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Publishing group Pearson - which is selling its Financial Times newspaper - reports a first half loss of £115m compared with £36m a year earlier. Continue reading at 'BBC News'
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It may not prove easy to marry British and Japanese journalistic cultures. But in a global media world this deal makes senseThe Financial Times is one of the best newspapers in the world, not just in Britain. It is quick without being rash, accurate without leaden pedantry, thoughtful without... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Big successes in the publishing industry come in threes…or fours, fives, and sixes. Serialisation is a key factor in developing brands and launching star authors such as JK Rowling and George RR Martin. Publishing a series means each successive book accumulates a larger readership (propagated... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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For religion publishers, engaging Millennial readers is about more than selling books. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Operated by Shibuya Publishing Booksellers, the new Book & Bed capsule hotel in Tokyo 'invites bibliophiles to sleep in the stacks' of an actual bookstore. The post In Japan, a New Bookstore Doubles as a Hotel appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
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Las Vegas–based publisher Central Recovery Press was founded in 2006 by parent company Central Recovery, with the mission to counteract the stigma associated with addiction, treatment, and recovery, explained executive editor Nancy Schenck. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Booksellers will get “quicker and wider access” to book proofs from across the publishing industry through a partnership with the Booksellers Association and NetGalley. UK booksellers will get access to digital proofs from over 50 publishers – including Bonnier, Hachette, HarperCollins, Penguin... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Picador has acquired a “memoir of reinvention” by Camas Davis, who learnt to become a butcher after her personal and professional life crumbled. Editor Sophie Jonathan bought UK and Commonwealth rights in Killing It from Cullen Stanley at Janklow & Nesbit acting on behalf of Emma Parry. In... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Pearson has confirmed it is in “advanced discussions” to sell the FT Group. Press speculation has been rife this week that a sale has been made ahead of Pearson’s half-year results, which are due to be reported tomorrow morning (24th July). While Pearson confirmed it is in talks to sell the FT... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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More than 600 people turned out on Tuesday, July 21, for a party thrown by illustrated book publisher Rizzoli to celebrate its new flagship bookstore at 1133 Broadway in New York City. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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None of the controversies surrounding the publication of Harper Lee's long-lost novel, "Go Set a Watchman," has caused more debate than its depiction of the beloved lawyer Atticus Finch as a cranky segregationist vehemently opposed to civil rights. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
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Equinox’s president takes business advice to Harper, Two Dollar Radio signs its first graphic novel, the Pioneer Woman inks a multi-picture-book deal, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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When he was 5, J. Ryan Stradal wrote his name in crayon on the inside jackets of his favorite books. Only he didn't write "property of"; he wrote "written by." Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
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The Bodley Head has acquired a biography of spy Donald Maclean, written by John Murray publisher Roland Philipps. Publishing director Stuart Williams bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, to A Spy Named Orphan: The Lives of Donald Maclean, from Natasha Fairweather at United... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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A memorial service for Ion Trewin, who died earlier this year after a battle with cancer, is to be held in the autumn. Trewin, who was literary director of the Booker Prize Foundation, passed away on 8th April. Formerly literary editor of the Times, Trewin then worked at Weidenfeld &... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Cloud services continue to grow by leaps and bounds for Amazon.com.The company reported that Amazon Web Services generated $1.8 billion in sales in the second quarter, up about 80 percent from the $1 billion it brought in a year earlier.That helped Amazon achieve a profit of $92 million, a... Continue reading at 'PC World'
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Launched in 2012 in Cleveland, Belt Publishing has evolved into an indie press dedicated to chronicling the cities of America's industrial Midwest. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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Waterstones will roll out contactless payment across its estate “shortly” following a successful trial. The company has trialled the payment method – whereby customers don’t need to enter their debit or credit card pins – recently in a small number of stores, which proved successful. It will... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Headline has bought a series of four novels by a librarian from the West Midlands. Publishing director Mari Evans acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to the books by G X Todd in a pre-empt from Camilla Wray at the Darley Anderson agency. The first novel, Defender, “transports readers... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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A woman was held captive in a closet and sexually abused by a Richmond, Calif., man she met on Facebook a year ago, police said. Continue reading at 'Los Angeles Times'
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