Crossan and Riddell 'at peak of their powers’

Rebecca McNally, publishing director of children’s books at Bloomsbury, said she was “over the moon” after two of her authors, Chris Riddell and Sarah Crossan, picked up the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal and Carnegie Medal earlier this week. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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March' Trilogy Powers Diamond Book Distributors to a Strong Year

2016 ended up being one of Diamond's best years ever, thanks to strong sales of the titles in Rep. John Lewis's March trilogy. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Innocent's McEwan tells IPG: 'personal contact with consumers is powerful'

Businesses should not underestimate the power of personal one-to-one connections with consumers, Joe McEwan, head of digital and communities at drinks company Innocent has advised delegates to the IPG Spring Conference. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Riddell calls for probe into school library provision

Children’s laureate Chris Riddell has used the re-launch of the Libraries All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) to call for a probe into school library provision in the country. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A year in review: Potter power defied by Paula

J K Rowling’s original Harry Potter septet, vocalised by Stephen Fry, dominated the audio download chart in 2016, but their magic fell short of displacing Paula Hawkins’ pre-eminent psychological thriller. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ruth Davidson to write book on powerful women for H&S

Hodder & Stoughton has commissioned Scottish Conservative Party leader Ruth Davidson to write a book about the life lessons learned by the world’s most powerful women. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Down's Syndrome novel of 'breathtaking power' to Granta

Granta Books is to publish Census, a novel of "breathtaking power and emotional generosity" by American novelist Jesse Ball. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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JK Rowling and Joe Wicks powered 2016 surge in UK book sales

Helped by Harry Potter and the hit fitness guru, year on year takings to December rose sharply to £1.59bnRetail sales struggled in 2016, but JK Rowling cast a spell strong enough to power sales towards a magical £1.6bn during the year, a rise of almost 5% on 2015, according to the latest annual... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alderman's 'The Power' to be TV series

Viking's recently-published title The Power is set to be turned into a long-running, global television series by Sister Pictures, co-producers of ITV's "Broadchurch". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bridget Jones makes the Woman's Hour Power List

Bridget Jones has made the Woman's Hour Power List - despite being a fictional character.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Faces Choice of Sale or Reinvention as Digital Power

Time is facing one of its most critical decisions since the magazine publisher was founded by Henry Luce and Briton Hadden in 1922.Should the company's board agree to a sale as its print advertising lifeblood continues to drain away? Or should it let new CEO Rich Battista implement his grand... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Riddell and Blake illustrations auctioned at Sotheby’s

Sotheby’s will next week auction artwork by illustrators Chris Riddell and Quentin Blake, as well as celebrities like Eric Clapton, Brian Eno and Peter Capaldi, to raise money for the House of Illustration, according to the Guardian. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Riddell and Fletcher amongst WBD Show line-up

Children’s authors such as Tom Fletcher, Chris Hoy and the children’s laureate Chris Riddell have signed up to take part in next year’s ‘Biggest Book Show on Earth’, organised by World Book Day. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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4 Steps Toward Harnessing The Power of Your Audience Data

[Sponsored] The age of publishing atomization is upon us. In this era, anything and everything is niche. Audiences are smaller and more specific, content is more consumable, data is more meticulous The post 4 Steps Toward Harnessing The Power of Your Audience Data appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2016-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cornerstone campaign counts down to launch Tim Peake

Cornerstone has initiated countdown for the launch of astronaut Tim Peake's Hello, is this Planet Earth? on 17th November with a full roster of marketing and promotional activity.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US book trade rallies around the power of books following Trump's win

Members of the US book trade have urged the industry to remember the powerful role books play in promoting unity and understanding in the wake of the US election result which saw Republican candidate Donald Trump beat Democrat Hillary Clinton to take the White House as US president elect. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘It’s all powerful and it knows it’: Publishers reveal their biggest challenges with Facebook

Facebook is all powerful and it knows it. Publishers have little choice but to play by its rules. At Digiday’s Publishing Summit in Nice we asked publishers what their biggest challenge with Facebook was: unclear metrics, murky routes to monetization and unpredictable priorities were among... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weather Channel’s Neil Katz: Platforms ‘have the power’ — for now

The Weather Company, which owns The Weather Channel brand, is on pace to get 2.5 billion video views on Facebook this year, said the publisher’s editor-in-chief Neil Katz. And yet there is still very little revenue being made by publishers on Facebook, which holds the power in its relationship... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James, Hawkins and Ness join 'most powerful' authors list

EL James, Paula Hawkins and Patrick Ness have joined for the first time the Hollywood Reporter's 25-strong list of "most powerful" authors. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gary Younge | 'It didn't take any special powers...anybody could've done this'

The Guardian’s editor-at-large, Gary Younge, investigates the prevalence of guns on the streets of America and the high price that is often paid by the country’s underprivileged children. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Astronaut Tim Peake signs non-fiction debut

Penguin Random House is publishing British astronaut Tim Peake's non-fiction debut, Hello, is this planet Earth? in November. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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