Nan A. Talese is retiring after more than 60 years working in the publishing business. Talese has run her eponymous imprint at Doubleday since 1990, where she published a long roster of award-winning authors. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Patrick Janson-Smith, one of the most popular figures in modern British publishing, has announced he will retire next autumn. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The clock is ticking for two bookstores in the midst of transition: one about to open a second branch, the other to move. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The suburban St. Louis bookstore ended its four-week Kickstarter campaign on Sunday, more than $2,000 above its goal. The funds raised are being used to build out a section of its new home so that the store can open for business on weekends before Christmas. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An ill-judged tweet can land you in a whole lot of legal bother, as Peaches Geldof and Sally Bercow know only too well. So the attorney general's new guidelines are essential readingIt doesn't seem real to think that you could take your phone out of your pocket right now, type a few words on it,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon has been prising open the wallets of Australian consumers for years – but what will its local push on Kindle mean for readers, writers and publishers?Ben Eltham Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Speakers at last week's UK Futurebook conference offered ideas for combating Amazon dominance, including advocating government intervention and ending DRM. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble says it plans to keep making its Nook electronic readers and will focus on offering content to its customers, even as its first-quarter net loss nearly doubled.The quarterly results came as the struggling bookseller's chairman said he is abandoning his bid for the company's... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2013-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Derek Johns has announced his retirement from agency AP Watt. Johns, who will retire at the end... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Department of Justice and 33 state attorneys general on Friday called for an array of sanctions that they claim will "reset competition to the conditions that existed before the conspiracy." Continue reading at AllThingsD
[ AllThingsD | 2013-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After the European Commission accepted offers from Apple and four publishers to free up ebook pricing restrictions in December 2012, it's now accepted Penguin's commitment to do the same. Much like Penguin's vow to the US DOJ, it will end its agency agreements with Apple and other retailers, and... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2013-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Print media is dying; some may argue it is already dead. With the launch of the iPad and the current industry trend of tablet media consumption, consumers don’t want to clutter their homes with stacks of paper magazines and newspapers. Not to mention, there is the trend of "going green" which is... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2013-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Templar is launching a new imprint this autumn with a list of colouring-in books for all ages.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The French government announced a plan to introduce a law to stop Amazon from offering discounts and free delivery for books, citing it as "unfair" competitive practice. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fairfax Media has confirmed that it will no longer publish longstanding technology titles Computerworld, Reseller News and PC World. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Turkish Publishers Association has called on the authorities to end the use of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Graham Money [pictured], general manager of Hachette-owned distributor Bookpoint, is to retire in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Simpson, chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary [pictured left] will retire in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new startup called Repost aims to make it easy for online publishers to distribute their articles via embedding — the same way I can share a video from YouTube or a document from Scribd directly in a blog post. Right now, if I saw ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Terry Deary's long-running Horrible Histories children's books series is coming to an end... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Horrible Histories author, Terry Deary, says his book series has "naturally come to an end" after 20 years of writing the popular children's books. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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