BISG Annual Meeting Examines Sustainability on a Number of Levels

The Book Industry Study Group's annual meeting focused on issues around book publishing’s impact on the environment, the continuing effect of the pandemic on the supply chain, and the industry’s response, examined under the theme of “Publishing for a Sustainable Future.” Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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NBCC Schedules Meeting to Vote for Board Member Removal

In an email to its members on Wednesday, the National Book Critics Circle's board of directors announced that its members have called for a meeting to remove v-p of grants Carlin Romano from the board. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Nielsen Book to restate sales numbers for Dawson title after bulk purchase

Nielsen Book has said it is restating Mark Dawson's sales figures, after the author admitted to making a bulk purchase of his own book The Cleaner to secure his status as a "top 10 bestseller". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-22 11:24:27 UTC ]
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Bookstat chart: Rankin ranks in number one

Ian Rankin’s In a House of Lies (Orion) hit the roof of the Bookstat e-book chart, flying straight into the number one spot for the week ending 11th July. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-15 18:28:01 UTC ]
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Kobo's new entry-level e-reader is the $100 Nia

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[ Engadget | 2020-07-15 10:05:12 UTC ]
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Crime fiction boom as book sales rocket past 2019 levels

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[ The Guardian | 2020-07-07 16:17:09 UTC ]
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Level the Playing Field: 5 Questions to Ask Your Video Strategist

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[ Digiday | 2020-07-07 02:05:37 UTC ]
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Hachette tracks uplift in BAME staff numbers but pay gap widens

Hachette UK has published its second ethnicity pay gap report, showing the number of BAME employees at the company has increased but the mean average pay gap between them and their white colleagues has widened. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-06 04:28:27 UTC ]
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Hirons in the fire: skincare influencer beats Bolton to charts number one

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-30 16:39:05 UTC ]
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Webinar Will Examine Production and Supply Chain Issues

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The industry is ‘hostile environment on multiple levels’, says Singh

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-28 12:52:03 UTC ]
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Meet Ed Vaughn, an understated Black Power icon and former bookstore owner.

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[ Literrary Hub | 2020-06-25 14:02:32 UTC ]
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Bauer to Close Magazine Titles ‘Unlikely to be Sustainable’ After Covid-19

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[ Editor & Publisher | 2020-06-24 17:01:33 UTC ]
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From police beat to Stuff owner: meet Sinead Boucher, New Zealand's newest media mogul

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[ The Guardian | 2020-06-23 20:00:01 UTC ]
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Bandcamp will make annual Juneteenth donations to the NAACP

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[ Engadget | 2020-06-19 08:30:48 UTC ]
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Jayson Greene: ‘Everyone is a Griever Now on Some Level’

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ALA Offers Members Free, or Reduced Registration for 2020 Annual Conference

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BookExpo, BookCon Online Drew Strong Numbers

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