The UK Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) has announced that it will move on to a Phase Two investigation of the proposed merger between Cengage and McGraw-Hill, after concluding in its first probe that the move could result in higher-priced university textbooks. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-24 16:41:27 UTC ]
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Libraries Connected is calling on the government to issue "clear" guidance about closing libraries in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, highlighting "it is equally important that library staff are safeguarded during this period". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-18 08:33:36 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House UK is expecting all London-based staff to work from home from Tuesday (17th March) and cancelling all events, including bookshop events, Penguin Live, launch parties and "any meetings". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-16 02:54:57 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster UK, India and Australia has told all staff they are now "required" to work from home, aligning with policy of its US colleagues. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-15 23:33:06 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow has recruited Ruth Tinham to lead a UK field sales team handling independent shops, wholesalers, heritage and gift accounts in-house. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-12 07:24:13 UTC ]
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Deep cleaning is being ramped up at the News UK building, home of HarperCollins, after an employee of the Times tested positive for the coronavirus. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-11 20:24:36 UTC ]
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Journalist and The High Low podcaster Pandora Sykes will tour the UK in July to celebrate the publication of her debut book How Do We Know We’re Doing it Right? in a collaboration between events organiser Fane and publisher Hutchinson. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-08 23:56:59 UTC ]
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Bonnier Books UK has promoted Francesca Russell to publicity director across its adult trade business while Karen Stretch has been made campaigns director. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-06 06:04:33 UTC ]
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Armed with new and disturbing survey information about youth reading from the National Literary Trust, this year's UK World Book Day hands out book tokens. The post The UK’s 2020 World Book Day: ‘Reading in Sharp Decline’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-03-05 15:46:41 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster UK is reprinting Caroline Flack’s autobiography Storm in a C Cup, with royalties going to her estate. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-05 07:41:17 UTC ]
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Guinness World Records has revealed the cover of its next edition and launched a competition for one lucky reader to appear on it. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-05 07:40:22 UTC ]
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The author of Catch and Kill says he won't work with Hachette Book Group after it announced plans to publish his father’s book. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2020-03-04 19:50:27 UTC ]
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John Murray Press has appointed Sarah Caro as publishing director of the newly created UK arm of Basic Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-03 17:36:31 UTC ]
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No staff members from Hachette Livre will be attending London Book Fair, the publisher has confirmed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-03 09:43:47 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House has today withdrawn from the London Book Fair, following the move made by Hachette Livre earlier in the day. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-02 23:26:51 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster UK has landed Bill Bowder's real-life thriller Freezing Order, which has also been at the centre of a flurry of translation deals and secured a six-figure audio deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-02 17:16:51 UTC ]
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Steven Levy mines the company’s history and talks to its leaders to figure out where things went wrong. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-02-28 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Ruth Jones will be embarking on a UK tour to celebrate the publication of her new novel Us Three in a collaboration between Fane and Transworld. The tour, combining a Fane-produced theatre tour with bookshop events organised by Transworld, will comprise seven dates across the UK. It begins at... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-28 11:07:04 UTC ]
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Hachette UK’s revenue fell 1.4% in 2019, parent company Lagardère has reported in its full-year results, after the publisher struggled to emulate the success of some major 2018 hits, including Michael Wolff’s Fire and Fury. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-27 17:07:59 UTC ]
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Over 200 publishers and publishing imprints in Italy’s Publishers Association (the Associazione Italiana Editori or AIE) have signed an open letter to the country’s government, asking it to delay the implementation of controversial new rules on book discounting, and citing the coronavirus... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-25 20:35:16 UTC ]
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Two free stands at Frankfurt are available again this year—one for a winner from Germany and one for an international recipient. The post Frankfurter Buchmesse Opens Its Sixth Annual Free-Stand Competition appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-02-24 11:30:10 UTC ]
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