Columbia business 'honest broker' between farmers and consumers

In Michael Lewis's best-selling book Flash Boys , a group of do-good stockbrokers abscond from their cushy, high-paying jobs at big Wall Street banks to become the honest broker in what is depicted as increasingly corrupt stock market, one that rewards leaving the everyman on the raw end of the stick. Continue reading at 'Baltimore Sun'

[ Baltimore Sun | 2014-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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North Canterbury author up for best International business book award

A book written by a North Canterbury author is up for a special international business book award in London next week.  Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2019-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London Book Fair 2019: What a New Regime in Mexico Means for the Book Business

PW talks to Fernando Esteves, Managing Director of Ediciones SM in Mexico, about the state of the Mexican book business, and what lies ahead in 2019. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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London Book Fair 2019: In Canada, a Busy Year for Copyright

Kate Edwards, Executive Director of the Association of Canadian Publishers runs down the latest legal and legislative actions affecting Canadian publishers and authors in the copyright arena. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This Big Facebook Critic Fears Tech’s Business Model

Roger McNamee was a mentor Mark Zuckerberg and an early investor in Facebook. Now he has written a book about the "Facebook catastrophe." Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2019-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Traditional Book Business Drags Down Wiley in Q3

In the Wiley publishing segment, the company reported that educational publishing revenue dropped 23% compared to last year’s third quarter, while STM and professional publishing revenue fell 20%. Overall sales for the company dropped 1%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon puts former Kindle leader in charge of its pharmacy business

Amazon's entry into the pharmacy business might not have the leader you'd expect. CNBC has learned that the online retailer has picked Nader Kabbani, an executive who helped establish the Kindle self-publishing system and has worked in Flex and logi... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2019-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Doubleday acquires ‘unflinchingly honest’ O’Callaghan novel

Doubleday has acquired a literary novel by award-winning poet and Nothing on Earth (Doubleday Ireland, 2016) author Conor O’Callaghan.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Business rates inquiry launched

The Treasury Committee has launched an inquiry into business rates, with the Booksellers Association calling for a "root and branch reform" of the business rates system to stop giving digital retailers an "unfair" advantage. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Guardian view on business and arts: cash without a voice | Editorial

Corporate sponsorship needs to steer clear of impinging on artistic freedomsNews that investment managers the Man Group is withdrawing its sponsorship from the Booker prize after 18 years has shocked the literary world. The hedge fund’s decision to move on was linked in the press to novelist... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bertelsmann unveils 'Content Alliance' between its German businesses

As of the start of February, Bertelsmann is to launch what it is calling a Content Alliance between all its content businesses in Germany, to develop and market collaborative formats across all its divisions. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How publishers use influencers to grow commerce businesses

Publishers including Complex and Rooster Teeth are using influencers to attract audiences that can leverage infrastructure publishers have already built. The post How publishers use influencers to grow commerce businesses appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2019-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BA says Amazon ‘gaming system’ as £63m business rates bill revealed

The Bookseller's Assocation has warned Amazon is "gaming the system" and branded the business rates regime "unfair" yet again after it emerged the online retail giant paid £63m in business rates despite recording £8bn in UK sales. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Serpent's Tail wins Columbia academic's 'lavish' black history in five-way auction

Serpent’s Tail triumphed in a five-publisher auction, winning Columbia professor Saidiya Hartman’s "radical and lavish" history of young black women, Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rise in union activity is clashing with digital publishing’s business struggles

Union inroads into media have many observers predicting a better long-term future for beleaguered newsroom employees. The post Rise in union activity is clashing with digital publishing’s business struggles appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Business professor's 'dynamic' self-help to Transworld

Transworld has bought a straight-talking self-help book from serial entrepreneur and NYU professor Scott Galloway, author of The Four, about applying simple algebra for a happier life. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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It's Time the Book Business Took Music Lessons

What can book publishers learn from the music industry? A lot, says Digital Perspectives columnist Bill Rosenblatt. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lantana wins place on business accelerator programme

Inclusive publisher Lantana has won a place on the OXFO L.E.V8 accelerator programme for entrepreneurial start-ups. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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How Bookstores Are Balancing Politics and Business

In a time of intense polarization, booksellers are trying to satisfy readers’ needs without alienating customers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Carreyrou’s inside story of Theranos scandal named FT/ McKinsey Business Book of the Year

Investigative journalist John Carreyrou has won the £30,000 Financial Times and McKinsey & Company Business Book of the Year Award 2018 for Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup (Picador). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH 'Sunsets' Two Consumer Web Verticals

Penguin Random House will migrate content from its 'Signature Reads' and 'Unbound Worlds' sites to its company website, which will feature an "enhanced sci-fi category section," and shutter the sites by year's end. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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