Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Tue, 11/10/2011 - 08:40 Edmund de Waal's Costa-winning memoir The Hare with Amber Eyes (Vintage) has won the adult category of this year's Independent Booksellers' Book Prize 2011, beating competiton from authors including David Mitchell and Helen... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Tue, 11/10/2011 - 14:53 Atlantic Books made a loss of £1.8m on turnover of £6.9m in 2010, the company has confirmed. But chief executive Toby Mundy said the publisher was likely to grow 15% on 2010's figures this year and had also reduced its costs... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Tue, 11/10/2011 - 15:00 Independent publisher Beautiful Books entered administration earlier today (11th October). The company has ceased to trade and four members of staff have been made redundant. A spokesperson for London firm Leonard Curtis, the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 11/10/2011 - 11:47 Gollancz has won out in a "hard-fought" auction, with three publishers in the final round, acquiring world rights to three books in a new science-fiction series for a six-figure sum. Deputy publishing director Simon... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Tue, 11/10/2011 - 08:48 Judgement will be given in the judicial review case into Brent library closures on Thursday (13th October). The judge, Mr Justice Ouseley, will deliver his verdict in the High Court on Thursday morning. The ruling will be the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 11/10/2011 - 14:30 Amazon.com has announced its seventh imprint, a science fiction, fantasy and horror brand called 47North, which has launched with 15 books. The imprint name is based on the latitude co-ordinates of Seattle, where Amazon was... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
SPIN Media announced three new changes to its editorial staff: Caryn Ganz as online editor-in-chief, Christopher R. Weingarten as senior editor and David Bevan as associate editor. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
After showing growth for the first six months of 2011, consumer magazine ad pages fell 5.6 percent in the third quarter compared to the same period in 2010, according to newly released figures from Publishers Information Bureau. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Tue, 11/10/2011 - 12:10 British novelist Adam Foulds is among the 12 winners of the 2011 European Union Prize for Literature, announced today at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Each winner of the prize, which recognises the best new or emerging authors in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 11/10/2011 - 08:50 Book sales remained tough in September according to the British Retail Consortium, which reported total retail sales were up by 2.5% against September last year. The BRC said UK retail sales values were 0.3% higher on a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Tue, 11/10/2011 - 15:33 Publishers must take ownership of selling books or face quickly becoming irrelevant, former Borders UK chief Philip Downer told delegates at Tools of Change Frankfurt today (11th October). Downer said he was concerned that... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Tue, 11/10/2011 - 08:45 The proposed strike action by German air traffic controllers, which would have affected flights into Frankfurt this week, could be averted as talks are planned with the German government to resolve the issue tomorrow (12th... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Tue, 11/10/2011 - 07:50 "Grange Hill" writer Phil Redmond is to pen a memoir and novel for Random House imprint Cornerstone. M.d. Susan Sandon acquired world rights in the two books directly with Redmond, who is best known for creating three of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Tue, 11/10/2011 - 09:00 Literary agents speaking at Publishers Launch Frankfurt have challenged publishers to approach ebook royalty discussions in a more "knowledgeable" way or face a "reckoning" from the digital revolution. But there are signs of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Before the recession hit in 2007, publishers were going green in droves. This movement equated to paper changes, strengthened digital operations, green certifications, environmentally focused in-house practices and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Mon, 10/10/2011 - 14:30 Charlie Redmayne, executive vice-president and chief digital officer at HarperCollins, is to become c.e.o. of Pottermore, J K Rowling's new online reading experience. He will take up the new role on 7th November. Pottermore... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 10/10/2011 - 12:08 HarperCollins has bought rights to a memoir by the father of late soul singer Amy Winehouse. Nick Canham, editorial director for Harper Non-Fiction, bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, to Amy, My Daughter by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Mon, 10/10/2011 - 14:00 Random House parent Bertelsmann has appointed Thomas Rabe as its new chairman and c.e.o., effective from 1st January 2012, with the current encumbment, Hartmut Ostrowski, resigning from the executive board "for personal... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Mon, 10/10/2011 - 14:15 Agents need to be less conservative" if they are to protect their authors from accusations that their ebooks are over-priced, according to panellists at Publishers Launch Frankfurt this morning (Monday 10th October). read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mobile content and community brands dominated the media category of the 2011 Inc. 5000, which recognizes the 5,000 fastest-growing privately-held companies in the U.S. (The number one company in the media category: GoLive! Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]