The Ingram sales rep “represents a dizzying array of imprints” and is “a tireless partner in smoothing hitches in the supply chain,” according to one bookseller partner. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
Strong joins Macmillan from Barnes & Noble, where he most recently served as v-p of supply chain and customer service. He will fill the previously vacant chief operating officer position effective January 2. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-12-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
As you all undoubtedly know, Britney Spears landed a $15 million book deal with Simon & Schuster earlier this year. Her untitled memoir is apparently already finished(!) and her team was vying for a January 2023 release date… until the paper shortage reared its ugly head, baby, one more... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2022-08-01 16:05:23 UTC ]
Widespread changes made last year to such things as its supply chain, remote work, and efforts to reach consumers led to a point-of-purchase print unit sales increase of 36% at Sourcebooks in the first quarter of 2022 over the comparable period in 2021. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-04-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
University presses have had to adapt to the challenges brought on by Covid-19 and delays in the supply chain but many are making the most of new opportunities. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-11-26 19:13:57 UTC ]
Scholastic reported higher sales and a smaller loss in the first quarter of fiscal 2022 compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2021, and while it said business is improving, it did point to some “headwinds” which all publishers are facing: rising costs and disruptions in the supply chain. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
Shortages of truck drivers and trailers, congestion at ports, and escalating transportation costs have put more pressure on the supply chain than any time in recent memory. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-09-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
The Book Industry Study Group's annual meeting focused on issues around book publishing’s impact on the environment, the continuing effect of the pandemic on the supply chain, and the industry’s response, examined under the theme of “Publishing for a Sustainable Future.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
Bookshops are gearing up for another bumper Super Thursday with around 355 new trade hardback books hitting the shelves today (1st October), with some warning of a "creaking" supply chain. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-10-01 00:12:40 UTC ]
The Book Industry Study Group–focused on supply chain in the United States–is reformatting its annual meeting to a series of digital events held over weeks. The post Coronavirus Update: BISG’s Annual Meeting ‘Repositions’ Online appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2020-06-29 14:01:13 UTC ]
For most publishers, the newsstand business has become ancillary. But prior to The Great Recession, America’s top 500 magazines delivered nearly 350 million copies to newsstands across the country. Times have changed, to say the least. That number now is a small fraction of what it once was,... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2020-04-07 15:37:04 UTC ]
Before it was an agency, Imprint Projects was a bookstore founded by art curators and exhibition programmers Adam Katz, Dina Pugh and David Kramer. The chops they honed in those positions working across culture and retail formed the roots of what’s now a full-service creative shop that... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2019-08-01 02:15:00 UTC ]
Two years ago, Uber filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against its agency partner Fetch, accusing it of running fraudulent ads. Now it looks as if the ride-hailing giant is taking the legal battle further down the supply chain. According to court documents unsealed this week, the recently IPO'd... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2019-06-19 20:45:09 UTC ]
This year’s BISG annual meeting, held April 26 at the Harvard Club in New York City, surveyed a range of trends across the publishing supply chain. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
In January, the Guardian became the first national newspaper to use recyclable packaging. Here, the team behind the change explain how it came about – and how readers have respondedAs part of a pioneering move to reduce plastic waste, the Guardian’s print edition will no longer be sold in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2019-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Cybersecurity is full of hard problems, but perhaps none so difficult as securing the supply chain for our electronic devices. That’s why the report published this week by Bloomberg about Chinese spies secretly planting microchips in American electronics in order to conduct espionage is so... Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2018-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
'In an industry where everything is returnable, why are we out of stock so often?' is the kind of question tackled at the Book Industry Study Group's annual meeting last week, focus on the supply chain. The post BISG’s Annual Meeting: Making 2018 Our ‘Metadata Year’ appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
"I expect in the first quarter we will start seeing the active removal of vendors from the supply chain." The post Why German publishers aren’t worried about the GDPR appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Some supply-side platforms (SSPs) resell inventory and misstate which publishers they represent. This makes the supply chain more opaque and creates another ad tech tax for buyers. To get around this problem, publishers say they must be clear in their contracts how vendors utilize their... Continue reading >> [ Source: Digiday | 2017-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Leading a team that 'works hard to simplify and enhance the supply chain,' Gardners' Bob Jackson prepares for Frankfurt Book Fair's The Markets: 'online and on the high street.' The post Gardners’ Bob Jackson: ‘To Identify New Retailers’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]