The Bookseller’s Working Class survey, an analysis of class in the publishing business, has been named Content Piece of the Year at the PPA's Independent Publisher Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-11 12:39:47 UTC ]
This week's pictures round-up features a rare Salman Rushdie appearance, the launch of a new independent publisher and the 2019 Booker Prize ceremony. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-25 04:56:48 UTC ]
The British Book Awards and The Bookseller’s working class survey have been shortlisted for prizes at this year’s Professional Publishers Association (PPA) Independent Publisher Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-02 16:52:21 UTC ]
In terms of digital disruption, magazines were far from the only form of traditional media upended by the rise of the internet over the past two decades. So as a relatively small fish in a rather large and well-funded pond of publications covering the music industry—a space that's undergone its... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2019-09-17 20:45:42 UTC ]
Independent publisher Fentum Press will publish a new "indispensable" edition of Jane Austen’s unfinished novel Sanditon featuring full-colour illustrations and an introductory essay by Austen scholar Professor Janet Todd. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-20 07:38:03 UTC ]
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial in Spain is reinforcing its presence in Catalan through the acquisition of the independent publisher La Campana. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-08-05 16:55:41 UTC ]
Independent publisher Everything with Words has acquired world English rights to Elsetime, a middle-grade debut by Irish author Eve McDonnell. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-16 01:32:37 UTC ]
Welsh independent publisher Firefly Press has acquired the UK and Commonwealth rights to Wilde, a MG psychological thriller by Eloise Williams. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-06-26 14:37:35 UTC ]
Sheffield-based independent publisher Vertebrate Publishing is planning on almost doubling its staff numbers, after receiving a quarter of a million pounds in investment from entrepreneur Stephen Ross. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-06-18 13:12:31 UTC ]
Engaged fans and ongoing relevance keep the backlist going at independent publishers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-06-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
After cease and desist letter issued for portraying Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez like DC’s Wonder Woman, indie Devil’s Due pastiches another characterAfter getting into hot water with DC Comics for an issue in which congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez looked a little too much like DC’s Wonder... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-06-06 13:44:12 UTC ]
Verso Books, an independent publisher of works on radical politics, is launching Verso Fiction, a new imprint focused on translated fiction that will release its first two titles in the fall of 2019. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent publisher b small has hired Vicky Barker, formerly a freelance illustrator and designer, as art director. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Indie publisher says its #Twentyin2020 initiative will cover fiction, non-fiction and poetry and help ‘normalise’ diverse readersA group of unnamed individuals has donated £25,000 towards an independent publisher’s initiative to publish 20 black British writers in 2020, in the hope it will... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
An independent publisher in the UK sees how sports are changing, and is taking steps to address the gender gap in outdoor adventure literature–with an anthology by and about women. The post Vertebrate Publishing’s New Climb: Bringing Adventuring Women Into the Picture appeared first on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent publisher The Emma Press has bought the UK English language rights to several Latvian children's books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The children’s independent publisher, founded as an offshoot of New Island Books, is going from strength to strength both at home and abroad. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
The 10-year-old Düsseldorf University Press is acquired by Berlin's De Gruyter, while a US independent publisher of Mo Yan and Octavio Paz is to be distributed by Simon & Schuster. The post Industry Notes: Germany’s De Gruyter Buys Düsseldorf; S&S Distributes Skyhorse appeared first on... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The independent publisher, founded in 2014, has agreed to acquire what it termed “a substantial portion of [the] worldwide intellectual property rights” of Parragon. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Maths - No Problem! has been named Ingram Content Group Independent Publisher of the Year at this year's IPG Independent Publishers Awards. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]