Goff, who joined the Quarto Group in 2022, will step down at the end of the year due to personal reasons. Quarto Group president CK Lau will step in as interim CEO, effective November 1. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
The woman and Asian American–owned bookstore, in the Chinatown neighborhood in Manhattan, will require a total renovation over the next year due to a fire in a residential unit above its premises. It topped its goal of $150,000 overnight. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
With books delayed by the pandemic reaching shops alongside other titles aimed at the Christmas market, the trade has seen sales boomBooksellers up and down the UK are reporting a boom in sales since readers returned to bookshops after the lockdown, with the first avalanche of Christmas titles... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2020-09-11 12:40:19 UTC ]
Yet another company has pulled out of June's postponed Digital Content NewFronts. Meredith, the magazine publisher with publications that include People, Better Homes & Gardens and Allrecipes, will not court advertisers with a NewFronts presentation this year due to the "current climate,"... Continue reading >> [ Source: AdWeek | 2020-04-14 17:34:21 UTC ]
Hachette UK has reported a "solid" third quarter, slightly down on last year due to slow sales in Education, as parent company Lagardère revealed a 4.1% revenue increase like-for-like. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-11-07 01:53:48 UTC ]
MP David Lammy’s book on tribalism is being pushed back to the new year due to the looming prospect of a general election. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-09-13 07:51:32 UTC ]
Pavilion Books’ turnover plummeted by £2m last year due to the waning of the colouring books trend, accounts recently filed at Companies House have revealed. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette UK saw overall sales fall by 6.7% in the fourth quarter of the year due to lower ebook sales, with its parent company Lagardere Publishing saying that "market trends have reversed in the US and the UK". Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Foyles reported a loss last year due to the closure of its Westfield White City branch and the move of its new flagship store, although sales were up 2.2%. Results for the year to 30th June 2014 show that the six-shop mini-chain slipped into a loss of £600,000, up from a profit of £100,000 in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Closures were up 42% over the previous year, according to the Guardian. The companies that folded included the 26-year-old healthcare publisher Panos London and Evans Brothers.Ninety-eight British publishers closed their doors in the year ending August 2013. The cause? E-books and online discounts. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Random House US employees will all be receiving a $5,000 bonus this year due to the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]