Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 24/06/2011 - 13:29 Booktrust and Pearson will be giving two free books to every child starting school in England this autumn, as part of 2011's Booktime scheme. Puffin title Tinga Tinga Tales-Why Elephant has a Trunk and Face Painting, from Pearson UK, will be given to 690,000 children in reception classes, with 1.38 million books being given away. The programme will also be supported by downloads and games on the website, www.booktime.org.uk. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Pearson reported 2014 earnings of £69 million, after taxes, from its 47% stake in Penguin Random House. For the year Pearson reported total revenues of £4.8 billion and operating earnings of £720 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Novelist Gemma Malley has been appointed as Booktrust’s new director of communications. Malley has previously led communications and marketing at Ofsted, the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and Universities UK, and is the author of the YA Declaration series for Bloomsbury... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Reading charity Booktrust has been chosen as The London Book Fair’s Charity of the Year for 2015, the year of Booktrust's 90th anniversary. Benefits will include promotion and marketing support in the lead-up to the Fair and at the event itself, as well as year-round promotion and an... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Chicken House and Altitude, a film production company, are teaming up to develop book and film projects simultaneously. “Instead of waiting for a final book to take into movie production, we will find scripts or treatments together and develop them at the same time,” said Barry Cunningham, m.d.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Publisher Scholastic UK has teamed up with SuperAwesome, a children’s marketing platform, to find new authors and intellectual property (IP) creators. Under the terms of the deal, SuperAwesome will match-make Scholastic with media, animation and game developers. In addition, the SuperAwesome... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Vancouver-based BitLit has added Wiley to its growing list of ebook-bundling partner publishers, offering deeply discounted DRM-free ebooks to print-book owners. In this newly announced partnership, readers who own Wiley print books, including Wrox and Sybex imprint titles, will be able to use... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Glen Moreno is preparing to step down from his role as chairman of Pearson after a decade, according to Sky News. Sources told the broadcaster that Pearson's nominations committee had enlisted JCA Group, a City headhunting firm, to oversee the process of recruiting Moreno's successor. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Harlequin Pro Bull Riders, debuting in May 2015, will feature PBR riders on the cover. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The Walker Books Group is set to release picture books from Italian children's publisher minibombo after the two companies signed a partnership agreement. Walker Books Group, which comprises Walker Books UK, Candlewick Press in the US and Walker Books Australiahas acquired the English... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Embeddable player and video storefront allows publishers to sell and rent videos from their sites. The post Vimeo, Publishers Partner on VOD Service appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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Academic publisher Pearson faced “tough market conditions in 2014” in North America and the UK, according to a trading update released today (21st January). The company said policy and cyclical pressures affected its two biggest markets, while a smaller school textbook update in South Africa... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Pearson plans to invest £33m in education initiatives in the world's emerging markets. The education publisher has revealed it will invest £33m ($50m) in the Pearson Affordable Learning Fund to provide education to low-income learners around the world. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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For the first time, Facebook's Internet.org app has bundled free ebooks with its services, starting in Colombia with 24symbols. The post In Colombia, Facebook Partners with 24symbols for Free Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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NEW YORK, NY -- 14th January 2015: Justo Hidalgo, founder and chief development officer of Madrid-based 24symbols digital subscription reading service, has announced today during Digital Book World Conference + Expo that the company is in a partnership with Facebook for its Internet.org programme. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Reading charity Booktrust has appointed Diana Gerald as its new chief executive. Gerald replaces Viv Bird and will take up the position in March. Gerald joins Booktrust from Ark Schools, an education charity that runs school academies in disadvantaged areas of the country, where she held the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Barnes & Noble is to buy back the stake Pearson acquired in its Nook Media business for $27.7m in cash and stock, ahead of a split of the business in 2015, the Wall Street Journal has reported. The split follows that of B&N and Microsoft earlier this month. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Barnes & Noble has reached an agreement with Pearson to buy out the publisher’s stake in Nook Media for $13.7 million in cash plus 602,927 shares of B&N common stock. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Frankfurt Book Fair and the World Cookbook Fair have entered into a long term agreement to work together to bring publishers and authors in the culinary sector to Frankfurt in 2015. Juergen Boos, director of FBF, and Edouard Cointreau, vice president of the World Cookbook Fair, signed the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The Frankfurt Book Fair and the World Cookbook Fair have partnered to strengthen the international culinary and wine publishing community starting in 2015. The post Frankfurt Book Fair Partners with World Cookbook Fair appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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A former top Amazon employee has revealed that European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker acted as a “business partner” to the company when it came to negotiating its tax arrangements. Bob Comfort, the former head of tax for Amazon, has given an interview with Luxembourg newspaper... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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