Bloomsbury says 2020 performance 'in line with expectations'

Bloomsbury has released a pre-close trading update for the 12 months to 29th February 2020, saying its performance was in line with expectations. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-19 06:31:01 UTC ]
News tagged with: #bloomsbury

Other Publishing stories related to: 'Bloomsbury says 2020 performance 'in line with expectations' '

B&N new digital device expected "next Monday"

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 01/11/2011 - 09:49 Barnes & Noble is expected to reveal its latest digital device next Monday, as tablet competition hots up in the wake of Amazon unveiling the Kindle Fire. Journalists and analysts have been invited to a news conference for... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #widely expected #kindle fire #news conference #7th november

E-books and Continuum buy drive sales at Bloomsbury

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 27/10/2011 - 09:41 E-book sales and the acquisition of Continuum helped sales at Bloomsbury leap 16%, although relocation and restructuring costs led to pre-tax profit more than halving to £0.3m, in its latest set of financial accounts.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #pre-tax profit #latest set

Bloomsbury Season at Kensington Library

Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Mon, 24/10/2011 - 08:15 Publisher Bloomsbury has organised a series of author events at Kensington Central Library for the first months of 2012. The Bloomsbury Season will see events with Anna Reid and Lady Antonia Fraser held in January, with Man... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #author events #justin cartwright

Digital to dominate by 2020

Written By: Tom Holman Publication Date: Mon, 17/10/2011 - 08:30 More than half of people working in the industry think sales of ebooks will overtake those of their printed counterparts by the end of this decade. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #people working

Bloomsbury to launch Wisden India

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Mon, 10/10/2011 - 08:20 Bloomsbury is to launch cricketing imprint Wisden in India, signing a long-term licensing deal with sports and entertainment management firm FidelisWorld. Rights will also be extended to Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #sri lanka #middle east

Bloomsbury launches Connect ebook service

Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Mon, 03/10/2011 - 15:15 Bloomsbury is to launch an ebook distribution facility Bloomsbury Connect, which will offer ebook conversion and distribution into the four English-language markets. The new initiative will provide competition to Faber Factory,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #english-language markets #faber factory

Three for Bloomsbury on William Hill longlist

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 30/09/2011 - 09:29 Bloomsbury leads the way with three nominations across its imprints on the 14-strong longlist for the £27,500 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2011. Behind the Boundary: Cricket at a Crossroads by Graeme Wright... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #babysitting george

McNally to join Bloomsbury

Written By: Benedicte Page and Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 06/09/2011 - 15:31 Rebecca McNally, fiction publishing director at Macmillan Childrens Books, is to join Bloomsbury, taking the role of publishing director and international editor-in-chief for children's books. She... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #join bloomsbury #benedicte page #international editor-in-chief

McNally to join Bloomsbury, Alltimes promoted at Macmillan

[ The Bookseller | 2011-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #join bloomsbury #benedicte page #international editor-in-chief

Roberts moves to Bloomsbury from Virago

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 02/09/2011 - 10:13 French author Michele Roberts has moved to Bloomsbury from Virago for her next book, Ignorance. Alexandra Pringle acquired world English rights in a one-book deal through Ayesha Karim at Aitken Alexander. Bloomsbury will... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #roberts moves #one-book deal #aitken alexander #publish simultaneously

Bloomsbury cooks up deal with Absolute Press

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 01/09/2011 - 08:54 Bloomsbury has acquired independent food list Absolute Press, set up by publisher Jon Croft in 1979. Absolute Press specialises in high-end cookery titles, publishing Keith Floyd's first title in 1981. Its titles include... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #absolute press #print titles

Bloomsbury buys El Clasico

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 22/08/2011 - 14:15 Bloomsbury has bought a non-fiction title about one of the great footballing rivalries in the modern game, between that of Real Madrid and Barcelona. Sport and Wisden publisher Charlotte Atyeo bought world English rights to El... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #non-fiction title #real madrid #charlie brotherstone

E-book buyers expect discounts, but do buy more

Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Tue, 16/08/2011 - 09:15 UK ebook buyers are expecting heavier discounting on digital titles than their counterparts across the Atlantic, a new survey has found. The survey, undertaken in April by consultants Simon-Kucher and Partners among 250 book... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #digital titles

Atyeo and Croft promoted at Bloomsbury

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 16/08/2011 - 08:40 Bloomsbury has appointed Charlotte Atyeo to the newly created role of publisher of sport and Wisden within the adult trade division. Commissioning editor Charlotte Croft will move into Atyeo's previous role as head of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #ac black #reference books

High street bounces back for Bloomsbury

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 11/08/2011 - 09:30 Bloomsbury has said sales have bounced back significantly from a "soft" spring thanks to ebook downloads and greater sales through the high street. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #greater sales #ebook downloads #high street

Odedina to leave Bloomsbury for Bonnier

Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Mon, 18/07/2011 - 16:54 Sarah Odedina is leaving her role as Bloomsbury's group editor-in-chief of children's fiction to become managing director and publisher of a new company for Bonnier Publishing. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #leave bloomsbury #bonnier publishing #group editor-in-chief

Bloomsbury buys Continuum

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 11/07/2011 - 09:04 Bloomsbury has bought academic publisher Continuum in a deal worth £20.1m. The publisher described the buy, its sixth in the academic and professional field during the past five years, as "transformational" and said it would... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #improve sales #marketing team

Economy "toughest for decades" says Bloomsbury

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 11/07/2011 - 09:00 The consumer economy is the toughest it has been for decades, said Bloomsbury, with curtailed orders in retailers like Waterstone's. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |

Fool's tale to Bloomsbury

Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Tue, 05/07/2011 - 14:43 Bloomsbury fiction editorial director Helen Garnons-Williams has bought world rights in a wildly original, devastating and funny debut novel, The Gamal by Ciarán Collins. The tale is narrated by Charlie, the gamal -... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #unforgettable story #funny debut #dark heart

Busy ALA Exceeds Expectations

For the second time since Hurricane Katrina, the American Library Association held its annual conference in New Orleans, June 2328. And despite a faltering economy, stressed library budgets, high gas prices, and the somewhat out-of-the-way host city, the conference blew past expectations,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #hurricane katrina #annual conference #host city