The independent bookstore e-commerce site Bookshop.org has seen a 2,000% increase in sales in the last month and has become a lifeline for many stores that have been temporarily closed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet despite its apparent success, the site has skeptics. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Radio 1 DJ is about to take over the breakfast show – and will answer your questions in a live webchat from 12.30pm on Monday 13 August 11.46am BST The breakfast show host on BBC Radio 1 is one of the most talked-about jobs in the country, requiring sparkling banter unfeasibly early in the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Saturday intrusion at a London bookstore described by its rightist perpetrators as an 'ambush,' has sent shudders through the industry and leads the store's manager to call for vigilence in a time of mounting violence. The post After the Bookshop ‘Ambush’ in London, Supporters Rally, Worry... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On 8th July, Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient was named the Golden Booker winner; the best novel to have won the prize in its 50-year history. Liz Calder, co-founder of Bloomsbury publishing, tells Natasha Onwuemezi how the business came to sign the book, and the reason for its enduring... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sean Spicer, the former White House press secretary, signing a copy of his new book, “The Briefing,” this week. In interviews on his book tour, Mr. Spicer has acknowledged some fault for perpetuating falsehoods from the lectern. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2018-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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American publishers’ total industry sales dipped slightly in 2017, but audio downloads continued to boom, rising by 28.8% year-on-year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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China is investing £5.7 million in preserving brick and mortar bookshops in Beijing as the country increasingly adopts digital. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Cambridge University Press bookshop has been "transformed" with touch screens placing its catalogue of books and teaching materials “at people’s fingertips”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Calls for writers to reap rewards as British publishers enjoy record-breaking yearA record-breaking year for publishers has been greeted with renewed demands for authors to receive a bigger slice of income and investment, as sales of books passed the £5.7bn mark in 2017.Book sales income was up... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The BA Children’s Bookselling Group has revealed Lauren St. John’s Kat Wolfe Investigates (Macmillan Children's) as its next Independent Booksellers Children’s Book of the Season for Summer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Horror and ghost stories are rising from the literary grave and seeing a resurgence in sales. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK audio production sector trade association The Radio Independents Group is relaunching as AudioUK, and with a broader remit, in the wake of the audiobook and podcasting boom, "to put audio production at the heart of the UK’s successful creative industries". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent bookshops can win £500 and a visit from Jonny Duddle via a new window display competition, organised by Templar Publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More than 420 indie bookshops are taking part in this year’s Independent Bookshop Week, which has been hailed as “bigger and better than ever” by the Booksellers Association. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers Association president Nic Bottomley yesterday urged parliamentarians to support its representations to government to give "heroic" bookshops the same business rate exemptions as pubs in recognition of their community value. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones is to create a pop up bookshop on the Scottish island of Benbecula, which has just 1,300 residents. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The inaugural New York Rights Fair brought 70 literary agents, scouts, foreign rights associates, film producers, literary managers, and other publishing professionals from all over the world together to talk shop. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In its quest to win back the love of influencers and stay alive in Facebook’s world, Snap has created an incubator for storytellers. The post 5 questions publishers have about Snap’s new content creator incubator appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stockbridge branch to open under Waterstones name rather than appearing independent Waterstones has backtracked on plans to open one of its new unbranded stores in a district of Edinburgh that is already home to an independent bookshop – following an outcry that included criticism from figures... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Second Home is to open a new poetry bookshop at its Holland Park collaborative working branch in London, at the same time as launching a "bold and joyous" five-day poetry festival. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A window in London-based gay and lesbian bookshop Gay's the Word has been smashed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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