Bookselling Groups Ready Green Initiatives

The U.K.'s Booksellers Association is working with the ABA and the Australian Bookseller Association to develop a manifesto detailing environmentally friendly practices for the book business. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-07-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier Corp. Taps New Group Digital Director | People on the Move

[caption id="attachment_158881" align="alignright" width="150"] Amy Schellenbaum[/caption] Bonnier Corp. promoted Amy Schellenbaum to the role of group digital director for Bonnier Media this week. Schellenbaum, who has served as the online director of Popular Science for the past three years,... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2019-05-16 15:40:09 UTC ]
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Street Noise Books Readies a New Line of Nonfiction Graphic Books

Street Noise Books, a new independent publishing house specializing in graphic memoir and illustrated nonfiction for young adults, will publish its first list in January 2020. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Online bookseller aims to boost diverse children’s literature

A new online bookshop has launched to promote books, graphic novels and gifts that feature characters from under-represented backgrounds. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones bookseller stole £11k through loyalty card 'tricks'

A Waterstones bookseller has been given a suspended prison sentence after stealing more than £11,000 from the retail chain by tampering with its loyalty cards. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookseller Improv (shelftalker)

An amusing Facebook exchange between booksellers responds to annoying customer comments in their stores. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-06 14:00:47 UTC ]
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Get ready for even more third-party AR filters on Instagram

Amidst announcements of a new Messenger, a new Facebook app and new VR headsets, the company snuck in a quieter, less flashier update: it's now allowing creators to make and publish their own AR effects and filters on Instagram. Right now, the only I... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2019-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Green shoots: Bath Spa MA leader muses on graduate success after Bologna spree

Julia Green, the woman who founded Bath Spa’s Masters in Writing for Young People, says teaching students humility and perserverence is the key to the course’s recent success. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook leans harder into Groups as it redesigns main app

Facebook Inc. unveiled a redesign Tuesday that focuses on the Groups feature of its namesake social network, doubling down on a successful but controversial part of the big blue app. It’s another sign that Facebook is moving toward more private, intimate communication. The changes, announced... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun

[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-04-30 22:05:00 UTC ]
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The Bookseller's Library of the Year Award returns

The Bookseller's Library of the Year Award is back for a second year, following Liverpool Central Library's win of the inaugural prize in 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurt and Motovun Group Issue Call for Illustrated Books About Film

The Motovun Group of International Publishers again joins the Frankfurter Buchmesse administration in offering an award for an illustrated book about film. The post Frankfurt and Motovun Group Issue Call for Illustrated Books About Film appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Green New Deal’s supporters hope to harness power of narrative with Federal Writers’ Project

The ambitious proposal echoes the legendary 1930s-era New Deal project that employed such greats as Ralph Ellison, Saul Bellow, and Zora Neale Hurston. Any collective plan to avert planetary disaster will first need to harness the full powers of storytelling and mythology if it’s going to stand... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2019-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent News & Media to be sold to Belgian group

Denis O’Brien loses hundreds of millions in sale of Ireland’s biggest newspaper publisherIreland’s largest newspaper group has agreed to a takeover offer from the Belgian media group Mediahuis in a deal in which its largest shareholder, billionaire Denis O’Brien, will lose hundreds of millions... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NAIBA Booksellers Talk Education, Health Care, and the Bottom Line

New Atlantic Independent Booksellers Association members gathered in Baltimore on April 25 for discussions about bookseller education, health care, and finances for independent bookstores across the region. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Davies and Allan join Welbeck as group publishers

Wayne Davies and Alex Allan will take up new roles at the recently unveiled Welbeck Publishing Group as group publishers in its Carlton Books division. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Economist Group Names Informa’s Lara Boro Its Next CEO

[caption id="attachment_157303" align="alignright" width="150"] Lara Boro[/caption] Lara Boro has been named the next CEO of The Economist Group, ending a five-month search that began when current CEO Chris Stibbs announced his impending departure from the London-based publisher last... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2019-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Imprisoned Egyptian bookseller Lutfi shortlisted for 2019 Prix Voltaire

Imprisoned Egyptian bookseller Khaled Lutfi and London-based Farsi language ebook publisher Azadeh Parsapour have been shortlisted for the 2019 Prix Voltaire. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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European Union Copyright Directive Gets Final Green Light

Many of he continent's book business leaders hail council approval of the European Union's hard-fought copyright measure in Brussels today. The post European Union Copyright Directive Gets Final Green Light appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Circle Media Group sells CPI to private investor

Circle Media Group has sold its interest in one of Europe’s largest book printers, CPI, to a private investor, after less than nine months of ownership.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Verso buys Green New Deal book from Pettifor

Verso will publish Costing The Earth: How to Pay for the Green New Deal by economist Ann Pettifor. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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DK invites booksellers to head office in BA scheme

The Booksellers Association and DK have unveiled the second year of the DK Day initiative, with booksellers invited to DK's head office for a special look at the creative process. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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