Pottermore, the digital content business set up to support J K Rowling’s Harry Potter output, has doubled sales and returned to profit, after what was described as an “exceptional year”. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pulitzer prize-winning author and creative writing professor Junot Diaz has been cleared to teach at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) this autumn following harassment claims and an investigation into the author's conduct. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital publisher Pottermore has been ranked number 13 in the latest Sunday Times HSBC International Track 200, an annual listing ranking Britain’s mid-market private companies with the fastest-growing international sales. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Car manual producer Haynes Publishing Group has said it expects adjusted profit before tax to be up by 10% on the previous year when it reports its annual financial results. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philip Jones ponders what Marcus Leaver's resignation and Laurence Orbach's return to the board could mean for the future of The Quarto Group. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The prosperity that some in the Russian book industry thought was rising this year may be headed in the other direction, if the expected rise in book VAT becomes a reality. The post Russian Publishers Warn of Lost Profits Amid a Newly Announced VAT Hike appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury’s total revenues soared by 13% in 2017 while its profit grew 10% in an "exceptional year" for the publisher, boosted by particularly strong performances from titles by J K Rowling and TV chef Tom Kerridge. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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FlatWorld Knowledge, intended to combat the high cost of college textbooks by publishing low-cost, quality educational materials, began straying from its mission over the years. Now, under new leadership and with a shortened name, it's back on track. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a dramatic move, Quarto's founder Laurence Orbach has been re-appointed as executive chairman of the illustrated publisher following a shareholder revolt, six years after he was ousted as chairman and chief executive of the company. The group also appointed fellow shareholder Chuk Kin Lau of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder’s Jasper Fforde has returned with a new novel, Early Riser, which sees 99.9% of the human population go into hibernation every winter. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a series of panels held at its annual meeting in New York City, the Book Industry Study Group looked at the biggest issues facing the publishing supply chain today, including returns, POD technology, and millennial consumers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jane Gentle, most recently communications manager at Mumsnet, has joined the Penguin General Communications team as senior campaigns manager. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan are launching their third “Search for a Bestseller” competition to find a promising first-time writer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The role-playing adventure books sold 20m copies in the 80s, before being eclipsed by video games. Now they’re back with a new story by Charlie Higson, can they captivate the web generation?Ian Livingstone calls it the “five-fingered bookmark”: that grip known to children of the 80s and 90s.... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Quarto Group's sales declined marginally by 1.4% to £152.5m last year, however, its operating profits plunged 58% to £7.2m. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gail Honeyman’s Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine (Harper) has boomeranged back into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, claiming a fourth non-consecutive week at the top and displacing Tom Fletcher and Shane Devries’ World Book Day title Brain Freeze (Puffin). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Foyles is to donate the profits of its sales from far-right books to charity after it was targeted by an anti-fascist campaign. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Publishing has said it achieved "excellent sales" in January and February this year and revealed its annual profits are performing "well ahead" of expectations. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber & Faber publisher Mitzi Angel is leaving the press at the end of June to return to New York, where she will take up the role of senior vice president and publisher at her former firm Farrar, Straus and Giroux (FSG). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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His Dark Materials author condemns way book industry ‘allows corporate profits to be so high at a time when author earnings are markedly falling’Philip Pullman has called on publishers to stop damaging “the ecology of the book world” and start giving authors a fairer share of the money their... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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