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 ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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