Graphic novel publisher SelfMadeHero is attempting to beat Amazon's delivery promises by offering free same-day delivery across central London. The independent publisher will offer the service for two weeks from 1st December, with orders placed before 2p.m. on Monday to Friday delivered the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
More than half of staff at Constable & Robinson have left the publisher since Little, Brown Book Group bought the company, it has emerged. The formerly independent publisher was purchased by the Hachette division in February, with the Constable & Robinson team moving into Little,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
The History Press has restructured following a company-wide review, creating four distinct business units, and putting "a small number" of people into consultation over their jobs. The independent publisher, specialising in local history as well as military history titles, underwent a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Press at Toad Hall, an independent publisher of classics based out of Philadelphia, will be opening its first retail location, a pop-up store that will feature new editions of classic works, later this summer. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Consultation has begun on over 20 roles at Constable & Robinson as the independent publisher... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Dennis Publishing, the independent publisher of titles such as The Week, is breaking into the children's market for the first time with the launch of Berty Squiggles, a kids' colouring and activity magazine. Continue reading >> [ Source: Media Week | 2013-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
In reporting its last results as an independent publisher, Penguin Group posted a 16% gain in sales, to 513 million pounds, and a 27% rise in adjusted operating profit to 28 million pounds. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Book publishing has been famously slow to embrace technology, but some industry executives are hoping it's never too late to change. Taking a page from the tech community, an independent publisher and a top talent agency will announce Monday that they have joined forces to host the first-ever... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Independent publisher And Other Stories has teamed up with Consortium Distribution to launch a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Faber is teaming up with independent publisher And Other Stories to help give a wider release to... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Soho Press, an independent publisher with a full-time staff of nine, is made up of a band of fiercely loyal book lovers. The press was taken over by publisher Bronwen Hruska in 2010.Juliet Grames, Soho’s senior editor, said, about working with her: “For our first 25 years we were a quality... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 15/11/2011 - 08:15 Quadrille has made a series of promotions and appointments within its sales teams, with Melanie Gray stepping up to become UK sales director, joining the board at the independent publisher. The moves follow Faber's launch... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
A b-to-b publisher shares lessons from its first app launch including mobilizing Web sites and implementing QR codes. Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2011-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Fri, 11/03/2011 - 09:04 Continuum has been crowned the Independent Publishers Guild's Independent Publisher of the Year at the IPG awards, in a night when it and Faber won two awards. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 09/03/2011 - 14:49 Profits at Anova have increased by almost 300% to £640,000 in 2010, according to provisional figures released by the independent publisher. The figures, for the year to end February 2011, are subject to audit and showed... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Finding a niche and sticking to it is considered the golden rule for an independent publisher to have long-term success. And while that was evident again among the 10 indies who made the cut in PW's annual look at fast-growing small presses, every house plots its own particular path. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]