Bloomsbury median gender pay gap rises to 21.7%

Bloomsbury Publishing’s median gender pay gap has grown to 21.7% in 2018 from 17.2% the year before although its mean figure fell slightly, according to its latest report. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Apple iBooks Category Bestsellers, September 21, 2014

The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, children & teens, and more for the week ended September 21, 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PayPal will let you pay with Bitcoin, sometimes

First Braintree, and now PayPal. Ebay's popular online payment system recently announced that merchants selling digital goods can opt to start accepting Bitcoin payments via PayPal's payment portal, if they're based in North America. That means you may soon be able to pay for non-physical goods... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2014-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tampa Bay Times Cuts Employee Pay 5 Percent, Reduces Severance Payments

Paul Tash, CEO and chairman of the Times, announced the cuts in a memo to employees Thursday, citing a difficult summer that resulted in lower than expected revenue. "Newspaper publishing remains a tough business," he wrote. Anticipating jo ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AAP records 3.9% revenue rise to May 2014

Growth of 3.9% in net revenue for the overall trade publishing sector in the US for the first... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rising Stars head to Frankfurt

Following the Frankfurt Book Fair’s sponsorship of The Bookseller’s Rising Stars list... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple iBooks Category Bestsellers, September 7, 2014

The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, children & teens, and more for the week ended August 24, 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury signs debut author Lou Carter

Bloomsbury has acquired the world rights for two picture books from debut author Lou Carter.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-12 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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Wiley reports quarterly rise and new UK partnership

John Wiley & Sons has reported a 4% year-on-year revenue rise at constant currency for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-09 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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OUP pays tribute to Trollope

Oxford University Press (OUP) is republishing Anthony Trollope’s Barchester Chronicles... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Century signs Easter Rising history

Century is to publish a book by former IRA member turned informant Sean O’Callaghan,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Paying for traffic: the end of the last taboo?

Why is it a big deal for publishers to pay to promote their content on Facebook? The post Paying for traffic: the end of the last taboo? appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2014-09-02 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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Calling Silicon Valley Out On Its Gender Problem

It's no secret that the Valley has a gender problem, a new book explores just how deep discrimination runs and how to fix it.In July, Twitter reported that only 10% of its tech jobs are held by women. This report joins a host of recent demographic disclosures by tech firms, from Google to... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2014-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing Pay Rose 2.8% in 2013

The average pay raise for publishing employees in 2013 was 2.8%, according to PW’s just-concluded salary survey. The percentage increase last year was the same as in 2012, when the survey also found that pay had risen by 2.8%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Skelly moves to Bloomsbury Children’s Books

Lizz Skelly, formerly of Hachette, is joining Bloomsbury Children’s Books as children... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chromebook on the rise, with sales set to triple by 2017

Google's Chromebook is on the up and up, according to the latest report published by analyst firm Gartner. This year, Gartner estimates that total Chromebook sales will hit 5.2 million, which is up 79 percent from 2013. Looking further out to 2017, the number of units sold should reach 14.4... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2014-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Legendary 'King's Quest' developer Sierra rises mysteriously from the grave

Sierra Entertainment is one of those legendary companies from the '90s that died somewhere in the past decade of industry consolidation. See also: LucasArts, Mythic, Midway, Neversoft, et al. Known primarily for the "Quest" series of adventure games—King's Quest, Police Quest, Space Quest—and... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster Second Quarter Sales Rise 12%

S&S reported a 12% rise in revenue in the second quarter of 2014, credited the growth to such print bestsellers as Hillary Clinton's 'Hard Choices' and Stephen King's 'Mr. Mercedes.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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