Customers move to support high street

Customer sentiment towards the high street helped independent bookshops in the final weeks of the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Grub Street’s Castellani Practices What He Teaches

Over the past decade, Christopher Castellani—artistic director of Grub Street in Boston, one of the country’s largest literary centers—has written a trio of novels about an Italian immigrant family, the Grassos, a family much like his own. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Support for Seven Stories as it fights funding cut

Seven Stories, the national centre for children's books, is making a final push to galvanise... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Library volunteers left without 'effective support', says WI

Library volunteers are, in many cases, being left without sufficient support to deliver services... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Peter Pan moves to WWII in a new comic book series

Captain Hook becomes a Nazi and Peter Pan is a freedom fighter in the series 'Peter Panzerfaust.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Move to hand York libraries to social enterprise

Libraries in York could be run by community or social enterprise, after the city's council... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gough moves to launch list at Hodder

Hodder & Stoughton is launching a new personal development list in early 2014, and has... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Print book sales soar to three-year high

Sales of printed books soared to a three-year high in the UK last week as shoppers flooded the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Charlie Hill's Books to Tindal Street

Tindal Street Press and Serpent’s Tail have acquired the rights to Books, the second novel... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apps For Everyone: 29th Street Publishing Helps Writers Get Paid

29th Street Publishing sees no reason why selling subscriptions shouldn’t be as easy as blogging. At a time when print magazines such as Newsweek and tablet publications like The Daily are shuttering, the team at 29th Street Publishing is betting on the future of magazines for iPad and... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2012-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twelve per cent of libraries soon to have "significant" community support

Twelve per cent of all libraries could have “significant" support from volunteers in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wilbur Smith moves to HarperCollins

HarperCollins has signed a world English language six-book deal with thriller writer Wilbur Smith... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline's Byrne moves to Cornerstone, Ronan promoted

Headline's UK and international sales director Aslan Byrne is moving to Random House as sales... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indies tell customers: 'We pay our taxes'

Booksellers across the country are displaying “We Pay Our Taxes” posters in their... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Customers 'slowly' begin gift purchasing

Christmas is beginning slowly, independent booksellers have told The Bookseller, as non-... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Distribution: Bilingual Books Moving to PGW

Bilingual Books has entered into a distribution agreement with Publishers Group West for PGW to handle the U.S. sales, marketing and distribution of BBKS’ approximately 40 language-learning titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-readers make easy reading on the move

E-readers are devices for reading electronic books, or ebooks. Here's a rundown of their basic features: Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2012-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wall Street Journal Launches Global Video Platform

As more readers turn to social media and mobile for their news, video is emerging as the latest tool for print journalists. The Wall Street Journal recently launched WSJ WorldStream (wsj.com/worldstream), a global publishing platform for short-form v ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Condon moves to Harlequin

Piatkus senior commissioning editor Donna Condon is moving to Harlequin UK as its new editorial... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iPad Mini: A Supercharged E-Reader with A Middling Screen and a High Price

Apple's new iPad Mini is the best small tablet on the market and makes an amazing e-reader; the only problems are its not-so-hi-res screen and it's not-quite-low-enough price tag. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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