Accent Press founder Hazel Cushion has called on the industry to end “morally wrong” unpaid internships and improve diversity by signing up to pay the Living Wage to staff. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Twenty years after it was founded by former Pantheon publisher Andre Schiffrin as a nonprofit publisher with a mission statement to publish “in the public interest,” the New Press is on something of a roll. The house has a new bestseller—Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow—spacious offices in... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus Books imprint MacLehose Press has acquired two new titles by Australasian authors C K... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When Noel Young launched Santa Barbara–based Capra Press in 1969 and began to publish a literary who’s who of writers that included Anaïs Nin, Henry Miller, Raymond Carver, Lawrence Durrell, and Ursula K. Le Guin it was a vibrant time for independent bookstores and small presses, the beginning... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pottermore, the Harry Potter online experience launched by J K Rowling last year, will go live in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebury Press has acquired a title about cooking for dogs by the founder of petfood brand, Lily... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Margaret Fuller, problem child of American transcendentalism, gets fresh treatment from Pulitzer Prize-winner John Matteson. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A central and eastern European specialist, an illustrated publishing-led list and a house... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a time when digital and print-on-demand technology are streamlining how books are created and delivered, Paravion Press believes there still is a market for well-crafted, hand-made books. “Paravion hopes to keep hold of a patch of turf for the old guard of the printed book—the realm of the... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Accent Press will be publishing a celebrity bakebook featuring recipes from contributors... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Culture minister Ed Vaizey has repeated his assertion that secretary of state Jeremy Hunt will... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The website offering resources for National Libraries Day, the national day to celebrate... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Ealier this month, Ziff Davis Enterprise [ZDE] completed a significant step in its OmniDigital strategy, rolled out earlier this year. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Arts and crafts specialist Search Press has reported a turnover of £6.4m in its financial... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The offices of the American University in Cairo Press and its Tahrir Bookstore, both situated on... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cambridge University Press has reported a ninth successive year of growth in the 12 months to end... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three Twin Cities literary presses already renowned for collaborating in unconventional ways to promote books and authors are partnering with a Wisconsin literacy group and a Minneapolis museum to promote literacy, publicize the mission of each of the nonprofit organizations involved, and sell... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The History Press is in consultation with a "small number" of staff over redundancies,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In August 2009, Jim Joseph was named president and COO of Globe Pequot Press. At the time the Guilford, Conn., press was going through something of an identity crisis. In the three years before Josephs appointment, Globe Pequot had been trying to remake itself along the lines of a New York City... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 19/10/2011 - 09:34 The thrice-denied Julian Barnes has been lauded in the press for finally winning the Man Booker prize with his The Sense of an Ending. The Guardian warmly welcomed the decision. Claire Armistead said: "To those who believe the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Thu, 13/10/2011 - 08:50 Jeremy Robson has secured world rights to a book that features the previously unpublished notebooks of Bram Stoker as one of Robson's launch titles for his new imprint at Biteback. Robson bought the rights directly from... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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