Booksellers criticise latest Man Booker rule changes

Booksellers have criticised the Man Booker Prize's change of stance on the print availability of longlisted titles as “disappointing”. However others have applauded the ruling, saying publishers must be able to set publication dates as they wish. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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The Bookseller's Working Class Survey wins PPA award

The Bookseller’s Working Class survey, an analysis of class in the publishing business, has been named Content Piece of the Year at the PPA's Independent Publisher Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-11 12:39:47 UTC ]
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Europa Editions shares extract from latest Elena Ferrante novel

Europa Editions has shared an extract from Elena Ferrante’s new novel, The Lying Life of Adults, as enthusiastic reviews in Italy pile in ahead of publication day. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-06 12:13:36 UTC ]
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German bookseller Hugendubel unveils 'bookshop of the future'

Faced with growing numbers of customers migrating to the internet, German bookseller Hugendubel is pinning its hopes on a new store concept which it ambitiously calls the "bookshop of the future".  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-05 01:04:10 UTC ]
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Bookselling from the Bench (shelftalker)

Bookselling while stationed behind the desk is the hardest challenge of all for this shopkeeper. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-04 13:00:15 UTC ]
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10 Useful Skills For Working as a Bookseller

Thinking about becoming a bookseller? From hand-selling to music choice, here are a few of the useful skills one new bookseller learned about on the job. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2019-11-04 11:38:38 UTC ]
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Marian Keyes to discuss latest novel for newly-unveiled Southbank spring season

Bestselling novelist Marian Keyes will appear at the Southbank Centre in London in February, as part of its spring 2020 literature season, to discuss her upcoming novel Grown Ups (Michael Joseph). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-04 10:18:51 UTC ]
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How a thriving indie bookseller is taking on Amazon's bricks-and-mortar insurgence

Ann Patchett reveals the route to her bestseller and how she'll battle Amazon. (Shop dogs help.) Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-10-31 20:02:20 UTC ]
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Fires and power outages plague California indie booksellers.

As the wildfire situation in California worsens—with power outages, road closures, red flag warnings, and mandatory evacuations occurring throughout the state—several independent bookstores have been forced to reduce operating hours, cancel events, and in some cases even close their doors... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2019-10-30 17:00:29 UTC ]
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California Indie Booksellers Contend with Fires, Power Outages

Fires at opposite ends of California's coastal region, amplified by power outages, have closed a number of indie bookstores and displaced their employees, especially those in the San Francisco Bay Area and north. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Doubleday lands latest from Hallie Rubenhold in six-figure deal

Doubleday has snapped up Hallie Rubenhold's new book, Bad Women, which tells the story of the 1910 murder of Belle Elmore, by her husband Dr Crippen, and the extraordinary women caught up in these events.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-23 20:24:32 UTC ]
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Mrs Hinch cleans up at number one with Booker boost for Atwood and Evaristo

Instagram influencer Sophie “Mrs Hinch” Hinchliffe has once again shown a clean pair of heels to the competition, with her second title Mrs Hinch: The Activity Journal (Michael Joseph) sweeping straight into the UK Official Top 50 number one. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-22 17:40:34 UTC ]
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Bernardine Evaristo doubles lifetime sales in five days after joint Booker win

Almost 6,000 copies of Girl, Woman, Other sold in the week after Evaristo’s win alongside Margaret AtwoodBernadine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other more than doubled its lifetime sales in the week following its Booker prize win, with joint winner The Testaments by Margaret Atwood also flying off... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-10-22 16:25:45 UTC ]
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Wood defends Booker judging process after Galley Beggar criticism

The Booker Prize Foundation's literary director has defended the judging process following criticism from shortlisted author Lucy Ellmann’s publisher Galley Beggar.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-22 03:40:38 UTC ]
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The First Arabic Novel to Win the International Booker Prize

Jokha Alharthi’s inventive multigenerational tale, “Celestial Bodies,” is also the first novel by an Omani woman to be translated into English. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2019-10-21 15:10:57 UTC ]
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This man is disrupting the cult of the billionaire

Author Anand Giridharadas is rebuking the idea that philanthropic billionaires are society’s heroes. Even some plutocrats are starting to agree with him. A black suburban dispatched by MSNBC’s Morning Joe is idling outside best-selling author Anand Giridharadas’s Brooklyn apartment when I arrive... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2019-10-21 07:00:57 UTC ]
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This man is disrupting the cult of the billionaire

Author Anand Giridharadas is rebuking the idea that philanthropic billionaires are society’s heroes. Even some plutocrats are starting to agree with him. A black suburban dispatched by MSNBC’s Morning Joe is idling outside best-selling author Anand Giridharadas’s Brooklyn apartment when I arrive... Continue reading at Fast Company

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Booksellers Get Down to Business at NAIBA Conference

The New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association’s fall conference demonstrated a deepening commitment by indie booksellers to professionalizing their trade. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookseller judges announced for Costa Book Awards

Booksellers from WH Smith, Waterstones, Sam Read Books, Libreria and West End Lane Books are to join judging panels for The Costa Book Awards 2019. The booksellers will select shortlists and decide the winners across five categories, in a year which sees the highest number of submissions to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-17 00:41:12 UTC ]
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Penguin Press signs latest from George Monbiot

Penguin Press has snapped up the latest book from George Monbiot in a "major deal".  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 17:00:27 UTC ]
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Australian Booksellers Block Sales of Ronan Farrow’s Book

“Catch and Kill” was pulled from two of Australia’s biggest online book retailers amid legal threats from the former National Enquirer editor who features prominently in the book. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2019-10-16 14:44:46 UTC ]
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