Bloomsbury pulls Church exposé

Bloomsbury has withdrawn a book on the decline of the Church of England days before publication. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Weinstein accuser Rose McGowan's memoir Brave 'will pull no punches'

The actor has alleged that the film producer raped her in 1997, and her book promises to ‘shine a light on a business built on systemic misogyny’Rose McGowan’s memoir Brave, a book that the New Yorker claimed on Monday was the subject of an investigation by a private security agency hired by the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's rolling out stores after pulling shoppers online (Photos)

After spending two decades pulling bookstore shoppers to its business online, Amazon.com Inc. is trying to lure some of them back to brick-and-mortar stores across the country. Amazon Books has quickly expanded its footprint since opening its first bookstore in Seattle two years ago. Amazon now... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2017-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Children's buys two more from Pankhurst

Bloomsbury Children’s Books will publish another two books from Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World author and illustrator Kate Pankhurst, a descendant of suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury's first half revenues soar 15%

The Bloomsbury Group’s revenues soared by 15% to £72.1m for the first six months of its financial year, helped by J K Rowling’s Harry Potter books which boosted sales in the publisher’s children’s division by 33%. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury scores two on William Hill shortlist

Bloomsbury has scored twice on the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award shortlist, vying against fellow indies Biteback Publishing and Axis Projects, as well as Simon & Schuster and Transworld. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Poised for Good Year

Led by strong sales in its children's group, where the sale of Harry Potter titles drove a 40% gain, total revenue at the U.K.-based company jumped 15% in the six months ended August 31. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury buys Cornish fishing village book after TLS article

Bloomsbury is to publish the story of life in a Cornish fishing village by new writer Lamorna Ash, after a fortuitous reading of an article in the Times Literary Supplement. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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School district pulled 'To Kill a Mockingbird' from shelves because it 'makes people uncomfortable'

The Biloxi, Miss., school district has pulled Harper Lee's classic novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" from its curriculum because it "makes people uncomfortable," the Biloxi Sun Herald reports. A member of the school board told the newspaper that the decision was made last week, and was not voted on... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Charkin to lead Bloomsbury China

Richard Charkin will lead a new publishing enterprise, Bloomsbury China, that aims to help the country “reach out and communicate with the rest of the world” and to better the West’s understanding of China. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury signs book on Trump's 'first years as president'

Bloomsbury is to publish a "major" book on Donald Trump’s first years as President of the United States, by New York Times journalists Maggie Haberman and Glenn Thrush. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Mould-breaking' neuroscientists' non-fiction to Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury is to publish a "mould-breaking" work of graphic non-fiction, Two Heads, written by leading neuroscientists, professors Uta Frith and Chris Frith, in collaboration with their son, Alex Frith, and Daniel Locke, a young artist. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury's Megan Schaffer moves to JMP

Megan Schaffer, head of UK key accounts at Bloomsbury, is joining John Murray Press as sales director at the end of the year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Politics Take Center Stage at the Small Press Expo 2017

This year's Small Press Expo served as a platform for the indie comics community to respond to issues of politics, race, and gender; celebrate Annie Koyama and 10 years of Koyama Press, and hail the works of newcomers Emil Ferris and Tillie Walden. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Treger's 'enthralling' snake tattoo novel to Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury has bought a new book from Louisa Treger about a woman “with a dramatic snake tattooed on her leg and a mysterious past”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Elbakyan pulls Sci-Hub from Russia

Alexandra Elbakyan, founder of academic research pirate site Sci-Hub, has pulled access to the site in Russia. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Clinton Devotional Book Pulled After Publisher Finds Further Instances of Plagiarism

Abingdon Press is discontinuing the sale of ‘Strong for a Moment Like This,’ a book of devotionals written for Hillary Clinton by Rev. Bill Shillady, after finding that several passages were lifted from the writing of other pastors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lord swaps Bloomsbury for Bluebird

Henry Lord, senior publicity manager at Bloomsbury, is joining the communications team for Bluebird at Pan Macmillan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NYT pulls book from best-seller list over suspicious sales

 A novel called Handbook for Mortals had a very brief reign at the top of a New York Times best-seller list. The paper confirmed Friday that it had pulled Lani Sarem's book from its young adult hardcover list for September 3 because of "inconsistencies" in the reporting of sales. The... Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2017-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Air pollution investigation to Bloomsbury Sigma

Bloomsbury Sigma has signed Clearing the Air by environmental journalist Tim Smedley in a "major" acquisition for the imprint. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Here’s how sleuths got the YA book “Handbook for Mortals” pulled from NYT’s best-seller list

The young-adult novel Handbook for Mortals by Lani Sarem pulled off the impressive feat of debuting at No. 1 on the New York Times Young Adult Hardcover best-seller chart. It then pulled off the equally impressive feat of getting yanked almost immediately for what a Times rep told Vulture were... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2017-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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