Blackwell’s plans expansion this year

Blackwell’s plans to expand its store portfolio this year, starting with a site at Derby... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anniversary 'Rats' edition next year

Pan Macmillan is to release a special collector's edition of the late James Herbert's... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Exceptional Women in Publishing Event Enters Fifth Year

EWIP's annual Exceptional Women in Publishing conference was held earlier this month in San Fancisco. The event marked its fifth anniversary, while the organization itself notched its fifteenth year in operation. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One Year of Translating, Selling Swedish Literature Direct

Stockholm Text, a young publishing house translating and publishing Swedish literature in English, share lessons learned from their first year in business. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Warner spinning off Time Inc. magazine biz this year

Time Warner Inc. will spin off its magazine business later this year, turning the nine-decade-old publisher of Time, People and Sports Illustrated into a separate publicly held company.The board authorized management to proceed with the plan after a review of options, the New York-based media... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2013-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IPC says 'business as usual' as Time Warner plans to spin off publishing arm

IPC Media is focusing on not being distract by events outside of its control, as parent company Time Warner unveiled plans to spin off its magazine division Time Inc last night. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2013-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sixty Years of Sterling Wisdom from the “Lord of Publishing”

Legendary literary agent Sterling Lord shares wisdom from his 60 years in publishing and reflects the current business, which he says is more like selling appliances than art. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Campbell: 'planned exit' from Mainstream

Mainstream co-founder Bill Campbell has said the decision to cease forward publishing represents... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Human Events to Shutter Newspaper After 70 Years

Human Events, the venerable Washington-based conservative newspaper, will cease publishing its weekly print edition after nearly 70 years but will continue to operate its popular websites, the publisher announced Wednesday. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Infographic: A Five-Year Look at Magazine Editorial Salaries

Every year FOLIO: conducts a nationwide survey with mid and executive-level editors. The survey maps out salary ranges across a number of demographics including gender, age, location, company size, education and more. The infographic below provides an interactive breakdown on several key trends... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Profits fall at Penguin in 'momentous' year

The Penguin Group saw a 1% rise in sales to £1.05bn in 2012 (£1.04bn in 2011).... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Six books compete for the prize of Oddest Book Title of the Year

The Bookseller magazine will be giving out the award for the thirty-fifth year in a row, with competitors including 'Goblinproofing One's Chicken Coop' and 'How To Sharpen Pencils.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With New Plan, APP Works to Win Back Customers

After announcing in early February that it had discontinued sourcing paper from threatened Indonesian rainforests, a representative of Singapore-based Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) was at the International Toy Fair Show in New York last week to explain the policy to toy companies and children’s... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fiercest Book Critic of 2012? Camilla Long Had The Year’s Sharpest Hatchet

The Guardian called it: "Camilla Long’s comprehensive shredding of Rachel Cusk’s memoir of her divorce, Aftermath has won her the Hatchet Job of the Year award.” Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Children's reveals brand plans for 2013

Children's laureate Julia Donaldson's follow-up to Edward Lear's classic, The Owl and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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OUP title wins Political Book of the Year

The Day Parliament Burned Down has been named political book of the year at the Political Book... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daunt: 'Two years' to transform Waterstones

Waterstones managing director James Daunt has said it will take two years to transform the chain... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mantel wins Costa Book of the Year

Hilary Mantel wins the prestigious literary prize the Costa Book of the Year for her novel Bring Up the Bodies. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hilary Mantel wins Costa Book of the Year

Hilary Mantel has won the Costa Book of the Year for her Man Booker-winning novel Bring Up the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan tests selling ebooks to libraries in two-year stretches

Major publishers are taking wildly different approaches to resolving the woes surrounding ebook lending at libraries: they're experimenting with both the short-yet-cheap subscription as well as an expensive option to pay only once for perpetual use. Sure enough, we're now seeing the middle road.... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2013-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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