Bookouture boosts editorial team as Gleeson steps up

Bookouture is expanding its editorial team with a promotion for Ellen Gleeson and the hiring of Headline’s Jess Whitlum-Cooper and Susannah Hamilton from Corvus.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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PubMatch, LBF Team Up

The London Book Fair has teamed up with PubMatch to launch Global Rights 365@LBF: An exclusive offering from The London Book Fair, facilitating year-round rights business for LBF participants. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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MediaMath Appoints Execs, Board Members as It Considers Next Steps

Hires this year by MediaMath, one of the few large independent ad tech companies that hasn't gone public or sold, suggest that it's gearing up for change, beit an initial public offering or more aggressive growth as a still-private player.Most recently, Rich Schmaeling joined MediaMath this... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC India CEO Stepping Down

P.M. Sukumar, CEO of HarperCollins India, has decided to leave the company to pursue other Interests. A replacement for Sukumar will be named in the coming weeks. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sort of Books teams up with Sophie Hannah

Sort of Books is publishing a collection of supernatural short stories by Sophie Hannah called The Visitors Book (October, £8.99). Hannah has worked with Sort of Books since 2001, when she helped produce an English-language version of Tove Jansson’s children’s stories in verse. This was... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Can an Asia Ambassador Boost a UK Bookstore’s Fortune?

Struggling Heywood Hill bookstore in London has come up with a novel approach to sell books - it has appointed its first bookseller-at-large in Asia. The post Can an Asia Ambassador Boost a UK Bookstore’s Fortune? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Avery made editorial director at William Heinemann

Tom Avery has been promoted to editorial director of William Heinemann. Avery joined the Cornerstone imprint in 2011 as editor, and was made senior editor in 2013. Before joining William Heinemann he was at Jonathan Cape and Vintage Books. Avery publishes non-fiction and some literary... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The New PW Religion Team

Emma Koonse, editor of Religion BookLine, and Seth Satterlee, religion reviews editor, head up PW's coverage of the religion and spirituality field. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookshop footfall gets a 'Watchman' boost

Booksellers say they are enjoying a “bumper summer”, with the release of Harper Lee's Go Set a Watchman encouraging people to “re-engage with books and bookshops again.” James Daunt, m.d of Waterstones, said the release of the William Heinnemann title last month had injected life into the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Library Journal Publisher Ian Singer to Step Down

Media Source CEO, Randy Asmo will serve as interim publisher while a search is conducted for Singer's replacement. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jane Furze to step down from Cheltenham Literature Festival role

Jane Furze is to step down as literature festival director for the Cheltenham Literature Festival after four years in the post. A statement from the board of Cheltenham Festivals said it was announcing the news “sadly”. Furze said she was leaving to “allow myself some time out”. She will step... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Guardian view on media globalisation: good news for the Financial Times | Editorial

It may not prove easy to marry British and Japanese journalistic cultures. But in a global media world this deal makes senseThe Financial Times is one of the best newspapers in the world, not just in Britain. It is quick without being rash, accurate without leaden pedantry, thoughtful without... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twitter’s New Article Preview Cards Could Be a Boost for Publishers

Here's another one for the Twitter-is-becoming-Facebook files: some article previews to external sites have started auto-expanding in your timeline on Android and iOS devices. As you browse your feed, you'll notice that tweets from some publi ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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McCurdy Re-Joins Kensington as Editorial Director

Wendy McCurdy, formerly executive editor at Berkley Publishing Group, has been named editorial director at Kensington Publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Man Booker International Prize a 'huge boost'

Publishers and booksellers have enthusiastically welcomed the merger of the Man Booker International Prize and the Independent Foreign Prize for Fiction, saying it will create a prize with "a new stature", making "a good counterpoint" to the Man Booker itself. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Founder of Peter Owen Publishers steps down as m.d

Peter Owen has stepped down as m.d. of his eponymous publishing house, with Nick Kent taking over the position. Owen has also handed over the position of publishing director to Antonia Owen, but will remain chairman of the company. Antonia Owen is Owen’s elder daughter, and previously held the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook steps up competition with YouTube with ad-supported videos

Social network already has 4bn views a day of its native clips, but helping their creators to make money is its next ambitionVideos uploaded directly to Facebook are watched more than 4bn times a day according to the social network. Now it wants their uploaders to be able to make money from... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Glaister steps down as c.e.o of The Book People

The Book People’s co-founder Seni Glaister is stepping down from her role as c.e.o of the company. William Wellesley, who has been at the company since January, and has been previously joint managing director at Molton Brown and group chief operating officer at GEMS Education, has been appointed... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Global Publishing Leaders 2015: Gruppo editorial Mauri Spagnol

Gruppo editoriale Mauri Spagnol (GeMS) is a privately held publishing group and the third largest publisher in Italy. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google launches News Lab to help journalists, boost its own publishing cred

Google has launched News Lab, a one-stop website that shows journalists how its tools can help them research, report and promote their stories. The intent is to "collaborate with journalists and entrepreneurs to help build the future of media." Google is joining a crowded field of websites... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2015-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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L.A. River art project gets a boost from Michael Bloomberg

Plans to display artworks alongside the Los Angeles River and to educate the public about water conservation and the drought have received a significant boost thanks to a grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies, the charitable organization of New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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