For the first time, all eight regional bookseller associations are sponsoring a national kickoff to the fall shows. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
Mr. Breitfeld was determined to attend this year’s antiquarian book fair in New York City. He began to sicken as he flew home, and died of the novel coronavirus. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-08-25 20:18:58 UTC ]
Tinder Press has acquired a debut novel by Naomi Ishiguro, former bookseller and bibliotherapist at Mr B’s Emporium in Bath. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-20 02:07:21 UTC ]
Antonia Daly has won The O’Brien Press Bookseller of the Year Award, commended for personifying prized qualities including knowledge, passion, courage and an ability to find the right book for customers. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-19 07:20:10 UTC ]
More than half of Tate's London bookshop staff are facing redundancy, with several roles in its books team and publishing operation also at risk, The Bookseller has learned. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-16 14:07:35 UTC ]
A number of figures from across the retail spectrum are enthused by the prospect of a bumper autumn of releases, after many were delayed owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-14 03:13:11 UTC ]
Annabelle Wright, campaigns manager for ed public relations, talks to The Bookseller for My Job in Five. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-14 02:37:10 UTC ]
The Bookseller has been sold just three times in its 162-year history; the first time in 1998 by the founding Whitaker family to VNU (now better known as Nielsen), the second time in 2010 to Nigel Roby, and then, as announced last week, to the publisher of the Stage magazine. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-14 02:02:55 UTC ]
After the lockdown, hundreds of delayed titles are expected this autumn including many household names vying for Christmas successFrom Richard Osman’s first crime novel to Caitlin Moran’s new memoir, almost 600 hardbacks are due to be published on 3 September in a “massive bun fight” of new... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-08-13 06:00:47 UTC ]
A Hong Kong bookseller has recreated his shop in Taipei, and it has become a symbol of Taiwan’s vibrant democracy. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-08-09 07:00:10 UTC ]
Calling his ownership and management of The Bookseller 'the greatest privilege of my working life,' Nigel Roby sells The Stage's Hugh Comerford. The post Nigel Roby Sells the UK’s ‘The Bookseller’ to Stage Media Company appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-08-07 09:05:55 UTC ]
The Bookseller has been acquired by the publisher of theatre magazine the Stage, in a move that will see the 162-year-old book trade newspaper join forces with the 140-year-old brand. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-08-06 12:20:48 UTC ]
If you tuned into yesterday’s historic House Judiciary Subcommittee antitrust hearing, during which the top executives of some of the world’s largest tech companies tried convincing politicians that they weren’t monopolies, you may have heard a bookseller chime in during Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos’s... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2020-07-30 19:54:55 UTC ]
Jonathan Cape has scooped an “exceptional” debut novel from journalist and former Waterstones bookseller Jo Hamya. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-21 17:27:41 UTC ]
After the shutdown, layoffs, and a major redesign, the bookseller is reopening its stores in an uncertain book market. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
Dhara Snowden, senior commissioning editor at Rowman & Littlefield takes The Bookseller behind the scenes. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-14 01:03:02 UTC ]
The Bookseller would like to capture the trade’s thoughts on social media and, in particular, "cancel culture" and its impacts on UK publishing, bookselling and writing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-07-01 19:32:20 UTC ]
Just one week remains until the Bookseller Marketing & Publicity Conference 2020, themed How We Work Now and tackling the challenges presented by our post-Covid world. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-26 00:05:47 UTC ]
This week, Louise Candlish is publishing her latest novel The Other Passenger, the first title in her latest two-book deal with Simon & Schuster UK. She spoke to The Bookseller on Twitter about her new book, her influences and her past successes. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-23 00:11:29 UTC ]
"Eager" customers have "welcomed" the opening of bookstores in Ireland this week, The Bookseller has heard. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-06-10 05:57:23 UTC ]