Cursed Child Tops in Germany

German readers were as wrapped up in Pottermania as readers in America and England in July, as the eighth installment in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts 1 and 2, took the top of the fiction chart in Germany at the end of July. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philip Pullman's La Belle Sauvage tops Waterstones Book of the Year list

Philip Pullman's return to the world of His Dark Materials is a hit with bookshop staff. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2017-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Walliams scores a hat-trick while 5 Ingredients tops half a million

David Walliams’ Bad Dad (HarperCollins) has screeched into a third week as the UK Official Top 50 number one, selling 80,643 copies for £472,764. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: Child Draws a 'Line' to #1

Lee Child is on top of the iBooks Bestsellers list this week with 'The Midnight Line,' his latest Jack Reacher novel. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: Thrillers, Plus Some Flip Inspiration, In the Top Five

It's a who's who of thriller kings at the top of the iBooks bestseller list this week, with Lee Child's 'The Midnight Line' taking the #1 and works by Grisham, Brown, and Connelly in the top five. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Bad Dad' sales go mad at top of bestseller chart

David Walliams’ Bad Dad (HarperCollins) has accelerated by 21% in volume week-on-week for its second week in the Official UK Top 50 number one spot, selling 112,672 copies through Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst tops the list of the largest private companies in New York

Hearst began as a newspaper giant but over the years has diversified into broadcasting, consumer magazines and technology. That mix has helped keep the firm atop the Crain’s list of largest... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2017-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pullman dusts off second week in the charts top spot

Philip Pullman’s La Belle Sauvage (PRH/David Fickling) has pulled off a second week in the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 45,015 copies for £546,248. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Shelley makes 'top 100 LGBT leaders' list

David Shelley, c.e.o. designate of Hachette UK, has been named on a list of leading LGBT+ executives compiled by professional membership organisation OUTstanding and published in the FT. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Child says children need 'more space to create'

Children’s laureate Lauren Child has called for kids to have "more space to create" and warned about the negative impact of social media on the younger generation whilst giving the annual BookTrust lecture last night (19th October). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Child calls for children's books to be 'taken seriously'

Waterstones' Children’s Laureate Lauren Child will discuss how children’s books need to be taken more seriously at a BookTrust lecture on Thursday evening (19th October). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wisdom leads White and Child to HarperFiction

HarperFiction crime and thriller publisher Julia Wisdom has signed The Nowhere Child by Australian author Christian White. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Five thrives: Jamie Oliver makes it six weeks at the top

Jamie Oliver’s 5 Ingredients—Quick & Easy Food (Michael Joseph) has breezed into a sixth week as the UK Official Top 50 number one. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins signs seven book deal starring child detective

HarperCollins Children’s Books has bought seven titles about a child detective from British author Andrew Clover and US based illustrator Ralph Lazar, following a “hotly contested auction”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Distribution Expansion: Germany’s Bookwire Acquires Brazil’s DLD

Making good on its plans for Latin American expansion, ebook distributor Bookwire buys Brazil's Distribuidora de Livros Digitals, DLD. The post Distribution Expansion: Germany’s Bookwire Acquires Brazil’s DLD appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From Satya Nadella’s Must-Reads To Resume Lies: September’s Top Leadership Stories

This month we peeked at the Microsoft CEO’s reading list, picked up a few ways to work smarter, and learned how to spot lies on resumes. In September we learned which books have helped Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shape his leadership style, why one former Trader Joe’s employee preferred the... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2017-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Flat Sales Identified as Top Industry Problem

A survey of publishers put flat sales ahead of competition from other entertainment as the #1 industry challenge. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's Laureate Child worries books are 'too cheap'

The perils and opportunities of digital, recent pushes for greater diversity in publishing and the “devaluation” of books were all discussed at The Bookseller's Children’s Conference on Tuesday (26th September). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Childs to Retire from Globe Pequot

Jim Childs will retire as publisher of Rowman & Littlefields’ trade division, Globe Pequot Press, on October 31. Until a replacement is found, Rowman & Littlefield CEO Jed Lyons will serve as publisher at-large. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oliver's 5 Ingredients scoops fifth week at the top

Jamie Oliver has dished up a fifth week as the UK Official Top 50 number one, as 5 Ingredients—Quick & Easy Food (Michael Joseph) sold 44,956 copies for £537,538.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Trees’ Takes Root in France, Germany

A few weeks ahead of the release of Peter Wohlleben’s The Inner Life of Animals: Love, Grief, and Compassion—Surprising Observations of a Hidden World, his first title, The Hidden Life of Trees, was the #1 nonfiction book in France in August and in third place in his native Germany. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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