The threat of isolation from Europe’s workplace regulations, visa issues among EU-born staffers, and a decrease in the number of European graduate students could affect UK academic publishing in the wake of Brexit, experts warned at Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The biggest airport in Canada is eliminating 500 jobs because of the dramatic reduction in demand for air travel due to COVID-19. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2020-07-14 14:02:27 UTC ]
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High-end regional magazine publisher Modern Luxury Media parted ways with several employees in a restructuring earlier this month, including at least seven editors-in-chief, Folio: has learned. Those who have exited the company since the start of July include the editors-in-chief at both San... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-07-14 13:28:14 UTC ]
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Yellow Kite has pre-empted journalist Erin Zammett Ruddy's The Little Book of Life Skills, billed as "an expert guide to getting your life in order". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-13 11:44:31 UTC ]
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Hachette UK has published its second ethnicity pay gap report, showing the number of BAME employees at the company has increased but the mean average pay gap between them and their white colleagues has widened. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-06 04:28:27 UTC ]
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One hundred and fifty members of staff at W H Smith's head offices in London and Swindon have entered redundancy consultations, the retailer has confirmed to The Bookseller. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-02 04:43:21 UTC ]
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David’s Bookshop in Hertfordshire has been bought by its staff and remodelled as a John Lewis-style employee ownership trust. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-01 19:30:47 UTC ]
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Booksellers in Arizona, Florida, and Texas are concerned about the surge in Covid-19 infections, and several have reverted from welcoming customers to browse back to curbside pickup. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins UK has brought back all the staff it placed on furlough at the start of lockdown and will pay all their salaries itself rather than claiming it back from the government, the company has announced. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-22 02:30:13 UTC ]
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Magazine fulfillment services provider Palm Coast Data will lay off up to 150 of its 400 employees, outsource some key operations to competitor CDS Global and leave its Northeast Florida headquarters for a smaller facility in the region by mid-August. The news comes shortly after the conclusion... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-06-16 15:17:21 UTC ]
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Staff at Hachette working on J K Rowling's new book The Ickabog have threatened to down tools over the author's recent comments affecting the transgender community. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-16 07:05:23 UTC ]
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Booksellers across the country are welcoming the public back into their shops for the first time since the lockdown began with a mixture of excitement and trepidation. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-15 00:52:36 UTC ]
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Schools and libraries have been closed for months, but some kids aren’t going to get away with playing video games all summer. Kelly Passek -- a middle school librarian in Montgomery County, Virginia -- is sending out summer reading via drones. After... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2020-06-12 18:18:26 UTC ]
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On the 1st of June, the day thousands of pupils returned to school as part of the government’s plan to end lockdown, I received a call from my manager. As a bookseller with Blackwell’s, I had been glad when we shut our doors in March to protect the health of our staff and customers. I imagined... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-04 02:42:56 UTC ]
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Shoppers will be cautious about returning to the high street but Waterstones will emerge from the coronavirus crisis and eventually have a wider range of shops, the firm's c.e.o. James Daunt has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-02 12:12:46 UTC ]
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Hanley Wood, the D.C.-based B2B media company serving the real estate, residential design and construction sectors, laid off several employees last week and implemented salary reductions for others, multiple sources tell Folio:. A Hanley Wood rep declined to provide details, but confirmed the... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-05-19 13:43:21 UTC ]
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News and Events The Editors of WLT From left to right, prose winner Jamie Lauer and writer Pía Barros, poetry winner Russell Karrick, poet Lucía Estrada. Jamie Lauer and Russell Karrick recently were named as the recipients of the third annual... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2020-05-18 13:29:17 UTC ]
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Almost two years after it first started talking about the idea, Facebook finally announced the members of its Oversight Board, the “Supreme Court” that will—theoretically, at least—have the ability to overrule Facebook and its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg about whether certain types of... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-05-14 11:45:42 UTC ]
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Hodder Education is offering students nearly £1m worth of online learning resources, following the closure of schools owing to coronavirus. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-24 09:40:04 UTC ]
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Modern Luxury Media, publisher of more than 40 high-end regional lifestyle magazines, has furloughed a significant number of staffers across the company through at least the end of June as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. CEO Michael Dickey—who noted that he and other executives are forgoing... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-04-14 18:53:14 UTC ]
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Hachette UK has set up a new website to offer NHS workers across the country free e-books to thank them for their dedication during the pandemic. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-14 14:51:17 UTC ]
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