Written By: Philip Stone Publication Date: Tue, 22/02/2011 - 16:01 Sales of Jamie Olivers Jamies 30-minute Meals (Michael Joseph) fell 22% week-on-week, but its 39,118 sale in the seven days to 19th February is easily strong enough to ensure it spends another week (its 17th in total) at the...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 22/02/2011 - 09:08 The International Publishers Association is urgently trying to locate an Iranian publisher on women's issues after she was named in an alleged blacklist of Iranian publishers. The blacklist, reportedly circulated by a chapter...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication Date: Tue, 22/02/2011 - 08:30 Usborne has acquired a new series about gymnastics from debut author Jane Lawes. Fiction director Rebecca Hill acquired world English Language rights to the Gym Stars series from Sarah Molloy at A M Heath. The first two books Summertime and Somersaults...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Forbes is launching an ad platform that combines the Forbes Media Network with a new audience segmentation effort called FAST and offers custom units that blend advertising with content according to user preferences.
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[ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 22/02/2011 - 15:20 Net income at Barnes & Noble fell by 25% to $60.6m (£37.5m) during its Christmas trading quarter, the US retailer has revealed. For the 13 weeks to 29th January, total sales at the bookseller increased by 7% to $2.3bn...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 22/02/2011 - 09:00 Publishing Scotland chief executive Marion Sinclair has urged Scottish publishers to look abroad for opportunities, likening the current situation in digital publishing to "the Wild West". Speaking yesterday [21st...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 22/02/2011 - 09:15 Expanded digital delivery and sales in emerging markets have led Taylor & Francis parent company Informa to an increase in adjusted operating profit of 1.2% to £313.2m in its latest financial year. In its results, for...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Tue, 22/02/2011 - 09:10 Apple's new subscription terms could fall under the gaze of regulators in the US and the EU, according to the Wall Street Journal, though the newspaper doubts that much will be achieved unless Apple chooses to give ground in...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 22/02/2011 - 15:14 Net income at Barnes & Noble fell by 25% to $60.6m (£37.5m) during its Christmas trading quarter, the US retailer has revealed. For the 13 weeks to 29th January, total sales at the bookseller increased by 7% to $2.3bn...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Timonium's Diamond Comic Distributors to experiment with digital comics distribution with retail partnersDigital entertainment has shaken the retail industry, shuttering your local brick-and-mortar record store, book seller and video rental outlets. Could the neighborhood comic book shop be...
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[ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2011-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The new iPad may be late to its own coming out party. Yuanta Securities Co. reports iPad manufacturer Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. is experiencing production bottlenecks. The shipment of the new version of the tablet might be pushed back from April to June.
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[ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Tue, 22/02/2011 - 15:42 read more
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The book publishing industry was just beginning to grapple last week with the many repercussions the Borders Group Chapter 11 filing will bring to all facets of the industry. The most immediate impact, of course, is the loss of revenue associated with the bankruptcy itself.
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[ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Mon, 21/02/2011 - 15:41 A fifth of libraries across Yorkshire face the axe with Bradford the latest city in the region to announce closures. read more
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Laura Richards Publication Date: Mon, 21/02/2011 - 15:24 HarperCollins Childrens Books has acquired three titles aimed at girls aged nine-and-over, billed as "Chocolat for young girls". read more
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 21/02/2011 - 08:28 No Exit has bought a new book by an author whose previous novel has been adapted as a thriller starring Oscar-nominated actor Ryan Gosling. Publishing director Ion Mills bought UK and Commonwealth rights, including digital, to...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 21/02/2011 - 08:40 Man Booker winner Hilary Mantel and Susan Hill are among the writers longlisted for the £30,000 Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award 2011. read more
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 21/02/2011 - 15:59 Quartet Books is launching a new imprint by veteran American broadcast journalist Charles Glass. The imprint, called Charles Glass Books, will focus on investigative journalism, war, world politics and corporate and political...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Mon, 21/02/2011 - 09:00 Lewisham library campaigners have renewed their call for secretary of state Jeremy Hunt to intervene over the borough's library closures. read more
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Mon, 21/02/2011 - 15:40 Gina ODonnell of Dublin independent Hodges Figgis has been honoured with The OBrien Press Bookseller of The Year Award in Ireland after an overwhelming number of votes. ODonnell, who has worked there for more than 30...
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[ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]