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WHS promises 'high profile' R&J campaign

Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Fri, 03/06/2011 - 08:45 W H Smith is promising a "high profile" for the Richard & Judy's Children's Book Club this summer, something publishers have called for in the light of lacklustre sales for its launch promotion. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Rural débuts signed by Headline and Fourth Estate

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Fri, 03/06/2011 - 10:06 Fourth Estate and Headline signed débuts this week, buying books set in rural Ireland and Wales respectively. Headline senior commissioning editor Leah Woodburn won a five-way auction for a novel about a dysfunctional but... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Harper switches to Hodder & Stoughton

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 03/06/2011 - 09:58 Hodder & Stoughton has signed a three-book deal with thriller writer Tom Harper, marking the author's move from Random House's Cornerstone. Associate publisher Oliver Johnson signed the deal for world rights through... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Canongate plans ebook giveaway for Brooks

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Fri, 03/06/2011 - 14:47 Canongate is planning to give a limited number of free ebook copies of Grow Up, the debut novel by 19-year-old Ben Brooks, ahead of its paperback publication in July. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Constable buys into optimism

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 03/06/2011 - 09:59 Constable & Robinson has acquired a non-fiction title about looking on the bright side by University College London neuroscientist Tali Sharot. Commissioning editor Jamie Joseph, who is building the publisher's... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Unbound aims for 40 books in year one

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 03/06/2011 - 14:25 Unbound, a publishing platform that allows readers to choose what is published, was devised as a response to the “difficulties of the existing publishing model”, with the programme aiming to get 35 to 40 projects off the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Bauer is actively on the acquisition trail

Bauer Media, the consumer division of the publishing group, is understood to have renewed its focus on acquisitions following its failed attempt to partner with BBC Worldwide. Continue reading at 'Media Week'

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Monoploy fears for phonics funding

Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Fri, 03/06/2011 - 14:24 The government’s promise of match-funding for schools’ phonics purchases is in danger of becoming a “public sector monopoly” according to the Educational Publishers’ Council. EPC director Graham Taylor said: “We have huge... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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More of Moro for Ebury

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 03/06/2011 - 14:18 Ebury will be celebrating 10 years since the first tagine of flavours that was Moro: The Cookbook by releasing all three of the Moro books, including Casa Moro and Moro East, in specially designed paperback editions.... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Heneage launches history festival

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Thu, 02/06/2011 - 12:39 Ottakar's founder James Heneage has launched the inaugural Chalke Valley History Festival, with the likes of Michelle Paver, Patrick Bishop and Peter Snow due to make appearances. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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AOL Outlines How New AOL Advertising.com Group Will Serve Publishers

In May, AOL launched the AOL Advertising.com Group, a b-to-b advertising division focused on serving publishers. Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

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+1: Can a Googlized Like button succeed?

By Ed Oswald, Betanews Google's Facebook "Like" clone +1 took another step towards becoming exactly that on Wednesday as the company said it was now allowing web publishers to place the button directly on their websites. Continue reading at 'Betanews'

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Orion acquires "genius" diet food book

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 02/06/2011 - 08:54 Orion has acquired The Pure Package: The Diet for Food Lovers by food and health entrepreneur Jennifer Irvine. Orion non-fiction editorial director Amanda Harris bought world rights to the title from agent Clare Hulton,... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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New Zealand to be guest of honour at Frankfurt 2012

Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Thu, 02/06/2011 - 09:10 New Zealand is to be the guest of honour at next year’s Frankfurt Book Fair. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Borders closes remaining Australian stores

Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 02/06/2011 - 07:50 Borders stores in Australia will cease to exist in two weeks as the remaining stores were given their final death knell yesterday when administrators announced no buyer could be found. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Google Settlement revision due next month

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Thu, 02/06/2011 - 13:02 Google, American publishers and the US Authors Guild have been given until next month to revise a book-scanning agreement for out of print titles and orphan works. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Data Shot: Bonnier Led Ad Page Growth Among Six Major Publishers in 1Q

Bonnier showed the biggest jump in ad pages (up 19 percent) while Meredith showed the largest drop in ad pages (down 10 percent) among six major publishers in the first quarter of 2011, according to data from MagazineRadar. Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

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Room is bookies' choice for Orange

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Thu, 02/06/2011 - 12:50 Man Booker-nominated Room (Picador) is the hot favourite to win the Orange Prize for Fiction, according to odds just released by bookmakers William Hill. The winner of the 16th prize will be revealed next Wednesday (8th June)... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Borders closes remaing Australian stores, 315 job losses

Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 02/06/2011 - 09:20 Borders stores in Australia will cease to exist in two weeks as the remaining stores were given their final death knell yesterday when administrators announced no buyer could be found. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Women writers "unequal to me" says V S Naipaul

Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Thu, 02/06/2011 - 08:37 Nobel Prize-winning author V S Naipaul has declared that women's writing is "unequal" to his, during an event at the Hay Festival. The writer, who won the Man Booker in 1971 for In a Free State, said during an interview... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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