Bridget Jones: care factor zero

A week round up of our top book reviews, with authors Helen Fielding, Tim Winton and Susan Wyndham falling under the reading light.     Continue reading at 'The Sydney Morning Herald'

[ The Sydney Morning Herald | 2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On Care of the Earth, Pope Francis Has Company

Books on the role of religion and spirituality in protecting the environment come from publishers across the faith spectrum. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Toby Jones given senior role at S&S

Former Penguin communications manager Toby Jones has been hired as group marketing and publicity director by Simon & Schuster.  Jones, who left Penguin in 2013 to go travelling, will begin at S&S on 1st July and report to chief executive and publisher Ian Chapman.  Marketing director... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philip Gwyn Jones warns on 'internecine' book wars

The shift to social reading is “liable to consign the traditional publisher and many a writer to decline and defeat in the Civil War for Books”, Philip Gwyn Jones is to say today (16th April), with the reader becoming the prize. In a speech at the London Book Fair this afternoon, Gwyn Jones... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BuzzFeed Launches Emerging Writers Fellowship: An Interview with Literary Editor Saeed Jones

BuzzFeed is going literary. The ever-growing media company launched BuzzFeed Books in December of 2013, and this year it is launching several projects under new Literary Editor Saeed Jones. First up is the BuzzFeed Emerging Writers Fellowship pr ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macdougal joins Tibor Jones

Laura Macdougall has joined literary management company and arts consultancy Tibor Jones & Associates after five years at Hodder & Stoughton.  In her new role, Macdougall will be creating her own list of authors while working closely with Kevin Conroy Scott on the management of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mail Online censured over Liz Jones article – but print version is cleared

Mail on Sunday insists press watchdog Ipso should consider online version of column separately as they are under independent editorial controlPress watchdog Ipso has upheld a complaint about a column by Liz Jones posted on Mail Online – but rejected criticism of the same article when it was... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC reveals Tom Jones biography

HarperCollins non-fiction will publish a biography of Sir Tom Jones ahead of his 75th birthday this year. Natalie Jerome signed rights to the biography and a further book from Sean Smith in October, but did not reveal the subject of the book. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why local papers count - one story launches a care home campaign

A newspaper story on Marion Brown’s plight fuels a grassroots campaignA speech last week by the BBC’s head of news, James Harding, was badly received by newspaper publishers, as I reported, because he thinks the corporation needs to fill a reporting vacuum created by a dwindling industry.This... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst UK chief Anna Jones on the enduring power of print magazines

Ahead of an appearance at this year’s Changing Media Summit, Anna Jones talks to the Guardian about the future of magazines, Hearst’s role in the run-up to the 2015 general election and why the portrayal of women in Esquire is changingChanging Media Summit 2015 programmeIf a 169-year-old,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Long live the ebook – it’s a champion of the printed word | Philip Jones

With the public promiscuously hopping from one format to another, reports of the e-reader’s death look distinctly prematureWe have barely stumbled into 2015 and already some commentators are calling time on the ebook. The analysis was provoked by Waterstones’ managing director, James Daunt, who... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obituary: Publishing Exec Donald W. Jones, 92

In 1996, the Association of American Publishers awarded Jones a lifetime achievement award for his work in the higher education publishing field. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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YA fiction treads carefully in the Arab world

Young adults dominate the Arabic book market, but publishers are acutely sensitive to the slightest challenge to conservative etiquetteThe boom in young adult fiction has left the Arab publishing world playing catch-up, as authors try to compete with Twilight and The Hunger Games without... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nick Jones made Lion Hudson m.d.

Christian publisher Lion Hudson has appointed Nick Jones as its new managing director. Jones... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Murdoch Follows Strategy That Won Dow Jones: Pounce, Leak, Wait

Pounce. Leak. Wait.It's the strategy Rupert Murdoch has employed in his effort to acquire Time Warner, and similar to one that proved successful in the billionaire's last big, surprising media takeover.In 2007, when News Corp. was pursuing Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones -- which it... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Malorie Blackman: I love gadgets, but e-reading has to be carefully handled

Childrens Laureate enthusiastic about children reading digitally but thinks publishers should proceed with cautionAuthor and Childrens Laureate Malorie Blackman is enthusiastic about the potential for children to read books digitally, but thinks the publishing industry should proceed with... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gwyn Jones signs debut for Scribe UK

Philip Gwyn Jones has acquired two novels from author Gavin McCrea for his list at Scribe UK.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obituary: Publisher Colin Jones, 76

Scholarly and academic publisher Colin Jones passed away on March 1, after a bout with Alzheimer's Disease. He was 76. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gwyn Jones: 'fears for our dispossessed authors'

The former publisher of literary imprint Flamingo, and later Portobello and Granta Books, has... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Big Data: Should Publishers Even Care?

Like many people across the business world, publishers have a skeptical view of so-called Big Data, seeing it as “the next big hype.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Magazines UK Names Anna Jones CEO

Hearst Magazines UK, the principal business for Hearst in the United Kingdom, has named Anna Jones its new chief executive officer per a joint announcement Monday by Hearst Magazines president David Carey and Duncan Edwards, president and CEO of Hearst Magazines International, to whom Jones will... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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