BA puts a stop to Civilised Saturday

The Booksellers Association (BA) has revealed it will not run a centralised variation of Civilised Saturday in 2018 following feedback with its members. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's new media guidelines are focused on stopping fake news

Facebook came under fire after it admitted that it published 3,000 Russian-linked advertisements designed to influence the US Presidential Election. Those ads pointed to Pages that trafficked in fake news, which has been one of the social network's b... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2017-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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No Pistol Could Have Stopped This

A version of this article was originally published by the Trace, a nonprofit news organization covering guns in America. Sign up for the newsletter, or follow the Trace on Facebook or Twitter. Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2017-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wall Street Journal stops publishing Asian and European print editions

Decision comes after the paper’s parent company News Corp reported a loss of $643m (£479m) for the most recent fiscal yearThe Wall Street Journal will stop publishing its Asian and European editions, the paper has said, amid a wider editorial restructuring and falling revenue. Related: The Wall... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sylvia Plath's bikini shot: it's time to stop sexualising a serious author to sell books | Cathleen Allyn Conway

The UK cover of a new collection of letters is only the latest to show the acclaimed poet as blond, beaming and in a skimpy outfit. But presenting female writers as mere sex symbols diminishes their literary achievementsOn the US cover of Sylvia Plath’s Collected Letters, a volume out this week... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BA welcomes EU Commission's plans for fairer taxation

The Booksellers Association (BA) has welcomed the EU Commission's plans for fair taxation of the digital economy as part of its Digital Single Market strategy. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc UK, publisher of NME and Marie Claire, to be put up for sale

Parent company Time Inc seeks to sell several assets after revenue from both sales and advertising fell more than expectedThe publisher of magazines including Marie Claire, NME, Wallpaper and TV Times is being put up for sale by its American owner.Time Inc said on Friday it was looking to sell... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Release of ‘What Happened’ Can’t Stop Sales Slide

Not even the release of Hillary Clinton’s new book, What Happened, could end what is now a monthlong sales slide. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Liz Pichon | 'A lot of the things I put in the books actually happened to me as a kid'

The bestselling creator of the Tom Gates series talks about the latest instalment of the doodle-loving schoolboy’s adventures. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rolling Stone Puts Itself Up for Sale

Rolling Stone co-founder Jann Wenner is putting his majority stake up for sale, ready to relinquish control of the magazine that has stood for the bible of pop culture since the late 1960s.The magazine, known for cutting-edge music, political and cultural reporting, is the latest publication to... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2017-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookshops contribute £1.9bn to economy, says BA report

Bookshops contribute £1.9bn to the UK economy every year and pay 11 times more corporation tax than Amazon, according to statistics published in a new report commissioned by the Booksellers Association. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Yellow Pages to stop printing from January 2019

Print publication, once vital household telephone directory, ends after 51 years as owner Yell fully digitises its businessThe Yellow Pages will stop printing from January 2019 after more than five decades, its owner Yell has announced. Yell has taken the decision to fully digitise the business,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Horowitz and de Waal to appear at BA Conference

Authors Anthony Horowitz and Kit de Waal will join Brian Blessed at the Booksellers Association’s conference in Birmingham next month. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Lets Publishers Put Logos Next to Headlines

Facebook, giving back publishers a piece of their identities, is letting them display their logos alongside headlines. It's a move meant to appease media partners that feel they've lost the power of their brands when posting articles to social media.On Tuesday, the social network released new... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2017-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hislop's 'Cartes Postales' puts stamp on bestseller chart

Victoria Hislop has posted her 14th number one, with Cartes Postales from Greece (Headline) selling 22,798 copies for £94,497. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nick Clegg to publish 'How to Stop Brexit'

Nick Clegg is publishing a guide to stopping Brexit with The Bodley Head this October. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jeff Bezos Should Put His Billions Into Libraries

If Jeff Bezos really wants make an impact, he should look to places where books aren't sold—but lent. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2017-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Russian Government Figures Put Book Piracy at 25 to 30 Percent

Russia's book piracy problem seems to be getting worse: in a new survey, two out of three respondents say they believe downloading pirated content is legal. The post Russian Government Figures Put Book Piracy at 25 to 30 Percent appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BBC's 'Saturday Review' saved from the axe

The BBC has backtracked on plans to axe "Saturday Review", its cultural discussion programme presented by Tom Sutcliffe on Radio 4. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harassment suit puts book by John Doerr, BetterWorks CEO on hold

A book co-written by John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and BetterWorks Systems Inc. CEO Kris Duggan has been put on hold in the wake of a sexual harassment and assault lawsuit against Duggan. “We and the authors have agreed to defer publication of 'Measure What Matters' at the... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2017-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stop the Collapse of Good Content in Three Easy Steps

Digital advertising is Google and Facebook's market to lose, where the safety (and scale, and data and automation) of a walled garden have allowed them to grab 77% of gross spending online and nearly every new dollar spent. Unless a media buy goes through Facebook or Google, buyers rightly worry... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2017-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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