The Booksellers Association is to urge the government to grant bookshops a discount on their business rates, arguing that they are cultural entities which provide "huge benefits" to their communities. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House UK has pledged £15,000 to the #ReadTheOnePercent Bookshop crowdfunding campaign, launched by Knights Of. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher says it hopes to help the #ReadtheOnePercent pop-up store in south London ‘smash its target’ of £30,000, which it is crowdfunding in order to become permanentPenguin Random House has pledged £15,000 to south London’s #ReadtheOnePercent bookshop, which only stocks children’s books with... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Union inroads into media have many observers predicting a better long-term future for beleaguered newsroom employees. The post Rise in union activity is clashing with digital publishing’s business struggles appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daunt Books, Waterstones and Foyles are raising money for The Passage, a charity that supports people who are homeless, by selling a book of short stories by AS Byatt, Lennie James and Michael Morpurgo. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld has bought a straight-talking self-help book from serial entrepreneur and NYU professor Scott Galloway, author of The Four, about applying simple algebra for a happier life. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bookshop Band will play a 15-date tour across America next month, with sponsorship from Gardners and US-based entertainment distributor All Media Supply. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What can book publishers learn from the music industry? A lot, says Digital Perspectives columnist Bill Rosenblatt. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Inclusive publisher Knights Of, which launched a pop-up bookshop in Brixton in October, is aiming to raise £30,000 to open a permanent bookselling business. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The U.K. Society of Authors has issued a "Brexit Briefing" asking for specific provisions for writers and publishers to be part in the U.K.'s Withdraw Agreement, including copyright protections, favorable export terms, access to E.U. grant funding, and the ability to work in the E.U. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Wellcome Collection has joined forces with the Brick Lane Bookshop and Kingston School of Art and Architecture on an “arresting" light installation window display, themed around "Living with Buildings". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Inclusive publisher Lantana has won a place on the OXFO L.E.V8 accelerator programme for entrepreneurial start-ups. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a time of intense polarization, booksellers are trying to satisfy readers’ needs without alienating customers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Storm Keeper’s Island by Catherine Doyle (Bloomsbury Children’s) is this winter’s Independent Booksellers Children’s Book of the Season. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Investigative journalist John Carreyrou has won the £30,000 Financial Times and McKinsey & Company Business Book of the Year Award 2018 for Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (Picador). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan has won a 10-way auction to publish a book on the "entrepreneurial path", How I Built This, from business podcaster Guy Raz. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michelle Obama’s memoir, issued next Thursday in a simultaneous global publication, is the recipient of Penguin General’s biggest ever marketing spend, with campaigns to run across formats, platforms, and even on the bare walls of Brixton... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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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Waterstones is opening a second bookshop in Nottingham in time for Christmas trading. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Endeavor Business Media has acquired Vendome Group's Healthcare Informatics brand, the Nashville-based b2b firm announced Friday. The deal—which includes the brand's website as well as 13 annual Health IT Summits throughout the U.S.—marks Endeavor's second acquisition since absorbing SouthComm... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Around 20 bookshops are partnering with Granta, author Rose George and the NHS to encourage the public to give blood through the ‘Share a Pint campaign’. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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