Duhigg to succeed Field as DK global c.e.o.

Deputy c.e.o. of DK, John Duhigg, is to succeed Peter Field as global c.e.o. of DK at the... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Monika Schlitzer promoted to DK Verlag m.d.

DK has promoted Monika Schlitzer to the newly created role of managing director of Dorling Kindersley's German arm, DK Verlag.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurt Book Fair and IlluSalon Open Entries for the Global Illustration Award

Having drawn more than 10,000 entries in its first outing last year, the Global Illustration Award promotes the importance of publishing's visual artists. The post Frankfurt Book Fair and IlluSalon Open Entries for the Global Illustration Award appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Magazine publisher Time Inc. cutting 300 jobs globally

Magazine publisher Time Inc. says it's cutting 300 jobs via buyouts and layoffs as it struggles to adjust to an increasingly digital world Continue reading at ABC News

[ ABC News | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookCon 2017: Kevin Hart: If at First You Don't Succeed, Fail, Fail Again

Even though he is only five foot four, actor, comedian, writer, and producer Kevin Hart has always lived large. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fielding and Tóibín events mark Hay's opening weekend

Hay Festival's first weekend has kicked off with a host of events featuring writers including Colm Tóibín, Helen Fielding and Stephen Fry who discussed issues such as using flashbacks in writing, criticisms of anti-feminism and "aggregating news agencies" such as Facebook. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookExpo's Librarians' Lounge 2017: Take a “Maker Break” with DK

On Thursday, June 1, from 2:30–4 p.m., stop by the PW BookExpo Librarians’ Lounge (Booth 875) for a crafting session, courtesy of DK Publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Helen Fielding wins Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize

Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones’s Baby: The Diaries (Vintage) has won the 2017 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction, making it third time lucky for the author. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Accent's Kate Field wins Joan Hessayon Award

Kate Field has won the Romantic Novelists Association's Joan Hessayon Award for new writers with her debut novel The Magic of Ramblings (Accent Press). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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2017 Global Ebook Report: As Many Stories as Markets

In his Global Ebook Report this year, Rüdiger Wischenbart looks at how the disparate realities in world markets add up to no cohesive single interpretation. The post 2017 Global Ebook Report: As Many Stories as Markets appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New report shows the number of requests for user data Facebook receives from global governments

Today Facebook publishes its Global Government Requests Report, revealing just how many data requests the social network has received from governments around the world. This time around, the report covers the second half of 2016, and it shows a mixed-bag of figures. While the number of items... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2017-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quarto restructures global sales and marketing teams

The Quarto Group has implemented a new global sales and marketing structure, which has seen the English Language Sales team divided into three main channels: US Sales, UK and Europe Sales, and International Sales. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Selbach to succeed Beech as m.d. of Pluto Press

Veruschka Selbach is to succeed Anne Beech as managing director of London-based radical publisher Pluto Press following Beech's depature from the company later this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fielding, Stibbe, Hiaasen up for Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize

Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones’s Baby (Jonathan Cape) bags the author her second shortlisting for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction shortlist. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IPA Issues Its ‘Global Book Fair Report 2017: ‘Propelling Rights Deals’

'In a sense, a book fair is a catalyst that propels rights deals towards completion,' reads the introduction to the IPA's new 2017 Global Book Fair Report. The post IPA Issues Its ‘Global Book Fair Report 2017: ‘Propelling Rights Deals’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomberg Live’s New Global Chief Is Betting Big on Events

Adweek: You've been the CEO of media companies including the Robb Report, the Newsweek Daily Beast Company and Dennis Publishing. Why take a job focusing on live events? Stephen Colvin: Bloomberg is an amazing company. Great products, great people, and the chocolate almonds at our offices aren't... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2017-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Global appetite for The Little Book of Big Weightloss

An originally self-published book, The Little Book of Big Weightloss by Bernadette Fisers, has been snapped up by Transworld UK and Penguin Australia after a three-way auction Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH Opts to Publish $65 Million Obama Books Globally

The pair of books that Penguin Random House recently bought by Barack and Michelle Obama, for a reported $65 million, will be released globally by the publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Global Literature in Libraries Initiative: Bridging the Translation-Reader Gap

A fledgling cooperation between translators and librarians aims to bring more international literature to American library patrons. The post Global Literature in Libraries Initiative: Bridging the Translation-Reader Gap appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kerry Wilkinson does global rights deal with Bookouture

Publisher Bookouture has snapped up global print, ebook and audio rights to two psychological thrillers by author Kerry Wilkinson, who has been a bestselling self-published author on Amazon as well as publishing conventionally with Pan Macmillan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S global sales down 10% in fourth quarter

Simon & Schuster saw global revenues fall by 10% to $209m (£167.05m) during the fourth quarter of 2016, according to results released by parent company the CBS Corporation. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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