Bloomsbury Launches In-House Sales Team in North America

Bloomsbury US is launching an in-house sales team for North America, selling all trade titles, including those published by its academic division, direct to national accounts. The team is headed by Sarah Rucker, who comes to the house from HarperCollins. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Top Shelf Kicks Off 'Massive' Sale

For the next two weeks until September 26, more than 180 Top Shelf print and digital titles will be offered for as much as 50% off and many more will be priced at $10 or less. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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B&N Quarterly Sales Fell 7%, But Losses Cut

Revenue at Barnes & Noble fell 7% in the first quarter ended August 2, to $1.23 billion, but the retailer cut its net loss to $28.4 million from $87.0 million in the first period of fiscal 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ingram, Microgroove Ink Deal to Add Book Sales to Mobile Apps

Ingram Content Group has partnered with Microgroove, a Seattle software developer, to provide digital tools to give businesses with mobile e-commerce applications the ability to sell physical books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales Up, Earnings Down at Wiley

John Wiley reported that revenue for the first quarter ended July 31, 2014 rose 6.6%, to $437.6 million, while net income fell to $33.6 million from $35.9 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James Beard Launches First App

The first-ever app from the James Beard Foundation highlights vegetable recipes featured in 'The James Beard Foundation's Best of the Best,' with entries from Alice Waters, Charlie Trotter, Dan Barber, Mario Batali, and Daniel Boulud, among others. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frey's Full Fathom Five Launches Digital Imprint

Full Fathom Five Digital will be overseen by the newly appointed director of digital publishing Samantha Streger, who joined the company in April from Open Road. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury buys Pavilion's Conway imprint

Bloomsbury has acquired naval and military history imprint Conway from Pavilion Books. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors on the Air September 5, 2014: Mitchell Zuckoff/The Annex Security Team, Christian Rudder

A documentary based on '13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi' (Twelve, 9781455582273), by Mitchell Zuckoff with the Annex Security Team, will premiere on Friday, September 5 on the Fox News Channel. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon launches children's books KDP programme

Amazon has launched a dedicated self-publishing service for children's books, KDP Kids.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News UK Launches Lineup Systems’ AdPoint

Lineup Systems’ web based advertising sales and management system AdPoint was recently launched at leading news publisher News UK. The implementation is part of News UK’s Workspace project, a wholly integrated, multi-channel appr ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Illustrator launches auction for Warchild

Illustrator Leigh Hodgkinson and her publisher Nosy Crow have launched a charity auction to raise... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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America's Test Kitchen Unveils New 'New Family Cookbook'

The Brookline Village, Mass.-based press has completely revised its first ring-bound cookbook, even removing the rings. It now weighs in at 7.5 pounds. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury relaunches Harry Potter website

Bloomsbury Publishing has relaunched its Harry Potter website to complement the new book editions... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Religion On-Sale Calendar: September 2014

New books in a big religion publishing month include offerings from Joel Osteen, Sam Harris, and Joyce Meyer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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EducaTablet: Latin America’s New Mobile-centric K-12 Content Platform

EducaTablet has launched a digital-content ecosystem where Latin American students can access textbooks from major publishers, in Spanish and English, online and off. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ellora’s Cave CEO Confirms Amazon Sales Drop

Ellora’s Cave CEO Patty Marks confirmed the house is downsizing in the wake of what she described as "drastic" and unexplained declines in its ebook sales via Amazon. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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British readers lost in translations as foreign literature sales boom

Popular Scandinavian authors including Jo Nesbø and Stieg Larsson drive growing domestic demand for translated booksBritish readers are devouring foreign fiction in record numbers amid a mini-boom in translated novels, inspired by the success of Scandinavian authors such as Jo Nesbø.Among a... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ellora’s Cave Cuts Staff, Blames Big Amazon Sales Drop

In a letter to her authors, Ellora’s Cave CEO Patty Marks blames the cuts on unexplained declines in ebook sales through Amazon. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble launches the $179 Galaxy Tab 4 Nook

Barnes & Noble has officially kicked off a new era -- one in which it doesn't manufacture its own tablets. The struggling book outlet announced last summer that it would work with other manufacturers going forward and Samsung is first in line. The... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2014-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wright appointed Hachette group international sales director

The director of digital sales and channel development at Penguin Random House is to join Hachette... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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