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Crime and thriller novels triumph in a boom and recession. That's the good news for crime writers and readers and it comes from a recent survey commissioned by The Bookseller magazine and conducted by The Next Big Thing. Despite tightening purse strings people still enjoy a good crime novel, me included. The survey throws up some interesting data and although should not be taken as gospel it provides a snapshot into the reading and buying habits in the UK. You can read about the findings at http://www.thebookseller.com/in-depth/feature/88461-reading-the-future.html but here are a couple of juicy bits that particularly concern crime writers like myself. "3,159 people responded (just over 1,000 were surveyed in 2008 and all in face-to-face street interviews). They came from across all regions of the country, included a broad spread of adult age groups, a representative spread of all socio-economic groups, and an equal number of men and women." In 2009 interviews were condu...

Choosing a book's title is always a tricky job. Sometimes it comes to me in a flash, and at other times it will take me ages to come up with something appropriate and catchy. Choosing a non fiction book title is easier because it usually reflects the contents of the book, (though not always- some business books have really zany titles.) But there are none quite so wacky as those featured in a competition being run by the Bookseller Magazine for the book with the 'Oddest of Odd titles' (and presumably contents to match). If you have a moment you might want to click through to the titles and vote on line. If nothing else the titles are guaranteed to make you smile and some will have you laughing right out loud. Here is just a small selection of what's in store for you: 1978: Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Nude Mice 1979: The Madam as Entrepreneur: Career Management in House Prostitution 1989: How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approac...