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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David Walliams and Tony Ross' The World's Worst Parents (HarperCollins Children's) has notched up a fourth week as the UK Official Top 50 number one, selling 22,993 copies through Nielsen BookScan's TCM. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-27 18:50:07 UTC ]
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Rishi Sunak is said to be exploring plans for an online sales tax to protect high street shops from competition from internet retailers, and plans to replace business rates. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-27 12:15:40 UTC ]
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Beukes imbues what could have simply been a sensational thriller with psychological depth and sharp detail. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-07-27 12:00:00 UTC ]
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A new 'Books From Spain' portal has opened to encourage translation and rights trades for the Frankfurter Buchmesse 2022 Guest of Honor Spain. The post ‘Books From Spain’ Launches To Support Frankfurt’s 2022 Guest of Honor appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-07-24 16:50:05 UTC ]
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Scholastic has reported a 10% revenue drop for the fiscal year to end May 2020, to $1.49bn, with an overall loss of $88.5m, after Covid-19 battered its fourth quarter. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-24 06:25:19 UTC ]
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Ian Rankin’s In a House of Lies (Orion) has taken out a mortgage in the Bookstat e-book chart number one spot, reigning for a second week running. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-22 19:28:58 UTC ]
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From the leadership of PEN America, a HarperCollins release enters the summer's fray of free-speech debates amid charges of 'cancel culture.' The post Political Books: PEN America’s Suzanne Nossel ‘Dares To Speak’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-07-22 17:45:57 UTC ]
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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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Unit sales of print books rose 11.5% last week as Mary L. Trump's 'Too Much and Never Enough' sold over 337,000 print units at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. The juvenile nonfiction category had a 21.3% increase. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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IDW Publishing president, publisher, and chief creative officer Chris Ryall is stepping down from his current positions to join the World of Syzygy, a new storytelling venture formed by Ryall and comics artist Ashley Wood. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Figures for last year show sales of £6.3bn, up 20% on 2015, but the Publishers Association says sector needs government support to weather coronavirusBook sales in the UK hit record levels in 2019, driven by a surge in audiobook and nonfiction titles, according to new figures released as... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-07-21 23:01:08 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury says books were a lockdown hit, with children’s division revenue up 27%The backlash against JK Rowling’s views on transgender law reform has failed to dent the popularity of the Harry Potter author’s books, with publisher Bloomsbury saying they have proved a lockdown hit, pushing... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-07-21 12:29:43 UTC ]
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The Women’s Prize for Fiction is launching a crowdfunding campaign with publisher Unbound, in honour of its 25th anniversary, to create The Women’s Prize for Fiction Journal: Celebrating 25 years of #ReadingWomen. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-21 05:08:34 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury said sales in the first four months of fiscal 2021, which began March 1, rose 18% over the same period a year ago. Revenue in the U.S. increased 38%, and sales of both digital and print books were up overall. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Festival for Working Class Writers is being launched in Bristol next year, hoping to shine a spotlight on authors who organiser Natasha Carthew says are underrepresented at other events. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-20 17:38:05 UTC ]
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Politically related biography and memoir gained, and children's print gained 12 percent over the second quarter of 2019 in unit sales. The post US Book Market: NPD Sees Unit Sales Up 2.8 Percent in Q2 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-07-20 17:15:16 UTC ]
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The program was first announced in March to encourage digital read-aloud sessions for libraries and schools forced to close by the novel coronavirus outbreak. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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May bookstore sales dropped 59.8% compared to a year ago, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Sales were $271 million, down from $675 million in May 2019. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Literary Consultancy is partnering with Ellah P Wakatama, editor-at-large at Canongate, to launch the TLC Scholarship. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-19 14:43:29 UTC ]
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In digital sessions this week, organizers of Frankfurter Buchmesse have described elements of the online trade show for October. The post Frankfurter Buchmesse: Four German Houses Sign on Together appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-07-17 16:27:26 UTC ]
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