Mobile and interactive media group Digital Virgo has bought VirginMedia, the online sales... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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HarperCollins imprint HQ has acquired world English language rights for a debut novel called Little White Lies by clinical psychologist Philippa East. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eye Books imprint Lightning has acquired world English rights for the print edition of self-published book The Corner Shop in Cockleberry Bay by Nicola May. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Legal bookseller and supplier Wildy & Sons, one of London’s oldest booksellers, established in 1830, has acquired Hammicks Legal Information Services from the John Smith Group. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebury's Virgin Books has acquired world rights in the first book by pop group Madness, to be published to celebrate the group’s 40th anniversary. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Job losses follow sales or cuts at Mic, Refinery29 and elsewhere, but publishing as a whole had already shrunk sharplyRevenue-per-click, the business strategy that has informed digital publishers for years, was effectively pronounced DOA this week as leading players in a sector once viewed as... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The athlete-centric sports publisher has laid off eight employees as the business undergoes a strategic shift. The post Bad week for digital media: The Players’ Tribune lays off eight appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Car manual publisher Haynes saw group profit before tax boom by almost a quarter (23%) for the six months ending 30th November 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Warner Investments was one of the most prominent backers of publishing, video and advertising technology companies. The post WarnerMedia shuts investment arm that backed Mic, Mashable and other digital media startups appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WH Smith has reported a “strong trading performance” for Christmas trading, with total sales up 6%. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Furet du Nord chain of bookshops in northern France has confirmed its takeover of the Decitre group, which it describes as its alter-ego in the south-east region of France. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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William Collins is to publish The Third Pillar: The Revival of Community in a Polarized World, about how capitalism is “failing our democracies”, by finance academic Raghuram Rajan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group has bought the UK rights to Slay by US debut author Brittney Morris, who was inspired to write after watching the Marvel blockbuster "Black Panther". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Citing erosion at brick-and-mortar stores, LifeWay Christian Resources president Thom Rainer announced that several LifeWay storefronts will close as the chain transitions toward digital sales channels. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hardback books benefitted the most from the uptick in trade book revenue, with 28.5-percent growth compared to November 2017. The post American Market StatShot Report: Double-Digit Trade Growth in November appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Winter moves among independent publishers: Nonfiction works are the focus in Europa Compass, and Chicago Review Press buys Oklahoma's Council Oak Books. The post Industry Notes: Europa Editions’ New Imprint; Chicago Press Buys Council Oak appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New York's Drama Book Shop is taken over by the Hamilton creator and three of his collaborators. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2019-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Icon Books will publish “the little-known story” of Mossad’s top secret operation to smuggle Ethiopian Jews to Israel from behind enemy lines, Red Sea Spies, by BBC journalist Raffi Berg. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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4th Estate’s Jordan Mulligan has made his first acquisition, Scabby Queen, by Scottish author Kirstin Innes, billed as a “state-of-the-nation novel” about the silencing of women’s voices and the celebrity machine. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Union inroads into media have many observers predicting a better long-term future for beleaguered newsroom employees. The post Rise in union activity is clashing with digital publishing’s business struggles appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has bought Benjamin Myers’ backlist titles from Bluemoose Books in support of the publication of his new novel The Offing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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