Waterstones c.e.o. James Daunt and Bloomsbury founder Nigel Newton are among the list of speakers for the IPG's first ever Virtual Spring Conference, which is now fully booked. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-28 09:42:14 UTC ]
Bloomsbury Publishing reported a 10% profit increase in the fiscal year ended February 29, 2020, over fiscal 2019. The publisher said its business in the current fiscal year has suffered "significant disruption" because of the coronavirus pandemic, but said it is "well placed to benefit from... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
April 2020 year‐to‐date revenue at Bloomsbury Publishing has fallen just 3%, the company has reported as part of its full-year results announcement, with print revenues at 87% of last year’s sales and academic digital revenues up by over 52% year on year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-19 21:51:31 UTC ]
Bloomsbury Publishing has promoted Sarah Knight to UK adult sales director and recruited Sally Wilks from HarperCollins Children's Books to be its UK children’s sales director. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-28 15:45:01 UTC ]
Emma Blackburn is leaving Bloomsbury Children's Books after eight years to join Hachette Children’s Group in the role of picture book and non-fiction publisher. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-24 10:24:27 UTC ]
Bloomsbury Children's Books has acquired fantasy author Lev Grossman's first children's book,The Silver Arrow. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-22 07:26:16 UTC ]
Bloomsbury has raised gross proceeds of £8.4m, thanks to the completion of a share placement worth 5% of its existing share capital. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-17 13:18:40 UTC ]
Bloomsbury is issuing new shares and implementing a raft of cash-saving measures to counter the impact of recent retail closures on its business, which in a "prudent downside scenario" the company estimated could see print revenues fall as much as 75%. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-17 01:14:48 UTC ]
Bloomsbury Sigma has acquired Anna Ploszajski’s debut book Handmade: A Scientist’s Search for Meaning through Making. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-09 01:54:20 UTC ]
Bloomsbury has announced a strategy to support independent bookshops during the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-08 07:54:28 UTC ]
Emma Herdman is set to join Bloomsbury as publishing director, specialising in commercial literary fiction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-07 22:42:32 UTC ]
Bloomsbury Absolute is set to publish Calum Franklin's debut cookbook in the autumn. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-03 05:46:12 UTC ]
Bloomsbury has bought London-based academic and non-fiction publisher Zed for £1.75m. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-20 03:56:43 UTC ]
Bloomsbury has released a pre-close trading update for the 12 months to 29th February 2020, saying its performance was in line with expectations. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-19 06:31:01 UTC ]
Bloomsbury Publishing has won Imogen Crimp’s debut novel, The High Notes, in a four-way auction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-17 18:04:44 UTC ]
Bloomsbury has won Zakiya Dalila Harris’ The Other Black Girl, a satirical debut novel about race and authenticity in the workplace, for a six-figure deal following a nine-way auction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-03-01 20:26:38 UTC ]
Graphic novel and genre fiction indie Rebellion has acquired Whitaker's Almanack from Bloomsbury for an undisclosed sum. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-27 16:18:49 UTC ]
Nigel Newton, founder and chief executive of Bloomsbury Publishing will be presented with the London Book Fair Lifetime Achievement Award this year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-23 20:55:13 UTC ]
Bloomsbury Absolute has bagged a cookbook from Tom Kerridge featuring recipes from his two Michelin-starred pub, the Hand & Flowers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-02-20 20:14:56 UTC ]
SOCKS, REFRIGERATORS, PILLS, and potatoes. The Object Lessons series from Bloomsbury Publishing makes us consider the ordinary in new ways. These elegant, concise books take deep dives into things we might see every day but never really notice. In High Heel, for example, Summer Brennan writes... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-02-16 16:00:56 UTC ]