Editors say it was pressured into printing an edition of Ducks, Newburyport for the discount retailer but now may not see the returnsGalley Beggar Press, the tiny literary publisher behind acclaimed novels including the Booker-shortlisted Ducks, Newburyport and women’s prize for fiction winner A Girl Is a Half-Formed Thing, has been forced to make a public appeal for support after the Book People’s fall into administration left it with a £40,000 hole in its finances.Galley Beggar’s co-director Eloise Millar turned to crowdfunding on Wednesday to ask for urgent help from readers as it faces “the biggest crisis in its seven-year history”. The publisher entered into a partnership with the discount retailer earlier this year when Lucy Ellmann’s novel was shortlisted for the Booker. Galley Beggar produced 8,000 special editions of the novel, costing it around £40,000. Related: Book People goes into administration, with almost 400 jobs at risk Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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The public may be less than thrilled to see Japan's latest major book prizes awarded to people who are 'not TV talent or celebrities," commentators say, but that is 'as it should be.' The post Japan’s Akutagawa and Naoki Prizes Go to ‘Exclusively Literary People’ appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton is publishing a book on the "inside story" of the EU referendum authored by Craig Oliver, David Cameron’s communications director, this autumn. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After raising more than $100,000 to fund its move from Chelsea to Harlem, the bookstore needs to raise another $25,000 to buy more books, add air conditioning, and build an events stage. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nielsen Book is launching a new ISBN store allowing publishers and self-published authors to purchase smaller numbers of ISBNs online "within minutes". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A magical realist novel by a Singapore-based author attracts a U.S. buyer; an Italian actor's fictionalized memoir draws interest in Europe; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From the Frankfurt Book Fair Summer Academy, book industry consultant Iryna Baturevych offers an insider look at post-Soviet book markets and the international ambitions of publishers working there. The post Understanding Post-Soviet Book Markets: FBF Summer Academy in Kiev appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Caution evident in buying and selling of politically sensitive material amid fears of growing repression from mainland’s Communist partyThe 2016 Hong Kong book fair, the most important event in the city’s literary calendar, opened its doors on Wednesday to familiar long queues and hordes of... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philip Jones takes a look at publishing-as-was, publishing-as-it-is, and publishing-as-it-will-be. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Century is set to publish a book by the presenters of "The Football Ramble" podcast. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The History Press is to publish a book based on an original set of sketchbooks and diaries from a signaller in the First World War. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HQ is to publish an "accessible and effective" nutrition, fitness and lifestyle book by diver Tom Daley, who will be representing Team GB in the Rio Olympics this August. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House will release nine new titles in its Ladybird Books for Grown-Ups series for this autumn, including How it Works: The Student and The Ladybird Book of the Meeting. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Buster Books, the children’s imprint of Michael O’Mara Books, has launched a free colouring app. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Both non-profit and for-profit bookstores are funding literacy programs through the sale of used books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The most interesting début on the Weekly E-Book Ranking is perhaps human rights activist and 1986 Nobel Peace Prize-winner Elie Wiesel’s Night (Penguin Modern Classics). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new apprenticeship scheme, launched to train apprentices in the "increasingly rare" skills of the hand bookbinding trade, is now calling for applicants for its first intake. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bookseller's children's previewer Fiona Noble chooses her favourite books published to mark the Roald Dahl 100. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hong Kong publishers' latest works on sensitive Chinese topics went on show at a book fair this week, despite gloom over recent detentions of five local booksellers Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2016-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jessie Burton is to pen her first children’s book following success with adults titles The Miniaturist and The Muse. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For the first part of 2016, it is the mid-sized publishers that are driving the overall market’s excellent 9.3% print sales growth. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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