Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 08/07/2011 - 13:33 Suffolk County Council has drawn up plans to put the financial management and staffing of its libraries under a central organisation in a bid to reduce costs and save any libraries from closure. Ideas for how the "vision"... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 08/07/2011 - 11:00 Arrow has acquired an autobiography of the spiritualist and healer Helen Parry Jones. Editor Gillian Holmes bought UK and Commonwealth rights from Sheila Crowley at Curtis Brown. The book will tell the story of Parry... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 08/07/2011 - 08:40 Will Sulkin will be retiring from his role as publishing director of The Bodley Head in April 2012, with Stuart Williams, editorial director at Harvill Secker, to step into the position. Sulkin's retirement in 2012 will... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Unit sales of print books sold through outlets measured by Nielsen BookScan fell 10.2%, to 307.1 million, in the first six months of 2011 ended July 3. The decline comes as no surprise as ebook sales continued to eat into sales of physical books, and the weak economy limited consumer purchases... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
As booksellers look for new services to attract customers, many are increasingly turning to language and writing classes, and are even teaching mah-jongg and tarot. "You name it, we'll do it if it has any relationship to being able to read," says Elaine Petrocelli, co-owner of Book Passage in... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 08/07/2011 - 08:30 Orion Children's Books is supporting the Evening Standard Get London Reading literacy campaign, announcing plans to donate a copy of a Horrid Henry early reader book to volunteer reading mentors. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 08/07/2011 - 09:27 Author Philip Pullman has joined the fight to save the six Brent libraries threatened by closure, following Zadie Smith and Alan Bennett in taking part in a fund-raising event for the campaign. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers have the industry connections to publish their books just about anywhere, but for some bookstore owners, self-publishing is preferable to going the traditional route. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sometimes keeping up with the Internet can seem like an endless assignment. The tweets and Facebook posts scroll infinitely, the email piles up, and news sites and blogs publish around the clock. That's why Summify seems so different. Continue reading >> [ Source: AllThingsD | 2011-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 08/07/2011 - 11:15 Hamish Hamilton has acquired award-winning Spanish author Javier Marías' new novel, The Infatuations with a five-figure advance, with Penguin Modern Classics scooping seven titles from his backlist in a simultaneous deal... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 07/07/2011 - 14:31 Sales of print books in the academic, specialist and higher education publishing market have slumped in the first half of the year, with one publisher seeing a decline of 22% in print sales. But academic publishers pointed to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 07/07/2011 - 09:06 The Booksellers Association has announced it will formally oppose the merger of Amazon and The Book Depository, saying that Amazon already had a "de facto monopoly". read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 07/07/2011 - 09:02 WH Smiths like-for-like sales have dropped 4%, but the bookseller remains "confident" about its final year results, it said today. In the 18 weeks to 2nd July, WHS total group sales decreased by 1% and like-for-like sales... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 07/07/2011 - 08:50 Mills & Boon is adding to its team in the UK, recruiting for four new positions across its digital and marketing departments. The publisher, based in Richmond, has already appointed a new web executive and digital... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
A book deal that Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, signed only six months ago has fallen through, according the Guardian. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 07/07/2011 - 08:55 Canongate's near million-pound book deal for the memoirs of Wikileaks-founder Julian Assange is now in doubt, according to reports in the Guardian today. The deal was signed in December, with Canongate buying world... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 07/07/2011 - 15:47 read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cinchcast, whose technology has been used by BlogTalkRadio since 2006, released a cloud-based audio solution for digital publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Many publishers are moving to leaner editorial staffs while relying on more contributors (some paid, many not) to generate digital content. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Thu, 07/07/2011 - 14:13 Debut author Jason Wallace has won the Branford Boase award for his novel, Out of Shadows (Andersen Press), which has previously also won the Costa Children's Book Award. The award, which recognises debut authors, is shared by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]