'Robust' Bloomsbury looks to academic growth

Bloomsbury has announced an 11.5% rise in turnover to £103.2m (up from £92.6m in 2011... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]

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'Sexy' and 'murderous' historical debut to Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury Publishing has acquired a "sexy, bloody and murderous" historical saga entitled Tsarina by Ellen Alpsten. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Major' book on Sky and Murdoch's empire to Bloomsbury Business

Bloomsbury Business has signed a new book about Sky and Rupert Murdoch's empire in a "major" acquisition. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London Library links up with Bloomsbury Institute

The London Library, the 175-year-old members' library in St James Square, London, is working with Bloomsbury's public events series The Bloomsbury Institute to co-curate a number of events. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury appoints Hill in new marketing role

Bloomsbury has appointed Nicola Hill to the newly created role of group director for consumer marketing and publicity. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookExpo’s Roundtable With CEOs Cites Stability, Growth, Promise for Books Ahead

The market is 'robust and solid,' the BookExpo audience hears from three of the biggest books CEOs in the world. It's just the consumers who keep changing. The post BookExpo’s Roundtable With CEOs Cites Stability, Growth, Promise for Books Ahead appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kerridge and Rowling help Bloomsbury achieve 'exceptional year'

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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Harry Potter and Tom Kerridge fuel Bloomsbury's record revenue

Publisher hits £161.5m takings, driven by Potter sales and Lose Weight for GoodThe evergreen Harry Potter franchise and the popularity of TV chef Tom Kerridge’s Lose Weight for Good has driven book publisher Bloomsbury’s revenue to the highest level in its 32-year history.Bloomsbury Publishing... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After Strong Fiscal '18, Bloomsbury Sees Better Year Ahead

A 20% increase in its consumer group contributed to double-digit gains in sales and earnings at Bloomsbury for 2018. The U.K. house has ambitious plans for the current year, including an acceleration of its growth in the U.S. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Maas turns hand to adult books for Bloomsbury

YA novelist Sarah J Maas is to write her first series for adults, set to be published by Bloomsbury in late 2019. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trump exposé helps Hachette UK to first quarter growth

Hachette UK’s sales are up 1.4% in the first quarter of 2018, spurred on by Michael Wolff's January bestseller Fire and Fury (Little, Brown Book Group). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury partners with Spotify

Bloomsbury has agreed an "important" content partnership with Spotify, which will see the music streaming service exclusively offer titles from the publisher's 33 1/3 series to listeners. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US Publishers’ StatShot 2017 Report: Fifth Year of Double-Digit Audiobooks Growth

The Association of American Pubslishers StatShot program cites 29.7-percent growth over 2016 in downloaded audiobook revenue, despite overall flat performance in publisher revenue in 2017. The post US Publishers’ StatShot 2017 Report: Fifth Year of Double-Digit Audiobooks Growth appeared first... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Bradshaw leaves Bloomsbury for BA

Emma Bradshaw is leaving Bloomsbury Children’s Books to become the Bookseller Association’s new head of campaigns. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson 'on track' for growth with first quarter sales up 1%

Pearson has reported it is "on track" to return to underlying profit growth in 2018 after its revenue rose 1% in the first quarter. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury acquires independent I B Tauris

Bloomsbury has acquired independent non-fiction publisher I B Tauris, a specialist in Middle Eastern and political publishing, for £5.8m. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Buys IB Tauris

Bloomsbury has bought IB Tauris (IBT), the academic publisher based in West London with an office in New York. The price was £5.8 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Mac and Bloomsbury triumph at D&AD awards

A number of trade publishers have enjoyed success at the annual D&AD Awards, and will hope to win one of the body’s coveted Pencils at a prize ceremony this evening.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digiday Research: More publishers see programmatic revenue growth in Europe than the US

A smaller percentage of U.S. publishers than European publishers are seeing growth in revenues from programmatic advertising. The post Digiday Research: More publishers see programmatic revenue growth in Europe than the US appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Conde Nast's Scott-Bayfield to join Bloomsbury board

Penny Scott-Bayfield, current finance director of Conde Nast, will be joining the Bloomsbury board as group finance director. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SAGE Advice at London Book Fair: When ‘Digital Transformation’ Is an Academic Topic

Ahead of an Insights Seminar at London Book Fair, SAGE Publishing's Kiren Shoman talks with Copyright Clearance Center's Christopher Kenneally about factors in a digital transformtion of academic publishing. The post SAGE Advice at London Book Fair: When ‘Digital Transformation’ Is an Academic... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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