Ebury’s digital lead Luthfa Begum to leave after 14 years

Luthfa Begum, Ebury’s digital publishing lead, is leaving Penguin Random House after more than 14 years. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]

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German book retailer to restructure to face digital challenge

The earnings of German book retailer Thalia's parent group Douglas Holding will be hit by the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wenner Hires New Digital Chief, Again

Wenner Media has named a new chief digital officer, David Kang, who becomes the third person to hold the position in less than a year. Wenner hired its first chief digital officer, Steven Schwartz, in 2009. He left in May for his old employer, Reuters. The next person in the job, Michael... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2012-01-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers look to digital as physical sales slump £100m in 2011

Strong ebook sales over the festive period compensated for the decline in physical sales,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Printed book sales fall as Christmas digital sales rise

Physical book sales in the final week of the year totalled £22.5m — down 70% week on... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Duffy among contenders for Costa Book of the Year

Poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy has won the Costa Poetry Award for The Bees (Picador), and debut... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers roll out New Year sales promotions

Booksellers are discounting books and ebooks by up to 80% in post-Christmas promotions. Amazon... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Strong Finish to a Tough Year

Three stores in PW’s informal coast-to-coast survey of bookstores—Porter Square Books in Cambridge, Mass.; Beaverdale Books in Des Moines, Iowa; and Skylight Books in Los Angeles—called this their best holiday season ever. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital Domain: For Libraries and Publishers, an E-Book Tug of War

E-books and audio books on the Web site of the New York Public Library. Publishers are waiting for an industrywide approach to e-lending to gel. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2011-12-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Moran wins Galaxy Book of the Year

Journalist Caitlin Moran's take on modern feminism How to Be A Woman, published by Ebury, has... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Confessions' is ebook of the year

The Friday Project's Confessions of a GP has been crowned the top-selling UK ebook of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ziff Davis Enterprise Debuts Live Digital Event for Tablet, Smartphone and Web Consumption

Ealier this month, Ziff Davis Enterprise [ZDE] completed a significant step in its OmniDigital strategy, rolled out earlier this year. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2011-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fnac leaves SLDC

Fnac has quit the French cultural product distributors association Syndicat des Distributeurs de... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Foyles reports third year of profitable trading

Foyles has reported a third year of profitable trading, despite "deep concern" about... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S' Reidy: Digital could 'reshape international business'

E-books are expected to account for 17% of Simon & Schuster's total revenue in 2011,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital start-ups swell IPG membership

Eighty publishers have joined the Independent Publishers Guild this year, with digital companies... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rodale Makes Digital Hire

Health and fitness publisher Rodale is bringing in a new executive to oversee the digital division it created as part of October's shakeup. Former Barnes & Noble GM Anthony Astarita will become Rodale's general manager of digital and new brand development, one of three divisions CEO Maria... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2011-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trinity restructures regionals for digital push

Trinity Mirror has restructured the management structure across its regional division and is creating 20 new digital positions as it looks to increase its focus on digital publishing and streamline its reporting structure. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2011-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital marketeers set for busy Christmas Day

Publishers are planning to up their marketing campaigns over the crucial festive period,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google eBooks One Year Later

Since its launch last December in partnership with the American Booksellers Association, Google eBooks has yet to capture significant market share. According to the Codex Group’s recent “Showrooming” study, while the number of people who read both print books and ebooks has grown from 25% in... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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RH expands digital team

Random House is extending its digital team, and has promoted Dan Franklin, current digital editor... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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