Bloomsbury to repay staff £700K in pandemic wage cuts

Bloomsbury has announced it will repay almost £700,000 to staff who took a pay cut during the first months of the pandemic, following the publisher's most succesful interim results since 2008. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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BA asks local authorities for tax cuts

The Booksellers Association has pledged to write to the chief executives of all 390 local... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fnac making 510 redundant to cut costs

Fnac, the leading French cultural products chain, will lay off 510 of its 17,000 staff and may... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury ebook sales up nearly 40% in final quarter of 2011

Bloomsbury had a "strong" final three months of 2011, with ebook sales growing "... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Library cuts halted in Somerset

A series of funding cuts to libraries in Somerset has been halted, after the High Court found... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cuts to hit Liverpool library services

Liverpool is the latest city to suffer library cuts as the council announced three locations will... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reader's Digest Association Cuts 150 Jobs Worldwide

Reader’s Digest Association has eliminated 150 positions across all of its business groups worldwide, with half the cuts affecting jobs in the U.S. and the other half international. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

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Google partners with Bloomsbury Public Library Online

Google is partnering with Bloomsbury's Public Library Online, sponsoring two of the digital... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dancer Acosta's first novel to Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury's Bill Swainson has bought world rights in the first novel by renowned dancer and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Institute enters reader events market

Bloomsbury has set up a literary events arm called Bloomsbury Institute, hosting literary salons... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Library cuts reversed in Somerset

Somerset County Council has confirmed it is reversing its library cuts programme following the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury launches online service for unpublished authors

Bloomsbury is to offer online services to help unpublished authors learn about the publishing... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury plans swashbuckling year for Pirates!

Bloomsbury has readied a slew of publishing to tie into the latest movie from the team behind... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Select committee to put libraries cuts under spotlight

The Culture, Media and Sport select committee is to hold an inquiry into library closures. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eason job cuts talks continue

Talks between Eason and Irish workers union Siptu on job cuts will reconvene on Friday (25th... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blackburn leaves S&S for Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury has appointed Emma Blackburn, Simon & Schuster's editorial director of picture... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bodley Head buys book from Blair's ex-chief of staff

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 10/11/2011 - 15:52 Tony Blair's former chief of staff is writing a book for The Bodley Head about the intricacies of negotiations between governments and terrorist organisations. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Bodley Head buys title from Blair's ex-chief of staff

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 10/11/2011 - 15:52 Tony Blair's former chief of staff is writing a book for The Bodley Head about the intricacies of negotiations between governments and terrorist organisations. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller

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One fifth of North Yorks library staff to go

Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Thu, 10/11/2011 - 11:05 Over a fifth of North Yorkshire county council's library staff are set to lose their jobs as part of plans to hand branches over to community groups to run, according to a report in the Yorkshire Post. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How AMI Cut Production Costs by 50 Percent

American Media, Inc. (AMI) and Michael Esposito, Senior Vice President of Operations and Digital Production, think they've hit upon a recipe that could work across the magazine industry for rationalizing print publishing costs and scaling up on digital platforms. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2011-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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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 ]
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