Katie Espiner will begin her role as m.d. of Orion next month, it has been confirmed. Espiner, who is currently at HarperCollins’ imprint The Borough Press, was announced as the new m.d. of Orion earlier this year as part of a shake-up of senior management at the Hachette UK company. She will begin at Orion on 21st September. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Francesca Main is moving to the Orion Publishing Group in the newly created role of publisher after eight years at Picador. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-01-14 08:46:48 UTC ]
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A decade ago, if you had picked up our first issue of the year, you’d have been greeted with the headline, “‘Things can only get better,’ says trade”. This week’s New Year’s predictions from our leaders and do-ers (see pp14–16) might have produced something slightly less pollyannaish—“Things... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Motherwell, the incisive memoir by Deborah Orr, unpicks the complexities of familial relationships. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-01-08 09:25:51 UTC ]
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The Bookseller's expert previewers share their top picks from January's new fiction, non-fiction, children's and paperback releases. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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In the 2010s, the publishing industry finally wrestled with its problems with diversity. Continue reading at HuffPost
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The L.A. Times Book Club's 2020 selections include "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous" and "American Dirt." Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-12-21 16:00:22 UTC ]
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With 'The Authenticity Project,' publishing in February, Clare Pooley reflects on sobriety and second chances. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble Education's board has approved the hiring of a financial advisor to help the company review its strategic options as it continues look for ways to keep pace with a rapidly changing market for college materials. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The Booksellers Association (BA) will launch the Indie Book of the Month scheme, to promote adult and fiction titles across the UK and Ireland next year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-03 19:14:43 UTC ]
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Orion's non-fiction imprint Seven Dials is partnering with the National Railway Museum to publish The Big British Railway Puzzle Book, celebrating the history of the nation's railways. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-02 00:49:20 UTC ]
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In UK audiobook statistics, Harris Interactive sees younger, higher salaried men leading listeners. Orion's Katie Espiner talks about women in publishing. The post More From FutureBook Live: Harris on Audio, Espiner on Management appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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WH Smith’s plans to buy the Marshall Retail Group (MRG) have been approved by the FCA and the transaction now only requires shareholder approval. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-25 19:46:04 UTC ]
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Donna Douglas is moving to Orion for a new series of books set in Yorkshire during World War II. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-24 18:56:45 UTC ]
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Salaries need to be more clearly stated in book trade job adverts to avoid shutting people out through lack of transparency, and to help retain top talent, Katie Espiner, m.d. Orion, has said, calling on the whole trade to disclose salaries when recruiting. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-24 13:01:40 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House's parent company Bertelsmann has expressed confidence it will meet its targets for the full year 2019, reporting a boost in group revenues for the first nine months of 3.3%. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-08 00:49:57 UTC ]
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ALMOST NO CONTEMPORARY literary fiction recounts the experience of getting an abortion. Perhaps this is because it can seem politically suspect to write in a nuanced way about its difficulties; opponents of legal abortion are all too eager to turn any mention of these difficulties into evidence... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2019-11-07 13:30:09 UTC ]
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The Booksellers Association has named Abi Elphinstone’s “captivating” story The Snow Dragon as its book of the month for November. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-01 01:30:17 UTC ]
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Shortlist for this year’s Diagram prize also includes The Dirt Hole and Its Variations, Noah Gets Naked and How to Drink Without DrinkingThe Dirt Hole and Its Variations, Ending the War on Artisan Cheese and Noah Gets Naked are among the 2019 nominees for the Bookseller’s annual prize for the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-11-01 00:01:14 UTC ]
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Beano has launched a new book subscription service for children offering newly published books across a wide range of authors and genres. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-23 16:43:46 UTC ]
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Members of several Canadian families who lost loved ones in the Ethiopian Airlines crash last March landed at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport Tuesday morning along with seven caskets carrying the remains of their relatives. Continue reading at CBC
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