Cox to cover Skipper's leave at Waterstones

Waterstones' director of buying Kate Skipper will take maternity leave at the end of the month. In her absence, Melissa Cox, head of range and children's, will assume responsibility for the new titles and publisher liaison teams, while Caroline McNulty, category manager for related products, will take on full responsibility for the RP (related product) team. Watersones. managing director James Daunt said: "We are very fortunate to have in place such able deputies". Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Biddulph wins Waterstones Children’s Book Prize

Rob Biddulph was today (26th March) announced as the overall winner of the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, as well as the best illustrated book category. Biddulph, who is also the art director of the Observer magazine, won the prize for Blown Away (HarperCollins Children’s Books), about a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers praise new Harper Lee cover

The cover for Harper Lee’s forthcoming novel is “striking”, and will stand out on shelves, booksellers have said. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rob Biddulph wins Waterstones ​children’s book prize 2015 with debut book Blown Away

The tale of a misplaced penguin scoops the overall prize for new and emerging authors, with Sally Green taking the teen category and Robin Stevens winning the younger fiction awardSee Rob Biddulph’s step-by-step guide to How to draw… a windy dayAn adventure story about Penguin Blue and his... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Go Set a Watchman': Here's the book cover

Harper Lee's book 'Watchman' reportedly centers on an adult version of the 'Mockingbird' character Scout and will be released this July. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cover Reveal: Harper Lee's 'Go Set a Watchman'

HarperCollins unveiled the jacket of the hotly anticipated novel, with president and publisher of general books Michael Morrison noting that the design "draws on the style of the decade the book was written, but with a modern twist." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pushkin Press c.o.o Seegmuller to leave

Pushkin Press’ associate publisher and c.o.o. Stephanie Seegmuller is to leave the company after three years. Seegmuller, who joined Pushkin from Penguin in April 2012, said it was time to “find fresh challenges”. During her time at Pushkin, Seegmuller has been involved in the launch of new... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Phil Carroll leaves Sainsbury's

Sainsbury’s book buying manager Phil Carroll has left the retailer after nine years.  His departure follows a period of head office consultations at the supermarket, announced in January when the new boss Mike Coupe revealed 500 positions would go across its offices in London, Manchester and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Tech Media Covered the Apple Watch Launch

What Super Bowl Sunday is to ESPN, today is to the tech publishing world. For today, Apple will unveil (for the second time) its Internet-enabled “smartwatch,” appropriately dubbed the Apple Watch. Which means that every tech publ ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Live blog of the live blogs: How tech media is covering the Apple Watch today

What Super Bowl Sunday is to ESPN, today is to the tech publishing world. For today, Apple will unveil (for the second time) its Internet-enabled “smartwatch,” appropriately dubbed the Apple Watch. Which means that every tech publication of note is live-blogging what is, despite the oversized... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2015-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Manning leaves Hot Key Books

Kate Manning has left her role as sales and marketing director of Hot Key Books. Manning confirmed she had left the company to The Bookseller, but would not give any more information.   A spokesperson for Bonnier, which owns Hot Key, would not confirm if Manning had been made redundant, but... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daunt: Waterstones shops should be 'more entrepreneurial'

Waterstones shops should be "significantly more entrepreneurial than they are at the moment", James Daunt has said. Speaking on a panel at the IPG spring conference about chain bookshops, alongside Blackwell's David Prescott, Daunt said that the "point at which we become more confident in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Horobin to leave Simon & Schuster

Simon & Schuster’s group sales, marketing and publicity director James Horobin is to leave the company at the end of this week. The publisher said Horobin, who joined the company in 2010, intended to “seek challenges in his career outside of Simon & Schuster.” His departure is the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones Blackpool to reopen after staff death

Waterstones Blackpool will reopen after a member of staff was killed by a falling shop sign. A Waterstones spokesperson told the Blackpool Gazette: “Waterstones Blackpool will reopen again after repair works to the building that will be undertaken shortly. We will confirm the date of reopening... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones and HarperCollins in Crime fiction festival

Waterstones and HarperCollins will host a joint literary festival celebrating crime fiction, with a combination of virtual and literary events. The Killer Crime Festival will be held over the 13th and 14th March, with live events taking place at Waterstones stores alongside an online festival... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Buswell leaves role at RH Children’s

Sue Buswell, deputy publisher at Random House Children’s, will step down from her role at the end of March. Penguin Random House said Buswell decided to leave the company, where she worked with authors such as John Burningham, Nicholas Allan and Emma Chichester Clark over a period of five... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones Piccadilly expands children’s section

Waterstones’ flagship Piccadilly store is expanding its children’s section after a sales increase of 20%. London regional manager Luke Taylor said the company decided to re-think the space after “the recent explosion in children's sales”, driven by reference, games and educational related... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Forbes Puts an Ad on its Cover

Publisher continues exploring the limits of native ads. The post Forbes Puts an Ad on its Cover appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2015-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Limited edition Knausgaard for Waterstones

Waterstones is to sell a special limited-edition run of Karl Ove Knausgaard’s forthcoming novel, Dancing in the Dark (Harvill Secker). The book, the fourth instalment in Knausgaard’s My Struggle series, will also be promoted with national press adverts, a targeted online pre-order ad campaign,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones unveils 'more pleasurable' website

Waterstones has relaunched its website after several months in the planning, to create a “simpler and more pleasurable experience” for customers to shop online.   The company took its website offline earlier and re-launched it this afternoon (16th February) with a new look and feel, featuring... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers encouraged by Waterstones revival

Waterstones has passionate booksellers who are “handselling again”, breaking début novelists and “building careers”, according to publishers.  Chief executives and sales directors of publishing houses have spoken to The Bookseller following the release of the chain retailer’s annual results (to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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