A tale of two jobs

The Publishers Association and Booksellers Association’s initiative to put publishers on booksellers’ shop floors gave both professions food for thought—though as Fleur Sinclair and Andrew Franklin write, not always in the way they expected... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with: #booksellers association #publishers association #put publishers

Other Publishing stories related to: 'A tale of two jobs'


Kerr’s smartphone tale Mummy Time due in September

Judith Kerr’s next picture book, Mummy Time, will be published by HarperCollins Children’s Books in the UK in September. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #judith kerr #picture book #harpercollins children


Andersen Press’ Wander lust lands cross-country wolf tale

Andersen Press commissioning editor for fiction Chloe Sackur has secured world rights in a new Middle Grade novel by Rosanne Parry, billed as "the 21st-century White Fang”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #andersen press #middle grade


Meredith plans to axe 1,200 jobs and sell Time, Fortune, Sports Illustrated

Meredith Corp., which bought Time Inc. and its stable of magazines in January, plans to sell flagship publication Time as well as Sports Illustrated, Fortune and Money after completing a review of the $1.8 billion deal.The company also intends to eliminate about 1,000 jobs over the next 10... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2018-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #sports illustrated #meredith corp #bought time #entertainment weekly #homes gardens #family circle #including time


Meredith plans to sell off Time, Fortune and Sports Illustrated and cut 1,000 jobs

Meredith Corp., which bought Time Inc. and its stable of magazines in January, plans to sell the flagship publication Time, as well as Sports Illustrated, Fortune and the Money brand, after completing a review of the $1.8-billion deal. The company also intends to eliminate about 1,000 jobs over... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #bought time #sports illustrated #meredith corp


My Job in 5: Laura Di Giuseppe

Laura Di Giuseppe tells us all about her role as brand manager at HarperCollins. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #brand manager


Usborne buys 'dark and twisting' fairy tale

Usborne has acquired the UK and Commonwealth rights to The Peculiar Peggs of Riding Woods, a dark fairy tale by TV production coordinator Samuel J Halpin. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #fairy tale


Influx signs Pinto’s architectural tale after women of colour window

Influx press has signed the first title from its recent open submissions window, a "lyrical and incisive" title by Shiromi Pinto Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #influx press


My Job in 5: Jess Stenson

Jess Stenson tells us all about her role as sales and publicity executive at Sweet Cherry Publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #publicity executive


Potential Parragon closure puts 245 jobs at risk

Parragon Books is to enter into consultation about the potential closure of the business, with up to 245 jobs at risk of redundancy globally, its owner DC Thomson has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #parragon books


William Collins buys 'thrilling' Cambridge spy tale

William Collins will publish the first book by Cambridge espionage historian Svetlana Lokhova revealing the "greatest pre-war triumph of Stalin’s secret services". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #william collins


My Job in 5: Marie Bedrune

Marie Bedrune tells us all about her role as foreign rights manager at Nobrow/Flying Eye Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Bath Spa creates ghost tale which personalises to every reader

A two-year literature research project at Bath Spa University has culminated in a digital ghost story which personalises the “haunting” to each reader through their mobile phone. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #mobile phone


My Job in 5: Clare Povey

Clare Povey from Bloomsbury Publishing tells us all about her role as events and communications executive. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #communications executive


My Job in 5: Daiden O'Regan

Daiden O'Regan tells us all about her role as sales and events executive at Black & White Publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Amazon US to axe 58 jobs from Createspace

Amazon US is reportedly cutting staff from the North Charleston office of Createspace, its print self-publishing platform, this summer. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Hollywood is adding jobs as TV and digital content surges, MPAA report says

Hollywood is adding jobs and giving a boost to small businesses around the country as studios continue to ramp up production of TV series and digital content, according to a new report that is expected to be published Monday by the Motion Picture Assn. of America. The MPAA ​said that jobs... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #tv series #small businesses #digital content #published monday


Tales On Moon Lane to open second shop

The owner of Tales on Moon Lane, Tamara Macfarlane, will open a second bookshop in South London in April. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #moon lane #south london


CES 2018: Short story dispenser spits out tales

A French publisher aims to print stories and poems on demand in unexpected places. Continue reading at BBC World

[ BBC World | 2018-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #unexpected places


Historical tale of fashion pioneer to Barrington Stoke

Accessible children's publisher Barrington Stoke is publishing a tale inspired by the true story of a "fashion pioneer" at the court of Marie Antoinette, Rose Bertin. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #barrington stoke #accessible children


My Job in 5: Ain Deheb Bensenouci

Ain Deheb Bensenouci tells us all about her role as academic partnership executive at Epigeum, Oxford University Press. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |