Amazon acquires Middle East e-commerce site SOUQ.com

Amazon has acquired Middle Eastern e-commerce website SOUQ.com in a deal referred to as "the biggest-ever technology M&A transaction in the Arab world". Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon May Split Second Headquarters

Speculation swirled yesterday that Amazon intends to select two sites for its second headquarters, splitting the new HQ2 between Crystal City, Virginia, and the Long Island City section of Queens, New York. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bowker Investigating Breach of ISBN Site

In a notice posted on its website late last week, R.R. Bowker said it has learned that unauthorized charges were occurring on cards after they were legitimately used on its www.myidentifiers.com website, which is responsible for issuing ISBNs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quad/Graphics Acquires LSC Communications for $1.4 Billion

Two of the top magazine printers in the U.S. are set to merge next year, continuing in the years-long trend of consolidation within the printing industry. Quad/Graphics will acquire LSC Communications in an all-stock transaction with an approximated value of $1.4 billion, which is expected to... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2018-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH Acquires Brazil's Companhia das Letras

Penguin Random House has acquired majority ownership of Brazilian trade publishing house Companhia das Letras. Penguin first invested in the company in 2012. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chancellor confirms cut to business rates, schedules 'Amazon tax' for 2020

The Chancellor Philip Hammond has confirmed a tax cut to business rates of one third for all retailers in England with a rateable value of £51,000 or less. The measure will last for the next two years, until the next re-evaluation of rateable values in 2021. Hammond told the House of Commons... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indigo Press acquires four for 2019

The Indigo Press, the publishing arm of the MILD Group, will publish titles by Ahmad Danny Ramadan, Lucia Osborne-Crowley, Richard Seymour and Parker Bilal in 2019.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Knopf Acquires New Easton Ellis Title

Bret Easton Ellis will release his first work of nonfiction in April 2019. 'White' will, its publisher, Knopf, said, combine "commentary and personal reflection in a wide-ranging exploration of our reputation economy." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Profits Soar Again, Despite Disappointing Sales

Although sales rose 29% in the third quarter (ended September 30) over the comparable period a year ago, investors had expected more rapid growth. Still, profits jumped to $2.9 billion, up from earnings of $256 million a year ago. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Juno Dawson’s 'Meat Market' acquired by TV production company

Unstoppable Film & Television has acquired the production rights to Juno Dawson’s upcoming YA novel Meat Market (Quercus Children’s Books), about a 16-year-old girl who is catapulted from her South London council estate to the international world of fashion. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon opens Manchester office, recruits 1,000 staff

Amazon is opening a new 90,000 sq ft corporate office in Manchester next year, for 600 fresh employees, along with boosting its development centres in Edinburgh and Cambridge. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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LadBible moves closer to acquiring fellow viral publisher Unilad

Administrator for collapsed firm has been informing rival bidders they are out of runningLadBible has moved closer to taking control of rival Unilad after administrators handling the fire sale of the collapsed viral Facebook publisher informed several bidders they were out of the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's luxurious Kindle Voyage e-reader is $105 off in this today-only refurbished deal

E-readers are a fantastic way to breeze through novels. It turns books into completely searchable documents that you can highlight, bookmark, and make notes on.  Amazon’s luxurious Kindle Voyage elevates the experience even more, and for today only, the online retailer is selling this front-lit... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2018-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Walker buys magical middle-grade set in Siberia

Walker Books has acquired Nevertell, a middle-grade novel set in the wilderness of Siberia, by debut author Katharine Orton. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chatto acquires Sadie Jones's first contemporary novel, 'The Snakes'

Chatto & Windus has signed an "unflinching" new novel from Sadie Jones called The Snakes, telling the story of a marriage and a family whose sins come back to bite them.  Publishing director Clara Farmer, who dubbed it a pacy novel of "tight plot turns and urgent moral questioning",... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scott Galloway: Amazon is 'beating up' on Google, Facebook and Apple

Scott Galloway's book "The Four" is about tech giants Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon and how they pose a threat to just about every other business on the planet. But he's mulling a sequel, because he now thinks the first three need to fear the fourth."Amazon is beating up on the other three... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2018-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon boosts its minimum wage in UK and US

Amazon has increased its minimum wage to £10.50 in the London area and £9.50 for the rest of the UK, whilst also raising all US wages. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stuck in the middle with you

Philip Jones argues that publishers must continue to promote free speech in the face of increasing political extremism. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Second Josie Silver novel acquired by Viking

Viking has acquired a second novel by Josie Silver, whose debut One Day in December is currently a number one Kindle bestseller. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Carol Mason strikes new four-book deal with Amazon Publishing

Amazon Publishing has signed four new books from women’s fiction author Carol Mason. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debut middle-grade writer Nicola Skinner signs with Harper Collins

HarperCollins Children’s Books has bought a "wickedly funny" middle-grade debut, about a girl who finds a packet of surprising seeds, by copywriter and journalist Nicola Skinner. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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