W H Smith has reported a like-for-like sales decrease of 3% across the group in the last quarter... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The intensely private Thomas Pynchon has resisted the electronic format for his books – until now. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bertrams’ parent company Smiths News has bought Dutch-based academic books supplier... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Barnes & Noble has reached a $29m settlement with its founder and chairman Leonard Riggio,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Art and cookery specialist Phaidon Press is up for sale, with owner Richard Schlagman looking for... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has set up a global publishing programme, HarperCollins 360, which aims to make... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jenny Colgan has won the “coolest award in women’s commercial fiction” for her... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gollancz has acquired the first YA series from New York Times-bestselling author Brandon... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Children's UK has acquired intellectual property rights in a new 7+ tween brand, and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Next Thursday will see the largest gathering of book marketing professionals this year as 170... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Thomas Pynchon, author of “Gravity’s Rainbow” and “The Crying of Lot 49,” characteristically declined to speak about his decision. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2012-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Vadim Birstein’s SMERSH: Stalin’s Secret Weapon (Biteback) has won the inaugural St... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-textbook and digital course material provider CourseSmart has appointed Emily Lawrence to its... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
E L James’ Fifty Shades of Grey (Arrow) has become only the fourth paperback novel to sell... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Huffington Post, which has methodically spread its wings from juicy gossip about Salma Hayek’s cleavage and pointed political commentary to a Pulitzer Prize-winning 10-part series on wounded veterans, is breaking into the magazine busin ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2012-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
AA Publishing has frozen commissions for new overseas travel guides, and will work with more... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Nearly 60% of families do not own a single baby book until they receive their first packs from... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Waterstones has today (12th June) launched a buy-one-get-one-half-price (BOGOHF) Summer Reading... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Novelist Peter Carey has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the Queen... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Perseus and Zagat Survey have announced that in addition to their current distribution agreement, as of May 1, 2012, Perseus has also taken over sales for Zagat in the U.S. for field, mass merchandise, specialty and gift accounts and will handle sales to all accounts in Canada. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]