Booksellers are the gatekeepers for titles by people of colour, says Brandes

Booksellers are now the “gatekeepers” and attempts to get titles by people of colour into their stores are often an “exercise in futility”, Jacaranda Books founder Valerie Brandes has said. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-25 01:19:33 UTC ]

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Sierra magazine has hired Ben Warner as the magazine’s new national advertising director. Warner previously served as co-founder and publisher of Laguna Beach Magazine. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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International Indie Booksellers Look to Americans for Strategy

Booksellers as far away as New Zealand, Guatemala and Denmark joined the ABA's Winter Institute to talk shop and pick up tips about better bookselling. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook to Brands: Post More Images

Brands have spent the past couple of years complaining the content they publish is rarely actually seen by users that like their pages. That's party because Facebook wants those brands to pay for ads, but also because it doesn't want them alienating users with annoying updates asking people to... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2014-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S Gets Court Okay to Sell Good Books Titles

The court overseeing the Chapter 7 liquidation of Good Enterprises has approved a motion allowing Simon & Schuster to continue distributing the Good Books titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Campaigners brand DCMS library stats 'bonkers'

A new Department of Culture, Media and Sport library report estimating that only 90 static... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alexander Lebedev sounding out buyers for Independent titles

Any deal would exclude London Evening Standard, while separate sale of profitable i thought to be open to discussionAlexander Lebedev has asked the founder of the Independent to seek a buyer for the newspaper, its Sunday sister and their cut-price stablemate, the i, 28 years after the daily... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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German booksellers finish 2013 on high

After three years in a row of declining sales, German book retailers ended 2013 on a more... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Allen Lane signs Wall Street title

Penguin imprint Allen Lane will publish a new book from American author and business journalist... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publish and be branded: the new threat to literature's laboratory

Increasingly fixated on the stars of today, such as Hilary Mantel and JK Rowling, publishers are neglecting the experimenters who could save their industry tomorrow: the mid-list writersThe tickets sold out months ago. Long before the admiring reviews of the stage adaptation of Hilary Mantel's... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Infographic: Where Do People Live The Longest?

When the grim reaper comes for you has a lot to do with where you're born.Everyone dies, but depending on which country you live in, you could die significantly sooner compared with people born in other countries. That's the takeaway from this simple but striking infographic by Omani designer... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2014-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why Don’t More Bookstores Stock Self-published Titles?

Bricks-and-mortar bookstores are missing a huge opportunity by failing to take advantage of the self-publishing revolution, argues Tanja Tuma. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard & Judy Book Club titles announced

Two titles from publisher Black Swan are in WH Smith’s Richard & Judy Book Club to kick... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Inky Sprat title among iBooks 'best of 2013'

The Trouble With Dad, written by Babette Cole [pictured] and published by her own digital... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Some big titles unavailable, say indies

Independent booksellers have complained that they are losing crucial Christmas sales with some... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AudioGO's BBC titles signed by Random House

Random House Audio has signed an agreement with BBC Worldwide to sell and distribute the company... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Best Brand Content of 2013

The “brands are publishers now” line has become so ubiquitous in digital media that it risks becoming a cliché. While it is often true that companies are increasingly creating their own content, not all that’s published is created equal. Here’s to the brands that took the time and money to... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S Keeping 'Duck Dynasty' Title on Shelves

Despite the controversy stirred up Wednesday afternoon by critical remarks of "homosexual behavior" by Duck Dynasty patriarch Phil Robertson in a GQ interview, Simon & Schuster has no plans to pull Phil Robertson's bestselling book, Happy, Happy, Happy. The title has sold nearly 600,000... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's bestselling titles of 2013 include Dan Brown, Khaled Hosseini

Amazon's 2013 list of bestselling adult titles includes Brown's 'Inferno' and Hosseini's 'And the Mountains Echoed,' while Veronica Roth's 'Allegiant' tops the children's bestseller list. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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