Bloomsbury appoints Derek Stordahl

Bloomsbury has appointed Derek Stordahl to the newly created role of head of sales, Americas.... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]

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CLA appoints Graf as independent director

CLA, the company that helps simplify copyright for content users, has appointed Philip Graf CBE to its board as senior independent director. Graf is chairman for the Gambling Commission and chair of CfBT Education Trust, a leading education consultancy and service organisation. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury sales up 13% boosted by children's

Bloomsbury Publishing's sales grew 13% in the first half of the year, boosted by a particularly strong performance from the children’s and educational department. For the six months ending 31st August 2015, turnover totalled £52.7m, 13% higher than £46.6m for the same period in 2014. Adjusted... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harry Potter magic continues at Bloomsbury as sales grow

Magician series among children’s books boosting revenue at publishing house, with pre-tax profits at £1.9m Harry Potter publisher Bloomsbury has reported a jump in half-year sales after a strong performance from educational and children’s books. Sales were up 11.6% to £52.7m in the six months to... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Derek Lin Shares Taoist Wisdom for Modern Life

'The Tao of Happiness' author says that Taoism is 'really just for human beings,' making it a religion fit for a secular humanist. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Six Months Sales Up at Bloomsbury, But Earnings Dip

Revenue at Bloomsbury Publishing rose 13% in the six months ended August 31, 2015 compared to the same period a year ago, but pretax profit dipped to £342,000 from £509,000. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Taurel appointed Pearson's new chairman

Sidney Taurel, former c.e.o and chairman of pharmaceutical firm Eli Lilly, has been appointed as Pearson’s new chairman.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tom Holland appointed to PLR Advisory Committee

The British Library has appointed Tom Holland as chair of the Public Lending Right (PLR) Advisory Committee for the next three years. Holland said: “I am hugely honoured to be taking on the role of chair of the PLR Advisory Committee, which does such excellent work in promoting the interests of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Clinton biography from Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury is publishing a new biography of Hillary Clinton in the lead-up to the 2016 US presidential election. Hillary: A Biography of Hillary Rodham Clinton (January 2016, £12.99) has been written by former financial journalist Karen Blumenthal right, also the author of Bloomsbury’s 2012... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oneworld appoints Christofi as commissioning editor

Oneworld has appointed Alex Christofi as commissioning editor for non-fiction, following the departure of Mike Harpley. Christofi will report to Oneworld’s publisher, Juliet Mabey, and focus on acquiring "big-ideas" books across a range of narrative non-fiction. Christofi was previously an... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dugher appointed shadow culture secretary

Michael Dugher has been revealed as the new shadow secretary of state for culture media and sport, under the Labour party’s new leader, Jeremy Corbyn. Dugher, who managed the campaign for Labour leadership candidate Andy Burnham, has been MP for Barnsley East since 2010 and today replaces Chris... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon appoints director of social responsibility

Amazon has appointed a director of social responsibility, Christine Bader, amid criticism over its business practices. The online retailer is facing scrutiny over how its policies affect the outside world, with its cloud services division consistently receiving low grades in Greenpeace’s cloud... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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MediaMath Appoints Execs, Board Members as It Considers Next Steps

Hires this year by MediaMath, one of the few large independent ad tech companies that hasn't gone public or sold, suggest that it's gearing up for change, beit an initial public offering or more aggressive growth as a still-private player.Most recently, Rich Schmaeling joined MediaMath this... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Heywood Hill appoints 'bookseller-at-large' in Hong Kong

London bookshop Heywood Hill has appointed Charlotte Merritt to the new role of the shop’s Hong Kong-based bookseller-at-large. Heywood Hill, which offers bespoke bookselling, private library building and monthly book subscriptions, with customers in over 60 countries worldwide, said that... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Speed appointed as 'book to film' agent at Curtis Brown

Curtis Brown has appointed Luke Speed as a book to film agent in its book department. Speed previously spent 15 years at Marjacq running its book to film department. Curtis Brown joint c.e.o. Jonny Geller said: “We have long admired Luke's work as book to film agent at Marjacq and are... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Huynh Thi appointed as Foyles sales and events hire manager

Foyles has appointed Kim Huynh Thi as its first full time sales and events hire manager.     As part of the Foyles Events team, she will report to both Andy Quinn, head of Events at Foyles and Richard Shaw, manager of Leafi Café at Foyles.   Huynh Thi’s new role will be to organise and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Deluxe Harry Potter from Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury will this November publish a deluxe edition of the illustrated Harry Potter, with artwork by Jim Kay, priced at £150.  Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – Deluxe Illustrated Edition will be published alongside the £30 version, also illustrated by Kay.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury buys ‘Pug’ young fiction series

Bloomsbury Children’s Books has acquired a three-book young fiction series about a pug dog from debut author Laura James. Ellen Holgate, editorial director at Bloomsbury Children’s Books, acquired world rights from Gill McLay at the Bath Literary Agency. The first book, Captain Pug, is about... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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T & H appoints Romero-Montalvo as new c.f.o.

Thames & Hudson has appointed Leon Romero-Montalvo as its new chief financial officer. Romero-Montalvo was commercial director at Transworld and has previously worked for drinks company Diageo, and BT, before joining Transworld in 2010. He began at Thames & Hudson last week. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Walker Group appoints global sales manager

The Walker Books Group has appointed Lucy Pleydell-Pearce as senior group and intercompany sales manager. She joins Walker from Templar Books, where she was foreign rights manager.   Pleydell-Pearce, who will take up the role 6th July, will manage the inter-company sales flow for books... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NLT and Bloomsbury launch poetry prize

The National Literacy Trust (NLT) and Bloomsbury have teamed up to launch a poetry prize.   The Poetry Prize 2015 is open to poems of any type, from sonnets to free verse to rap, that are a maximum of 16 lineslong. The competition costs £8 to enter a first poem, and £4 for any subsequent... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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