Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 08/03/2011 - 16:00 Online bookseller Book Club Associates (BCA) has been sold to a retail home entertainment supplier. The Webb Group, which supplies retail home entertainment products including games, DVDs, music and gifts, announced the acquisition of the BCA, which sells books through mail order and online, today [8th March]. The online book retailer also ran Books Direct and Books for Children and has around a quarter of a million customers. They will now join the customers of The Webb Group, which equates to around one million across mail order and online. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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The Women's National Book Association will send a book a day throughout March, which is Women's History Month, to President Trump. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Buddhist publishers look at principles of interconnectedness and interdependence as a response to issues ranging from racism to poverty. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Crowds filled the aisles of the 2017 edition of New York International Toy Fair, and the mood was upbeat. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Nosy Crow is publishing a picture book by the late Mal Peet and his wife Elspeth Graham. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The jury for this year's German Book Prize comprises seven jurors who will soon start reading. Deadline for applications: March 29. The post German Book Prize Names 2017 Jury: Nominations Are Ongoing appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Just a couple of months after announcing a book deal for Milo Yiannopolous -- an internet figure most well-known for being banned from Twitter due to harassment focused on actress Leslie Jones -- Simon & Shuster has apparently had second thoughts... Continue reading at Engadget
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In this week's column a Vatican exposé heats up along with a thriller that initially sold in a four-way auction in Italy. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Tom Fletcher is set to publish another picture book with Penguin Random House Children's. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Simon & Schuster US has cancelled its planned publication of Dangerous by controversial far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos. In a brief statement, the publisher said the decision to cancel the book had been made by S&S and its Threshold Editions imprint "after careful... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Simon & Schuster pulls forthcoming autobiography, titled Dangerous, for which it had reportedly paid a $250,000 advanceSimon & Schuster has cancelled the publication of Milo Yiannopoulos’ book, and his fellow Breitbart employees have reportedly threatened to quit if he is not fired.A... Continue reading at The Guardian
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World Book Day is introducing a raft of new projects to mark its 20th anniversary on Thursday 2nd March. Booksellers are also gearing up to celebrate the anniversary with a flurry of activity. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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After enduring withering criticism since it was revealed in late December that it planned to publish a book by controversial Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos, Simon & Schuster said late Monday that it has canceled the release of 'Dangerous.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Swedish publishers Norstedts has revealed the title for the fifth instalment in the Millennium series created by Stieg Larsson as The Man Who Hunted/Chased His Shadow (Mannen Som Sökte Sin Sugga). Continue reading at The Bookseller
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A Soho awards night with David Nicholls and a "very special" Harry Potter screening at the St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel London lead the "eclectic" line-up of this year’s London Book & Screen Week. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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This week: a girl begins receiving letters from her dead sister, plus the violent mutiny on the HMS "Hermione." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Sara Baume’s second novel is a powerful meditation on art, loneliness and finding one’s place in the world. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Walker Books' A Child of Books by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston has won the fiction category in the Bologna Ragazzi Award 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Abeer Y. Hoque, author of "Olive Witch," picks 10 titles, from "Night Sky with Exit Wounds" to "Chulito." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Pioneering former Vertigo executive editor Karen Berger returns to comics publishing with a new imprint at Dark Horse focused on creator-owned comics and graphic novels. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Chris Wellbelove has joined Aitken Alexander Associates in the role of agent from Greene and Heaton, while Lesley Thorne has been appointed managing director of the agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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