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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ReadingZone launches World Book Day picture book competition

Children’s books website ReadingZone has launched a competition for children and young people to create a picture book for World Book Day, judged by author and illustrator Sarah McIntyre.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-22 20:56:16 UTC ]
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Jonathan Evison’s ‘Small World’ feels like a big statement about America

In "Small World," short chapters and sheer eventfulness keep the story chugging along. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2022-01-21 12:00:01 UTC ]
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Print Unit Sales Fell 3% in Mid-January

Unit sales of print books dropped 3% in the week ended Jan. 15, 2022, from the comparable week last year, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales Jumped 20% at Half Price Books in 2021

In 2021, chain-wide sales at Half Price Books were up 20% over 2020. The company now runs 124 stores in 19 states. Employees have unionized at four different stores in Minnesota. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Print Book Sales Fell 3% Last Week

Weak nonfiction sales dragged down total unit sales of print books last week, with total sales dropping 3% compared to the week ended January 16, 2021, at outlets that report to BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Kidd made diversity and inclusion manager in Hachette UK HR team expansion

Hachette UK is boosting its HR team with Kim Kidd (pictured) from the British Council joining as diversity and inclusion manager. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-20 02:58:38 UTC ]
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W H Smith sales hit 85% of 2019 levels after good Christmas trading

W H Smith has reported a "good performance" for the 20-week period to 15th January 2022, with total group revenue at 85% of 2019 levels.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-18 20:43:57 UTC ]
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Bogaards Launches Public Relations Firm

Paul Bogaards, who resigned at the end of 2021 as executive v-p and deputy publisher at Knopf after a long career, has started Bogaards Public Relations LLC. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore Sales Jumped in November

Bookstore sales were $709 million in November, up 43% from November 2020, according to preliminary estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
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John Murray's new crime imprint Baskerville launches with Herron and Boyle

John Murray’s new literary crime and thriller imprint is launching with a line-up of authors including Mick Herron, Frankie Boyle and Kaoru Takamura, among others.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-18 00:15:20 UTC ]
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Amazon Kindle is back on sale for $50 today only

Now is a good opportunity to buy one of the best no-frills e-readers available. Amazon is selling the latest generation of its standard Kindle reader for just $50 during a one-day sale, or $70 for a version without ads. Those are the lowest prices we've seen since Black Friday, and make them... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2022-01-16 16:05:56 UTC ]
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Unit Sales Have a Slow Start in 2022

Unit sales of print books fell 13.9% in the week ended Jan. 8, 2022, compared to the first week in 2021, at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Print Book Sales Get a Bad Start in 2022

Facing tough comparisons to 2021, when sales got off to a strong start compared to 2020, unit sales of print books fell 13.9% last week from the first week in 2021 at outlets that report to BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
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MUP launches audiobook pilot to help with student 'screen fatigue'

Manchester University Press (MUP) has launched an audiobook pilot programme, following claims students with 'screen fatigue' are increasingly turning to the format. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-13 00:08:43 UTC ]
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Gay launches fellowship scheme for aspiring writers through Substack

Roxane Gay is launching a new one-year fellowship programme which will see her support three aspiring writers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-12 16:04:26 UTC ]
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UK book sales in 2021 highest in a decade

Booming appetites for crime, sci-fi and romance drive fiction sales 20% higher than in 2019, with Richard Osman the year’s bestselling authorBook sales continued to climb last year despite lockdowns, with more than 212m print books sold in 2021 – the highest figure of the last decade.Driven by... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2022-01-11 17:21:11 UTC ]
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French book trade reports 20% sales surge in 2021

The coronavirus pandemic may continue to cloud people’s lives, but it has generated a silver lining for the French book business.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-10 14:15:46 UTC ]
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Publishers increasingly turn to TikTok but cracking sales remains a mystery

Publishers are increasingly acquiring books from influencers on TikTok and using "BookTokkers" to promote new works, but while the platform is clearly booming, many are still uncertain how best to use it and cracking its algorithm to boost sales remains a mystery to even the most savvy users.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-10 11:50:25 UTC ]
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New leadership team at The FLIP as co-founders step down

Cassie Rocks, Farzana Khan, Hannah Beeson, Omara Elling-Hwang (pictured) and Yanmin Zhuchen will take over the running of The FLIP (Female Leadership in Publishing) platform later this month. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-09 18:47:31 UTC ]
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Lea launches £15k Kickstarter for new short story journal featuring Sarah Hall

Oneworld editor and former Guardian journalist Richard Lea is heading a new web-based short fiction journal, Fictionable, which is aiming to raise £15,000 in the next month on Kickstarter.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-09 17:09:42 UTC ]
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