Sam Coates is to join literary agency Rogers, Coleridge and White as foreign rights manager, working alongside department head Laurence Laluyaux. Coates joins on 22nd October, having worked at Penguin Random House for five years, most recently at Vintage. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Crime writer Lynda La Plante has launched a new company, La Plante Global, which will control all... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As public librarians head to Indianapolis, Ind., for PLA 2014, there has been progress on the digital front, the economy has held steady, and a series of Pew surveys have reinforced the public’s love of libraries. But in an age of rapidly changing technology and information overload, how are... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A growing right wing movement France has begun attacking children's books depicting content (nudity, homosexuality) they call 'immoral.' Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishing chief discusses how the rise of the ebook has affected the industry, the value of a good cover design and why there is no glass ceiling in the sectorTell us a bit about your role at Penguin and how you got there.I am the managing director of Penguin General Books, which is one of... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New deals for Samantha Berger, Tom Angeleberger, Kathi Appelt, Jenny McLachlan, and others. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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India's effervescent literary culture have begun to attract more foreign writers looking to license books in search of a bigger audience and accolades. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookslut is launching the Daphnes, a new award to celebrate the best books of years past and rightfully honor overlooked contenders for prizes, starting with 1963. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The first online digital marketplace gets the nod for its invention of a system for "copyless" digital transactions. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Foyles has appointed the current managing director of London’s Bond Street Development... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dinaw Mengestu, who won the Guardian First Book Award in 2007 for his novel Children of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philip Gwyn Jones is to join Scribe UK this month in the newly-created part-time role of editor-... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bell Lomax Moreton Agency has appointed Helen Mackenzie Smith as a literary agent to find new... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Nash, former Small Demons v-p, content and community, is joining Byliner, the digital subscription reading service, as v-p, partnerships. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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JP Martin's much-loved but unavailable stories have been recovered for the rest of us by one courageous readerLet joy be unconfined! Almost seven years ago, I bewailed the loss of Uncle, the wealthy, purple-clad elephant with the BA whose surreal adventures, superbly illustrated by Quentin... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Newspaper publishers have announced the latest stage in their creation of their new regulator, the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso).The former judge who chairs the "foundation group", Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers, and the former civil servant, Sir Hayden Phillips, who was... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Late Thursday afternoon, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression issued a statement defending the right of booksellers to sell The Anarchist Cookbook and Happy Happy Happy. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Palgrave Macmillan has become a member of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Publishing has appointed Elise Burns as children’s sales director. She will... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers are in a scramble with Amazon-owned Audible for rights previously handled by the now-... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cosmopolitan publisher Hearst's UK chief executive to move to French media conglomerate in early 2014 after four years in roleArnaud de Puyfontaine, the UK chief executive of Cosmopolitan publisher Hearst Magazines, is to join French media conglomerate Vivendi.De Puyfontaine, a former adviser to... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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