Charlotte Cray will be promoted to editorial director at HarperFiction imprint The Borough Press as of 1st January, 2019. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fiona Murphy, currently publicity director at Penguin Random House Ireland, is joining Transworld/Doubleday Ireland from 1st January in the role of editorial director. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bertelsmann Education Group c.e.o., Kay Krafft, has been appointed to the Bertelsmann’s Group Management Committee (GMC), effective as of 1st January. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sales at Hachette UK were down 3.5% in the first six months of 2015 compared to the year before, because of a “slate of new releases that was not as strong as the first half of 2014”, according to results announced by Hachette's parent company Lagardere. E-books represented 33% of sales in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins is reprinting 150,000 copies of Amelia Freer's Eat. Nourish. Glow., after it was recommended by singer Sam Smith. Freer's book is one of the first to be released under the revamped Harper Thorsons list, dedicated to mind, body and spirit. It was published in print and digital on... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
David Shelley is to take over as c.e.o. of Little, Brown in July, with current c.e.o. Ursula Mackenzie working on “special projects” for the publisher and its parent company Hachette UK until her retirement at the end of 2016. Shelley, hitherto Little, Brown publisher, has now been appointed... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-book prices have remained stable five days after a new law came into effect charging an extra 20% VAT on ebooks from 1st January. A survey of ebooks by The Bookseller shows ebooksellers and publishers appear to have cushioned the impact of the VAT price rise on ebooks at least for now, five... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sophie Stericker, currently art director at Orchard Books, will next year take on the role of creative director of the newly formed Hachette Children’s Group (HCG). Hachette UK is to merge its three children’s businesses - Hachette Children’s Books, Orion Children’s Publishing and Little, Brown... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers and retailers will aim to prevent ebook prices from soaring when a new European-wide VAT law on digital products is introduced on 1st January. Following a European Commission ruling dating back to 2008, ebooks and other digital services—including broadcasting and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Barbara Casassus Publication Date: Tue, 08/11/2011 - 09:26 French prime minister François Fillon has announced that the reduced VAT rate applying to books would be raised from 5.5% to 7% from 1st January as part of a fresh economic austerity package to help rein in Frances massive... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]