Bloomsbury steals Alam's 'electrifying' race, class and climate change novel

Bloomsbury has won a seven-way auction to secure Rumaan Alam's "unnerving" novel, Leave the World Behind, deciding to "crash" the book into its autumn schedule. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-12 06:57:56 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury to headline illustrators for IBW

Bloomsbury Children’s is launching an “Illustrators in Residence” programme for... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Online translation tools changing lives

You might use Google Translate to read a hard-to-find Manga comic book or to decipher an obscure recipe for authentic Polish blintzes. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2013-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Ten Ways Self-Publishing Has Changed Everything

At The Guardian, Alison Baverstock, author of the guide to self-publishing, The Naked Author, listed the ways in which self-publishing has changed the world. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury offers app translation rights

Bloomsbury Children’s was selling translation rights in apps for the first time at this... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury signs Spacejackers

Bloomsbury has acquired Spacejackers, a new trilogy of adventure stories for 9-12 year olds by... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder, Penguin and Bloomsbury win at BMS marketing awards

The Book Marketing Society's best marketing campaign awards for autumn 2012 have seen wins... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan US settles consumer class action

Macmillan US has settled the consumer class action case over alleged ebook price-fixing, having... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Does the West Dismiss Graphic Storytelling as Second Class?

It's rare in the West for graphic novels to win mainstream accolades and readership, but in Asia, it is the norm. In the US, isn't it time for that to change? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie Reps: Changing with the Times

The fate of the independent sales representative may be inextricably linked to that of the independent bookstore. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Exam change 'pressurises education publishers'

Education secretary Michael Gove's announcement of changes to the A-Level exam system has... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury hopes for smash hit from Seles

Bloomsbury Children’s has acquired two books in a teen series set in a sports school by... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Executive Director Bringing Change to The SCIBA

With the appointment of new executive director Andrea Vuleta in January, the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association is looking forward to the implementation of changes that will strengthen and rejuvenate the regional association. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion races to buy McCoy thriller

Orion has bought a thriller written by champion jockey A P McCoy, set in the world of horse... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury reports end-2012 profit rise

Bloomsbury has reported a year-on-year profit boost in the final quarter of 2012, at the same... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Targeting Digital Readers In New Global Campaign

Bloomsbury, with its new Just Great Reads promotion, is running what it is calling the "first ever" global marketing campaign targeted expressly at readers who favor devices. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Summerscale to Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury has acquired the new book by Kate Summerscale, the author perhaps best known for The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury pulps stock after Orange Prize error

Bloomsbury has been forced to pulp 6,000 copies of a novel after wrongly labelling it as the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ellen Holgate to join Bloomsbury Children's

Ellen Holgate is to join Bloomsbury Children's Books as editorial director for fiction in the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Secret Race takes William Hill prize

An exposé of doping in professional cycling has won the William Hill Sports Book of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audit Bureau of Circulations changes name after 98 years to AAM in the US

The Audit Bureau of Circulations in the US has become the first member of IFABC to change its name in an attempt to better reflect the changes sweeping across the publishing business in the digital age, opting for the Alliance for Audited Media. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2012-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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