Booksellers have generally reacted enthusiastically to news that the US indie-focused retail site Bookshop.org is launching in the UK this November, although some remain cautious. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Mariella Frostrup is returning to host The Bookseller Industry Awards for 2015 for a second consecutive year. The BBC Radio 4 "Open Book" presenter, who was hugely popular with the audience at last year’s event, will be back at the helm of this year's ceremony at the Hilton Hotel on Park Lane,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Every day, children’s booksellers have to overcome hurdles to sell more books and increase foot traffic. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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April marks the opening of two stores with a children’s connection: one is a children’s only bookstore, the other showcases indie authors and was launched by a children's book author. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Great campaigns aren’t made in a vacuum. They build on what has come before, a combination of innovation and collaboration that delivers something unique to each author, title or brand. With this in mind, the 2015 Marketing & Publicity Conference brings you speakers from within and outside... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors Haruki Murakami, Erwin Mortier and Daniel Kehlmann have made the shortlist for the 2015 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Also shortlisted for the £10,000 award are two writers whose work has been translated from Spanish into English for the first time: Tomás González and Juan Tomás... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK booksellers have welcomed the news that Penguin Random House will release the final novel in Sir Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series this September, saying it will sell “amazingly well”. Danielle Culling, a bookseller at Mr B's Emporium of Reading Delights in Bath, said The Shepherd’s Crown... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Seattle booksellers are trying to outdo their colleagues in other cities as they celebrate Independent Bookstore Day on May 2. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the third major deal for an indie author in the run-up to next week's London Book Fair, Grand Central's Forever imprint has inked Meredith Wild to a five-book, seven-figure deal. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mainstream mags may be shutting down, but specialist publishing has never been in healthier shape. So which magazines should you be subscribing to?While mainstream magazines are seeing sales fall, and long-standing titles such as Loaded are printing their final issues, the world of niche,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the new episode of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy, Borderlands Books founder Alan Beatts and Singularity & Co. co-founder Cici James talk crowdfunding. The post Indie Bookstores Turn to Crowdfunding to Stay Alive appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2015-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite several store closings, independent bookstores continue to open in greater numbers, like B&F Books in West New York, N.J. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Saudi Arabia's Obeikan is a leader in education publishing, with nearly 3,000 titles, a print operation, as well as 20 bookstores across the country. The post Obeikan: Saudi Arabia’s Education Publisher, Bookseller, Printer appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dan Odegard, who co-founded St. Paul's Odegard's Books in 1978, died of plasma cancer Tuesday. Odegard's was regarded as a Twin Cities literary icon until it closed in 1992. Odegard also served as director of trade publishing at Hazelden Publishing from 1995-1998. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook giveth traffic. Hath Facebook taken it away? The social network said on Tuesday afternoon that it had given news publishers underwhelming data reports about how many people see posts on its NewsFeed. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins is reprinting 150,000 copies of Amelia Freer's Eat. Nourish. Glow., after it was recommended by singer Sam Smith. Freer's book is one of the first to be released under the revamped Harper Thorsons list, dedicated to mind, body and spirit. It was published in print and digital on... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new branch of a growing tearooms and bookshop chain is to open in Chester this weekend. Beatons Tearooms Ltd, which is also a bookshop, was first founded by owner Patrick Duffy in 2010 in Tisbury, Wiltshire. Beaton's outlets are “very much a tearooms,” Duffy, said, “but the book stock is also... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) is to launch a new campaign aimed at bookshops during the London Book Fair. Called Authors for Bookstores, the campaign will launch at the Indie Author Fringe Festival, which will be held on 17th April at Foyles’ Charing Cross Road flagship. ALLi... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook tracks everyone who visits its site, including people who don’t have an account, and even continues to track users and non-users who have opted out of targeted ads, researchers at two Belgian universities have found.Researchers at the University of Leuven in cooperation with researchers... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2015-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Creators of the Clean Reader app will no longer sell books after receiving complaints from authors that their works were being altered without permission. The post UK Authors Force Clean Reader App to Stop Some Book Sales appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publisher Scholastic UK today announced a deal to develop children’s content with animation studio Brown Bag Films. The partnership is a “first-look” deal, meaning Scholastic will have the first chance to develop Brown Bag content into books, and will share upcoming titles with the studio for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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