E-book subscription service Scribd has partnered with Lonely Planet to make all the publisher... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lonely Planet saw turnover marginally decrease in 2013 but its profit rose by 17.6% to £663... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
A BBC Trust report has criticised BBC Worldwide for "mistakes" over the purchase and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lonely Planet has confirmed that 15 roles in its London office will be made redundant as part of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lonely Planet is to cut 70 to 80 jobs across its London, Melbourne and Oakland offices. No... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
The BBC has denied "a deal has been done" to sell a majority stake in Lonely Planet,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
BBC Worldwide may be looking to sell Lonely Planet, the Guardian has reported. The newspaper... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lonely Planet’s books will now be represented by Faber Factory Plus in high street chains... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The value of Lonely Planet has been estimated at £50m less than the sum paid by the BBC... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lonely Planet’s own-brand bookshop stocking solely LP titles opened today (29th June) in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lonely Planet is to launch its first European own-branded store in Manchester Airport as the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lonely Planet is launching two new ebook series, one offering guidance to the enjoyable... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 03/10/2011 - 15:21 Canongate has sold its controlling stake in Australian publisher Text Publishing to Maureen and Tony Wheeler, the founders of Lonely Planet. The deal, for an undisclosed sum, generates a "sizeable" amount of cash to invest into... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 12/07/2011 - 12:16 BBC Worldwide has written down £33.8m off the value of Lonely Planet, blaming the strong Australian dollar and challenges to the travel sector. The broadcaster bought 75% of the business in 2007 for £89m and paid a further £42m... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 14/06/2011 - 15:10 Lonely Planet has appointed Sheema Mookherjee as publisher for its Indian publishing arm. Mookerherjee's most recent role was looking after HarperCollins India's non-fiction and reference lists, and she started work at... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 01/06/2011 - 09:07 Lonely Planet will create around 30 jobs in the UK after its part-relocation from Australia to London. Last month the travel publisher announced it was moving its digital media and brand development operations from Melbourne... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 31/05/2011 - 16:09 Lonely Planet has brought three of its photo-heavy travel books to Apples iBookstore for the first time from today. The travel publisher is offering Lonely Planet's Best in Travel for free until 14th June with The Travel Book... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publication Date: Thu, 12/05/2011 - 09:30 Lonely Planet is to move some operations to London at the same time as making 70 staff redundant in Australia. Staff at the Lonely Planet office in Melbourne have been told a large part of the company's web operations are moving to the UK following... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 18/03/2011 - 14:52 Lonely Planet general manager for Asia Pacific Richard Samson has died today [18th March], following a battle with a terminal illness. Samson started in his latest role in Lonely Planet's Melbourne head office in June... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 18/02/2011 - 16:55 Lonely Planet founders Tony and Maureen Wheeler have ended their ties with Lonely Planet, the guidebook publisher they founded in 1973. BBC Worldwide acquired 75% of the publisher in 2007 for £89m, and has now paid a... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]