Over 2,000 bookshops are preparing to celebrate the UK’s inaugural Bookshop Day on Saturday 8th October with events and book clubs, according to The Booksellers Association. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Booksellers Association is set to launch a new book prize to coincide with the annual Books Are My Bag campaign, asking readers to vote for their favourite books of the year across five categories. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Booksellers Association has defended the importance of bookshops on university campuses in the wake of the University of Leicester Bookshop being threatened with closure. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
The German Publishers and Booksellers Association has joined with freedom of speech organisations to launch an online petition calling on the German government and EU Commission to make an “uncompromising commitment” to freedom of expression in Turkey. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Booksellers Association of Ireland has launched a manifesto calling for the Irish government to reconsider its controversial national library tender scheme due to commence in September. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Have ebook sales plateaued in Germany? The latest Ebook Quarterly Report from the German Publishers and Booksellers Association indicates lower revenue despite growth in sales volume. The post Ebook Sales in Germany Up, Revenue Down appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Rosamund de la Hey, owner and founder of The Mainstreet Trading Company, has been made president of the Booksellers Association. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tim Godfray, chief executive of The Booksellers Association, has written to the foreign secretary, asking that the government "thoroughly investigates all the facts" relating to the disappearances of missing Hong Kong booksellers, who include British passport-holder Lee Bo. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The book trade must "work together" to navigate potential disadvantages of ebook lending, the chief executive of the Booksellers Association, Tim Godfray, has said. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
With fewer than 1,000 stores in the UK, a number of online initiatives are aiming to help shoppers find their way back to local independent bookshopsThe rise of online retailers and ebooks have had a devastating impact on the UK’s independent bookshops. According to the Booksellers Association,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the opening press conference at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair (which ended October 18), Heinrich Riethmüller, the chairman of the German Publishers and Booksellers Association, told reporters about the German book industry’s battle to prevent Amazon from “monopolizing” the book business. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Academic booksellers and presses are gearing up for the inaugural Academic Book Week, backed by the Publishers Association, the Booksellers Association and the British Library, with a raft of fresh events unveiled for the occasion. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sydney Davies, the Booksellers Association’s head of trade and industry, is retiring after 26 years. The BA has appointed Giles Clifton, a non-practising barrister, to the new role of head of corporate affairs following his departure. Clifton will begin in October and focus on lobbying for the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Booksellers heading to the Booksellers Association’s annual conference this weekend do so in better shape than they have been for years. There is growth in the market and confidence in the air. As conference chair The Bookseller’s own Cathy Rentzenbrink noted in a Twitter Q&A recently: “I’ve... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The co-ordinator of Independent Bookshop Week has said this year's IBW is what the Booksellers Association has "always envisioned", with the event taking on a "creative life of its own." Meanwhile booksellers said their events had been "well attended" this year and that IBW 2015 was "the biggest... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Indies have sprung into action for Independent Bookshop Week, holding Tiger Tea parties, author readings, summer parties and happy hours. The dedicated week of activity in independent bookshops, co-ordinated by The Booksellers Association, runs from 20th-27th June and is designed to encourage... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Booksellers Association has said it hopes the European Commission’s competition inquiry into the e-commerce sector will look specifically at market dominance in ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon's position in the market is damaging progress in the book trade, according to the president of the Booksellers Association, Tim Walker. Speaking on a panel about publishing and technology at the Nielsen BookInsights conference yesterday (25th March), Walker said that Amazon's dominance... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Booksellers Association has welcomed the launch of a “radical” review of the business rates system in the UK. The government revealed today (16th March) that the review had begun and would report back in time for the 2016 budget. "The time has come for a radical review of this important... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Academic publishers will put bookshops out of business if they continue to target universities and students with “aggressive” direct sales marketing, the chairman of the Booksellers Association’s Academic Committee has warned. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]