Through reportage, memoir, and critique, authors deliver firsthand accounts of a planet in crisis. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
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A first assessment of the Chinese market, January to March, shows physical bookstore sales plunging 60+ percent, printing stalled, supply chain disrupted. The post First Quarter Industry Report: The Coronavirus Hits China’s Publishing appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-05-05 03:15:53 UTC ]
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A new report championing working class writers has published today (1st May), recommending better funding for “new collaborations” and the “decentralisation of UK publishing”–including asking more literary agents to move outside the capital–to help promote inclusion. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-30 13:41:58 UTC ]
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Looking back and charting changes in a business as multi-faceted and all-encompassing as children’s books is a tricky business. Given that the peak titles from the past last a very long time while most titles fade away fairly fast and the least successful disappear surprisingly completely it is... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-29 19:37:34 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House owner Bertelsmann has reported a first quarter revenue decline of 2.7% in what it said was a “satisfactory” performance given the challenge of Covid-19. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-29 16:46:13 UTC ]
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Picador has pre-empted an investigation into water stress, billed as "the next big climate crisis", by environmental journalist Tim Smedley. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-28 18:18:39 UTC ]
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With the coronavirus pandemic keeping us indoors, early numbers suggest a surge in book sales. Audio and eBooks in particular have seen a sudden rise. It has also been a tough time for bookstores. Independent bookstores have had to move online, many offering free shipping to compete with Amazon... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-04-28 08:48:50 UTC ]
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HarperCollins US imprint Dey Street is reportedly publishing a biography of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, written by two journalists with the couple's co-operation. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-27 10:29:43 UTC ]
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The Covid-19 outbreak is altering what books consumers buy and where they buy them. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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More than 55,000 applicants applied to Artist Relief to receive the first round of 200, $5,000 emergency relief grants for artists in need due to the pandemic. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson has reported it will pay its final dividend for 2019 to investors and is not furloughing any staff, despite a 5% fall in global revenues for the first quarter as a result of Covid-19. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-23 16:58:47 UTC ]
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Jo Fenn is the HR Director of Imagine That Publishing and the star of this week's My Job in 5 Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-21 15:48:57 UTC ]
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Learn more about the lives and thoughts of these authors with these nonfiction audiobooks by bi+ women of color, including memoirs and essay collections. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-04-21 10:31:22 UTC ]
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About a month ago ago, we put out a call asking that those of you who need something good to read in this trying, frightening time, might send us a few of your favorite books (and other things) so we could recommend a good book for you to read. And turns out quite a lot of […] Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-04-17 11:44:31 UTC ]
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Random House Business has acquired Poles Apart, "a major new analysis of political and social tribalism" by the presenters of the podcast "Changed My Mind". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-17 07:14:51 UTC ]
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Meet Federico Andornino, Editorial Director at Orion Books, he's under the spotlight this week for My Job in 5. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-16 13:02:33 UTC ]
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Peter Phillips is the CEO of Cambridge University Press and he's under our spotlight for this week's My Job in 5. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-15 23:05:38 UTC ]
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Becca Harper-Day is a Digital and Social Marketing Manager and lets us in on how she drives crowdfunding for Unbound Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-15 19:31:48 UTC ]
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Several indie bookstores that launched GoFundMe campaigns in March are reporting that the funds raised on that platform are not being disbursed to them as promised, despite repeated inquiries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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RELX, whose Reed Exhibitions business organises the London Book Fair and BookExpo, has published a trading statement revealing exhibitions are being "impacted significantly" by the coronavirus outbreak, making the group's outlook for the year as a whole "highly uncertain". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-08 07:29:50 UTC ]
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News Corp columnists and other Pell supporters say the national broadcaster conducted a ‘crusade’ against the cardinalThe ABC has backed its journalists and its reporting on George Pell after the cardinal’s release from jail prompted a spate of attacks on the national broadcaster by Pell... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-04-07 17:30:02 UTC ]
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