Benedicte Page looks ahead optimistically to the book market's performance in the forthcoming Christmas period. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tim Britton, m.d. of Springer Nature's Open Research Group, talks to Benedicte Page about the publisher's "business-model neutral" approach. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Benedicte Page looks at what the political parties are offering the publishing industry ahead of the general election. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber’s adult publisher Mitzi Angel talks to Benedicte Page about hunting out powerful new voices in order to build on the publisher’s venerable history. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
As publishing begins the long climb to Christmas, Paul Beatty joins us to talk about life on the Man Booker shortlistIn this week’s podcast we discuss the limits of acceptability with novelist Paul Beatty, whose scorching satire of black American identity has been shortlisted for next week’s Man... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The new PA president Stephen Barr outlines his priorities in an interview with Benedicte Page. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Literary agent Lucy Luck talks to Benedicte Page about backing talented new names. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Mendeley's co-founder Jan Reichelt is focused on the end user. He speaks to Benedicte Page. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lisa Campbell has been made news editor of The Bookseller, reporting to Benedicte Page, deputy editor. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page and Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 11/11/2011 - 07:40 Publishers are rethinking their format strategies as Waterstone's m.d. James Daunt's avowed fondness for the hardback creates an impetus away from paperback-first publication. Daunt has spoken publicly about... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page, Graeme Neill and Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 13/10/2011 - 08:53 Ion Trewin, administrator of the Man Booker Prize, has hit back at the new Literature Prize over claims by its advisory board that the Man Booker no longer offers a selection of novels... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page and Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Fri, 07/10/2011 - 08:30 A "gentleman's agreement" is allowing trade to continue over the crucial pre-Christmas period between Waterstone's and publishers with which it has not yet agreed terms. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page and Philip Jones Publication Date: Tue, 20/09/2011 - 10:14 The Travel Bookshop premises in Notting Hill will reopen as a bookshop this week after The Book Warehouse acquired the lease to one-half of the building from the Travel Bookshop's founder Sarah Anderson. read... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page and Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 15/09/2011 - 09:51 Publishers are being kept waiting for the conclusion of the Office of Fair Trading's investigation into ebook prices, begun at the start of this year, with the OFT now in the process of assessing all the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell, Benedicte Page and Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 09/09/2011 - 09:00 Publishers have reacted broadly positively to Waterstone's requests for a higher flat rate discount on books in return for a scrapping of major promotion charges, calling the system... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page and Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 06/09/2011 - 15:31 Rebecca McNally, fiction publishing director at Macmillan Childrens Books, is to join Bloomsbury, taking the role of publishing director and international editor-in-chief for children's books. She... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page and Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 06/09/2011 - 15:31 Rebecca McNally, fiction publishing director at Macmillan Childrens Books, is to join Bloomsbury, taking the role of publishing director and international editor-in-chief for children's books. She... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page and Philip Stone Publication Date: Thu, 18/08/2011 - 15:38 The book trades TCM sales showed another big year on year drop last week, but the regional breakdown of the Nielsen BookScan figures suggests the nationwide riots were unlikely to be the major factor,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page and Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 20/05/2011 - 12:00 Publishers, writers, agents and trade bodies have responded with relief to todays news of the acquisition of Waterstones by Alexander Mamuts A&NN Group, welcoming the surprise arrival of James... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Benedicte Page and Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 14/04/2011 - 16:09 A libraries boss has admitted cutting spending on books is "the easiest" way to achieve savings, as wholesaler Bertrams reports its library sales have slumped by a quarter. Results put out by parent Smiths... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]