Bob Jackson retires from Gardners

Gardners’ commercial director Bob Jackson is retiring from the wholesaler after 26 years. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Chris Jackson to Relaunch One World Imprint

Jackson, currently v-p and executive editor of PRH's Spiegel & Grau imprint, has been named publisher of One World. The pioneering multicultural imprint, which had been inactive, will relaunch with a new list in fall 2017. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bob Johnston named Irish 'bookseller of the year'

Bob Johnston, owner of The Gutter Bookshop, has won The O'Brien Press Bookseller of the Year Award in Ireland for his “immense” commitment to bookselling. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH legal director Peacock to retire after 23 years

Helena Peacock, legal director for Penguin Random House UK and international, is retiring on 30th June after 23 years of service. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld signs three thrillers by Frank Gardner

Transworld is to publish three thrillers by BBC security correspondent Frank Gardner. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Staff Pick: 'The Annotated Alice: 150th Anniversary Deluxe Edition' edited by Martin Gardner

Reviews editor Peter Cannon recommends 'The Annotated Alice,' edited originally by Martin Gardner, edited and expanded by Mark Burstein, a must for every Lewis Carroll fan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why James Billington’s Retirement is a Wake-Up Call for Librarians

In quieter decades, the absence of charismatic, visionary library leaders might not have mattered. But in the Internet age, it is a self-inflicted wound. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gardners to distribute Peter Lang titles

Academic research publisher Peter Lang Publishing is to make all English language titles available to UK retailers via wholesaler Gardners Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bob Paisley biography to Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury has acquired the biography of football manager Bob Paisley by Ian Herbert, chief sportswriter at the Independent. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IPG Head Curt Matthews to Retire

Curt Matthews, the founder and CEO of Chicago Review Press, Inc., the parent company of IPG, will retire at the end of this month to be succeeded by his son Joe. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Notables Of the Year: Chris Jackson

It’s hard to point to an editor that has had a better run than Spiegel & Grau’s Chris Jackson. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gardners' profit down but international sales growing

Gardners’ turnover and profit was down last year in a ‘competitive and challenging” market, but international sales at the company performed strongly. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Markham, Holquist Retire From Discovery House

Judith E. Markham, managing editor at the publishing arm of Our Daily Bread Ministries, and Carol Holquist, publisher of the press, are retiring. They are being replaced, respectively, by Joyce Dinkins and Ken Petersen. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obituary: Robert 'Bob' Gray

Bob Gray, publisher of Central Recovery Press, 57, died on October 15, 2015, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after a long illness. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gardner: licensing continues to grow

Publishing accounted for $57m (£37m) of the $682m (£447.2m) licensing revenues generated in the UK last year, although the industry is suffering from “Frozen fatigue”, said Kelvyn Gardner, m.d. of the Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association (LIMA). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Heyday Books Founder to Retire

Malcolm Margolin, founder of Berkeley-based Heyday Books, will step down on December 31 after 41 years. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Elaine McQuade retires

Elaine McQuade, head of children’s marketing and PR at Oxford University Press (OUP), will retire at the end of October. McQuade joined OUP in 2011 and has since then worked on brands such as Winnie the Witch and Oxford Dictionaries. She has also worked with authors like Gill Lewis, Philip... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Davies retires from BA after 26 years

Sydney Davies, the Booksellers Association’s head of trade and industry, is retiring after 26 years. The BA has appointed Giles Clifton, a non-practising barrister, to the new role of head of corporate affairs following his departure. Clifton will begin in October and focus on lobbying for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH's Garry Prior to retire

Penguin Random House’s group UK sales director Garry Prior is to retire at the end of the year. Prior has worked for Penguin Random House companies for 35 years, starting his career in publishing in 1980 as a marketing assistant at Transworld’s Corgi Books. During the 1980s he moved between... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Morel to retire from Penguin France

Jean-Luc Morel, sales manager for Penguin in France, is to retire from the company after 25 years. Morel’s last day will be 22nd September. In the coming weeks he will hand his work over to existing members of the Penguin Random House international sales team: Pauline Konink, sales manager for... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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