Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 16/05/2011 - 09:56 The economics for booksellers "simply don't work" as they struggle with high costs and low margins, the president of the Booksellers Association has claimed. Jane Streeter was delivering the introduction at the BA Conference at... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Scott Brick has narrated more than 500 books. Along the way, he's been feted (with 40 Earphones Awards, PW's own Listen Up Awards, and an Audie Award) and challenged (Scandinavian pronunciation). He shares his enthusiasm for the industry and lets us in on his preparation process (horror movies... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Mon, 16/05/2011 - 09:10 Bidders for Waterstone's have a reported two weeks to express a formal interest in the chain, as parent HMV Group said it was in "advanced discussions" over a sale. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Readers Digest Association (RDA) shared its first quarter results this morning, and fallen revenues show that the company is still nursing its wounds since Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication Date: Mon, 16/05/2011 - 08:50 A team of volunteers has set up the UK's first festival devoted to Animal Farm author George Orwell. Taking place from 9th-18th September in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, the George Orwell Festival is being run by volunteers including representatives from... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloggers bring an energy about books and authors that's unfettered by the day-to-day concerns of running a bookstore. Even the namesDevourer of Books, Bookalicious, the Book Ladyimply a voracious appetite for books. For an employee discount and an opportunity to interview authors who come to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 17/05/2011 - 09:00 Quercus has been crowned 2011's best publisher at The Bookseller Industry Awards, as Sainsbury's scooped the Bookseller of the Year award. Quercus was presented with the Bonnier Publisher of the Year Award at the black-tie... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Audio Publishers Association is set to kick off its 14th annual June Is Audiobook Month campaign, designed to celebrate the industry and bring greater awareness of audiobooks. As formats and consumer habits have changed over the past 10 yearssometimes dramaticallyaudio publishers have kept... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
River North Editions may have just launched in March, but IPG's rebranded distribution program for scholarly titles published by approximately a dozen international presses is already making a big splash, as is one of its clients, a four-year-old company located far from River North's offices in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 16/05/2011 - 15:20 Only 20% of American Booksellers Association (ABA) members have signed up to the Google E-books programme, the head of the ABA has said. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 16/05/2011 - 15:19 HarperCollins Children's Books has bought two books from Silver Smarties Prize-winning author Jeanne Willis. Editorial director Harriet Wilson bought world rights, including TV, film and merchandising, from Catherine Clake at... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 16/05/2011 - 22:30 Quercus has been crowned 2011's best publisher at The Bookseller Industry Awards, as Sainsbury's scooped the Bookseller of the Year award. Quercus was presented with the Bonnier Publisher of the Year Award at the black-tie... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Fri, 13/05/2011 - 08:30 The Who guitarist Pete Townshend and "Little Britain" star David Walliams are the latest figures to have memoirs put in front of publishers, as the trade shows no sign of losing its appetite for celebrity autobiographies. Ed... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The company is pushing ahead with plans to outsource sub-editor and designer positions, despite stop-work meetings held by staffers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Editor & Publisher | 2011-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 13/05/2011 - 13:27 Waterstones could be bought by the same restructuring firm which took control of British Bookshops and Stationers as the bidders' deadline ends at 5pm today, The Bookseller understands. Restructuring specialist GA Europe... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Fri, 13/05/2011 - 10:47 Canongate has bought a foul-mouthed gift book for exhausted parents, which has been the subject of intense hype in the United States. M.d. Jamie Byng and senior editor Francis Bickmore bought UK and Commonwealth rights,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Fri, 13/05/2011 - 15:40 Publishers are remaining tight-lipped about recent price increases in books for children and teenagers. Price increases have seen some young adult titles being priced at £18, with some paperback fiction given an £8.99 price... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Perhaps youve probably heard: Facebook and Google are at war, and Facebooks not afraid to play dirty. Thursdays revelation that the social networking site hired PR firm Burston-Marsteller to plant a negative story about Googles privacy settings raises a number of questions. Like, Who at... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2011-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 13/05/2011 - 08:15 Hachette Distribution managing director Simon Davidson has "left the company", having joined in September 2009. Hachette UK chief operating officer Chris Emerson will assume direct responsibility for Hachette Distribution... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 13/05/2011 - 10:44 Constable & Robinson has acquired a series tie-in to ITV comedy hit, "Benidorm", penned by Derren Litten, the programme's creator and writer. Constable publishing director Andreas Campomar signed the deal for UK and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]