Barack Obama's A Promised Land (Viking) has secured a second week in the UK Official Top 50 number one spot. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-01 09:38:10 UTC ]
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Indie publisher Knights Of is celebrating after its festive inclusive books ad campaign hit 100,000 views. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-16 03:23:22 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House has a new UK-built D2C holiday gift selector, and ups its donation to longtime charity partner First Book. The post PRH Uses UK Designer for Holiday Campaign, Adds 300,000 Books to Donation appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-12-05 08:30:52 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House US will donate up to 300,000 more children’s books to First Book, the literacy charity, on behalf of former US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-04 05:39:25 UTC ]
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Led by such categories and toys and fashion, Amazon had record sales between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday. One book managed to make it onto the company's top-selling items over the period. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
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More than 380,000 children in the UK do not have a single book of their own, according to new research from the National Literary Trust (NLT). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-02 09:31:40 UTC ]
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A social enterprise promoting literacy, Reread in Doncaster, has raised £12,000 in five days after hundreds of thousands of its books were damaged or destroyed by major floods. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-13 06:52:31 UTC ]
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The longlist for the 2020 International DUBLIN Literary Award was announced today, and it is indeed long—156 books long, to be precise. The prize is sponsored by the Dublin City Council, and the longlist is comprised of nominations from public libraries around the world. Last year’s winner,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-11-11 17:21:15 UTC ]
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Michael Connelly’s The Night Fire has blazed into the Weekly E-Book Ranking number one spot, knocking Adam Kay’s Twas the Nightshift Before Christmas from the top after just one week. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-07 23:47:55 UTC ]
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Blackwell’s has reported a third consecutive year of growth, with sales of £58.3m for the financial period ending 29th June 2019, up from £57m the previous year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-04 03:38:15 UTC ]
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Oxford University Press has snapped up the stand-alone debut children’s novel from BBC Sports reporter Joe Wilson. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-24 19:41:15 UTC ]
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A pair of friends crowdfunding to build the “best non-fiction book club in the world” have surged past their £100,000 target. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-09 18:14:15 UTC ]
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If you have a spare 35 grand or so, you now have a shot at a rare copy of the first book banned in America. Christie’s Auction House in New York recently announced that it will be auctioning a copy of New Canaan by Thomas Morton, a 1637 political satire that caused outrage among New […] The post... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2019-10-03 11:00:38 UTC ]
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For the Record, the former PM’s account of his time in office sold close to 21,000 copies in its first week, behind Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments, which topped 100,000Almost 21,000 people rushed out to buy a copy of David Cameron’s memoir in its first week on sale, placing it second on the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-09-24 14:00:06 UTC ]
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Announcing at Rio's book fair its coming introduction of Pubnet in Brazil, Metabooks Brasil reports it now accounts for 75 percent of the market's sales. The post Metabooks Brasil Reaches 100,000 Active Titles in Its Database appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-09-05 04:52:20 UTC ]
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Driven by a number of acquisitions and hundreds of bestselling books, profits at Penguin Random House jumped 33.0% in the first half of 2019 over the comparable period in 2018 and revenue rose 11.3%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Former social affairs reporter Rick Morton attacked in print and online. Plus: Rowan Dean ignores police over Sydney stabbing attacksIt doesn’t take long for a top reporter at the Australian, with a regular presence on page one, to become the target of a front-page story in the combative... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-08-16 01:49:59 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House US has finalised the deal to buy the US book-publishing assets of F+W Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-21 22:23:56 UTC ]
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#BookstoresAgainstBorders, the book world's fundraising campaign for an organization that assists immigrants to the U.S. who have been incarcerated at the border, has raised more than $100,000 in about two weeks. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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IVP has increased its sales over 16% from last year with a mix of old and new bestsellers, a new distribution partnership, and Amazon’s marketing services. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Stephen Clarke is stepping down as group chief executive at W H Smith with high street m.d. Carl Cowling to take on the role, as the group reports strong sales in its latest report. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-21 07:15:56 UTC ]
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