Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 05/04/2011 - 08:28 The Big Green Bookshop is celebrating after achieving 96% of its path to financial safety. The indie retailer based in Wood Green, north London, sent out a mass appeal to its customers a month ago asking them to buy one extra book to mark the shop's third anniversary and help secure its future viability. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2011-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The top 10 publishers in the world had their lowest combined market share last year in the Livres... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Next Thursday will see the largest gathering of book marketing professionals this year as 170... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Sargent is well-known in publishing circles for doing things a little differently than most CEOs (see his stance in the Department of Justice lawsuit over the agency pricing model), and that also applies to his approach to Macmillan’s environmental efforts. More than two years ago, Sargent... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Guardian is launching an interactive map of the UK and Ireland’s bookshops in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon and the Independent Publishers Group in the US have reached a settlement over their ebook... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The University of Exeter and Blackwell's have launched what is being called a "different... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three titles have been picked from both Random House Children’s Books and Templar for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers must address their "toxic" real estate and band together to compete in an... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A “high-profile defeat” for publishers is how Brandon Butler, director of public policy initiatives at the Association of Research Libraries, described the May 11 verdict in Cambridge University Press et. al. v. Mark Becker et. al., a closely watched copyright case involving the use of... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The top three titles on Sweden’s fiction list in April were all in new positions, including Kristina Ohlsson’s Hostage. Ohlsson published her first book in the U.S. in February 2012 with Atria—Unwanted, a mystery cited for “superior prose, plotting, and characterization” in its starred review... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An English-language bookshop in Paris is to close its doors in July after 30 years. The Village... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two New York meetings—the annual Book Industry Study Group (BISG) Making Information Pay... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Online retailer Fishpond.co.uk is looking to build relationships with publishers large and small... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Target, the first brick-and-mortar store to sell the Kindle, will soon pull Amazon’s popular e-reader from its shelves. Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2012-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cosmopolitan for Latinas will arrive on newsstands May 1, Hearst Magazines announced Wednesday, and it promises to show why the publisher has launched another print title at a time when many magazines are struggling to grow. The debut issue of the women's lifestyle spinoff will carry 52 pages of... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Children’s has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Penguin US division Dutton... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kobo will launch its self-publishing platform this quarter and plans on expanding to “a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Justice Department has formally decided to sue Apple, Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillian, Penguin and Simon & Schuster over alleged ebook price-rigging. Apple and Macmillian have already denied any wrongdoing, saying that the agreements were enhancing competition in an industry... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google has told UK bookshops that it is shutting its reseller programme, and has invited the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-book price fixing will cost consumers more than US$200 million this year, and U.S. antitrust authorities should take action against Apple and a group of... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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