Macmillan and Southbank Centre have teamed up to put on an immersive theatre production to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. As part of the Imagine Children’s Festival, sponsored The Book People, which takes place from Monday 9th February to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bestselling titles including the Christmas number one Guinness World Records 2015 (GWR), as well as Jessie Burton’s The Miniaturist (Picador) and Robert Galbraith’s The Silkworm (Little, Brown) are being sold at a discount of up to 85% by retailers online, while The Book People is offering some... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) has created four talking books for blind and partially sighted children thanks to a £13,000 donation from The Book People. The Book People donated the money to the RNIB Read campaign, which is aimed at making reading more accessible for blind... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Book People has said it will stay vigilant in “assessing the changing marketplace” going forward, after recording a £6.8m loss last year. Annual financial results for the year to December 2013 filed on Companies House have revealed the online and book delivery service’s losses nearly... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Seni Glaister has led a management buy-out of The Book People from co-founder Ted Smart. The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fourth Estate has signed a debut novel from the c.e.o. of The Book People, Seni Glaister. Clare... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Book People has taken on a loan of £2.5m from Gordon Brothers Europe, said to be to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin has bought the Puffin Book Club back from The Book People. The club was originally... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 06/07/2011 - 08:01 Waterstones childrens range buyer Claudia Mody is to join The Book People as a buyer for Red House it's children's consumer-facing book club. Mody will start on 1st August at The Book People. Seni Glaister, chief executive... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]