Davies retires from BA after 26 years

Sydney Davies, the Booksellers Association’s head of trade and industry, is retiring after 26 years. The BA has appointed Giles Clifton, a non-practising barrister, to the new role of head of corporate affairs following his departure. Clifton will begin in October and focus on lobbying for the trade body. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Schiffer Publishing Celebrates 50 Years of Steady Growth

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Ziff Davis Acquires Tech Publisher CNET for Over $100M

Digital media company Ziff Davis acquired tech publisher CNET from its parent company, Red Ventures, for more than $100 million, according to reporting from The New York Times. The acquisition confirms an Axios report from January, which found that Red Ventures had been... Continue reading at AdWeek

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Freud's Writings Get an Update—30 Years in the Making

'The Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud,' copublished by Rowman & Littlefield and the Institute of Psychoanalysis, took three decades for editor and translator Mark Solms to complete. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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This Booker longlist might just be the most enjoyable of recent years

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The Week in Libraries: July 26, 2024

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Jo Callaghan wins crime novel of the year with story of an AI detective

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Christian Publisher Editorial Patmos Celebrates 25 Years in the U.S.

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Romance Bookstores Increase Tenfold in Two Years

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Always Running: Luis J. Rodríguez’s memoir of gang days in LA is as relevant today as it was 30 years ago

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Time strikes a deal to funnel 101 years of journalism into OpenAI's gaping maw

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Why you might struggle to find this year’s International Booker winner in UK libraries – and why publishing suffers as a result

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