Amazon Charts: Beast of Buckingham Palace takes the crown

David Walliams has once again claimed the Amazon Charts' Most-Sold: Fiction number one, with The Beast of Buckingham Palace Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-11 04:47:33 UTC ]
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Ruth Dickey Takes Over at the National Book Foundation

The National Book Foundation has named Ruth Dickey, who currently heads Seattle Arts & Lectures, its next executive director, succeeding Lisa Lucas. She will start on May 17. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstat chart: Wyer leads Kindle Unlimited crew

The Bookstat e-book chart saw nine new entries for the week ending 6th February. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-10 16:07:30 UTC ]
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Give and take

This week Amazon’s billionaire founder Jeff Bezos said he planned to take a step back at the giant e-commerce business. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-05 11:03:27 UTC ]
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Back to school for Tele editors after 'activist teachers' exposé | The Weekly Beast

News Corp’s examples of cultural Marxism come up short. Plus: Alan Jones apology relegated to Sky News corrections pageDays after News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch warned of an “awful woke orthodoxy”, the Daily Telegraph demonstrated the boss’s point with a front-page story about political... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2021-02-04 22:44:51 UTC ]
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Jeff Bezos to Step Down as Amazon CEO in Q3

After 27 years, Jeff Bezos, the entrepreneur who turned an online bookstore into one of the most powerful companies in the world, announced his plans to step down as Amazon CEO. In an email to employees on Tuesday, Bezos said the transition will come in Q3, at which point he will become... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2021-02-02 21:43:59 UTC ]
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As Revenue Tops $380 Billion, Bezos to Step Down as Amazon CEO

Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, will hand over the CEO duties to Andy Jassy, head of Amazon Web Services, this summer. The company reported that sales in the year jumped 38% over 2019, to $386.1 million, and earnings skyrocketed 84%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier takes auditors to court after 'wasting' £90m under Johnson

Bonnier Books UK is suing its former accountant, Haysmacintyre LLP, alleging it was negligent in auditing the financial statements of the publisher's UK arm under ex-c.e.o. Richard Johnson, costing the company more than £90m. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-31 13:11:32 UTC ]
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Take a look at some beautiful couture dresses inspired by the Bloomsbury Group.

It’s Friday, so why not look at some pictures of beautiful (literature-inspired) dresses that cost as much as pretty nice cars! Designer Kim Jones told British Vogue that his first collection for the luxury fashion house Fendi was inspired by the Bloomsbury Group, specifically Virginia Woolf’s... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-01-29 16:52:04 UTC ]
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Take a look at China’s first 3D-printed concrete bookstore.

Some fun news (thank goodness!): China’s first 3D-printed bookstore has just been built in Shanghai and is scheduled to open to the public at the end of January. With a floor area of thirty square meters, it can accommodate fifteen readers at a time. The bookstore is in Wisdom Bay Innovation... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-01-28 16:35:33 UTC ]
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Bookstat chart: Quinn's Regency tales roll on

Julia Quinn’s The Viscount Who Loved Me (Avon) kept its kid leather-gloved grip on the Bookstat e-book number one this spot week, as its Netflix adaptation was renewed for a second series. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-27 17:20:07 UTC ]
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Girl A: Abigail Dean on her shocking debut novel that's taking the book world by storm

Has this Google lawyer written the book of the year? The part-time author talks about the inspiration for her thriller about siblings who flee abusive parents and their ‘house of horror’Abigail Dean was about to turn 30 when she suddenly realised that her job as a lawyer was using up all the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2021-01-25 06:00:07 UTC ]
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Taking back control

Reedsy.com describes indie publishing as “…any form of publishing that doesn’t rely on the Big 5 publishing houses.” I have produced work with three such companies. I left them unsatisfied. I didn’t like the royalty payouts, or lack of. I didn’t like their “go to market” strategies. I didn’t... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-22 11:59:04 UTC ]
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Bookstat chart: Quinn's Bridgerton hits multiply

The “Bridgerton” boom in the Bookstat chart has continued, with the second title in Julia Quinn’s Regency-set romance series, The Viscount Who Loved Me (Avon), leapfrogging its predecessor to claim the number one for the week ending 16th January. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-20 16:52:52 UTC ]
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Class suit filed against Amazon for e-book price fixing in US

Amazon is being sued for anti-competitive behaviour in the United States by the same law firm that successfully sued Apple and five major publishers for colluding to fix e-book prices in 2011. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-17 12:13:54 UTC ]
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Kyle Books to publish artist's illustrated take on 'difficult year'

Kyle Books has acquired Together, a "gently philosophical and very relatable look at how we have dealt with a difficult year", by artist Luke Adam Hawker. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-14 07:58:34 UTC ]
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Amazon Hit with E-book Price Fixing Suit

The law firm that successfully sued Apple and five major publishers for colluding to fix e-book prices in 2011 has filed a class action against Amazon, accusing the company of colluding with the Big Five publishers to eliminate price competition from the e-book market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstat: Bridgerton titles top the chart

The Bridgerton series invaded the Bookstat top 10 for the week ending 9th January, with Julia Quinn’s The Duke and I and The Viscount Who Loved Me (Avon) swiping the two top places. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-14 03:02:39 UTC ]
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Mackesy's title tops the 2020 sales chart

Charlie Mackesy's The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse (Ebury) was the bestselling book of 2020 through Nielsen BookScan's UK Total Consumer Market. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-12 01:12:31 UTC ]
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Bookstat: Lourey leads the Amazon pack

Jess Lourey's Bloodline (Thomas & Mercer) topped the Bookstat e-book chart for the week ending 2nd January 2021, heading a top four of Amazon-published titles. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-07 01:36:52 UTC ]
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