect anybody buy them. It's utterly idiotic. But actually underneath it is bubbling a huge ferment of great, great creativity and that's what we promote.

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