The European Commission (EC) is committed to reporting the first results in its ongoing investigation into the legality of Amazon and Luxembourg’s tax arrangements in the next quarter, after the European and International Booksellers Federation (EIBF) submitted evidence to its inquiry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
DHX Brands and its licensing-agency division Copyright Promotions Licensing Group have signed Penguin Young Readers Group as the publishing licensee for the preschool TV series 'Ella the Elephant,' based on the books by Carmela and Steven D'Amico. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pupils from St Edmund Arrowsmith High School meet author Joseph Delaney and talk to him about his best-selling book The Spook's Apprentice which has just been made into a Hollywood film. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber has a launched a new membership programme, which will offer special collector's editions of some of the publisher's titles. The new programme, Faber Members, will offer both a free and a premium tier costing £500 a year, with each giving members a different range of features. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The brainchild of Shaul Olmert (the son of former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert), PlayBuzz has grown to top 20 million monthly unique visitors in under a year, according to comScore. In November, defying Facebook’s crackdown on clickbait, the platform became the most-shared English-language... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Joss Stirling’s Struck (Oxford University Press) has become the first YA novel to be awarded the prize for Romantic Novel of the Year by the Romantic Novelists’ Association (RNA). At the association's annual awards (RoNAs), held this evening (16th March) in London, Jill Mansell and Carole... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury Children’s UK and US divisions will simultaneously publish a new YA novel from Len Vlahos in winter 2017. In House of Stone, fifteen-year-old Jackie's dad is dying of a brain tumour so decides to auction off his life on eBay to a reality TV show producer. Disgusted by the farce the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sheila Barry of Canada's Groundwood Books, discusses the challenges of consistently publishing an engaging variety of books to children of all ages. The post Sheila Barry on Publishing Children’s Books That Matter appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new task force for libraries, which met for the first time last week, will focus its attention on sharing best practice between councils, promoting the role of digital and shaping a workforce for the future. One of the key aims of the Leadership for Libraries task force will be to highlight... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tinder by Sally Gardner and David Roberts (Orion Children’s Books) is in the running for a double CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway win after appearing on both shortlists, announced today (17th March). The book, which is a reworking of the Tinderbox fairytale, could also be Gardner’s second... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House UK has launched a programme to attract the “marketers of tomorrow”, with the company using Tumblr to find its new recruits. The Scheme is an entry level programme designed to find people who may not have previously considered a career in publishing, and will look at... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Switzerland-based Peter Lang Academic Publishing Group is coming under new ownership after a group of senior management and board members announced a management buyout. The new management team – chairman Claude Béglé, c.e.o. Kelly Shergill, c.f.o. Vanessa Weber and head of warehouse and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sainsbury’s book buying manager Phil Carroll has left the retailer after nine years. His departure follows a period of head office consultations at the supermarket, announced in January when the new boss Mike Coupe revealed 500 positions would go across its offices in London, Manchester and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
In a blistering opposition filing, Georgia State attorneys argue that the publisher plaintiffs should not be allowed a "second go at whole new allegations of infringement." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
A new award aims to honor children's books that feature "events and people that shaped the history of the U.S." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Veteran comics creators including Paul Tobi and Steve Niles are on board for the debut of the new American Gothic Press line of comics this summer. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Marcello Vena discusses the offer Mondadori has made for RCS Libri, which would merge two of Italy's strongest education and trade publishing groups. The post Mondadori and RCS Libri: An Italian Publishing Coup in the Making? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Joint venture between US site and Axel Springer will also publish 30,000-copy print edition in Brussels, London, Paris and BerlinThe European arm of Politico will go live online on 21 April with more than 40 journalists spread across the continent as the US media outlet aims to fulfil its... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Booksellers Association has welcomed the launch of a “radical” review of the business rates system in the UK. The government revealed today (16th March) that the review had begun and would report back in time for the 2016 budget. "The time has come for a radical review of this important... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
A couple hoping to have a child in a society with strict population controls escapes to a renegade community in Sophie Goldstein's 'The Oven.' Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]