Evolving Travel market dips but category remains key for retailers

The international terror threat, a weaker pound and ill feeling towards the election of Donald Trump have contributed towards a shift in the travel market, but the book trade is still bullish about its long-term health, despite a drop in sales last year. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Your favorite modern horror movies, reimagined as ’70s mass market paperbacks.

Yesterday, on Twitter, Elizabeth Belsky, a senior marketing manager at Hachette Books, shared her “little personal project of the month: reimagining modern horror films as trade paperbacks from the ’70s and ’80s.” And um, they’re incredibly awesome—the perfect blend of nostalgic design and... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-10-13 14:47:47 UTC ]
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Retail site Bookshop announces UK board

Bookshop.org, a retail site billed as a way for indies to counter Amazon’s online dominance, has today revealed the members of its UK board.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-13 09:56:56 UTC ]
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Selfies Adds Kids' Category, Announces 2021 Dates

The U.S. Selfies book awards, which recognize self-published authors, has added a children’s prize to go along with its adult fiction award. The 2021 awards submission period opens on January 1, 2021, and closes the night of March 1, 2021. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Erskine advises on marketing to children at Bookseller Children's Conference

Companies need to ensure their brands come across as useful, direct and friendly if they want to appeal to children, according to James Erskine, m.d. of specialist marketing agency Rocket.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-30 19:09:45 UTC ]
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Whitaker's YA debut to Hot Key

Hot Key has acquired crime writer Chris Whitaker's YA debut The Forevers – a book in which the world is on a collision course with a giant asteroid and a group of teens make a pact to rewrite their future.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-28 23:38:35 UTC ]
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YA sees 43% boost post-lockdown as children's market swells

Young Adult books saw a huge 43% rise in post-lockdown sales by value as the children's sector as a whole swelled to 33% of the market once shops reopened. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-28 00:01:16 UTC ]
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Barbara Marcus reveals trends in 'robust' US children's market

The US children's market has seen huge growth this year with increasing focus on books by people of colour and by celebrities, Barbara Marcus, president and publisher of Random House Children's Books in the US, has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-27 21:41:42 UTC ]
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Mental Traveler

THE FOLLOWING IS an excerpt from W. J. T. Mitchell’s Mental Traveler: A Father, a Son, and a Journey Through Schizophrenia, a memoir about Mitchell’s son Gabriel, who struggled with schizophrenia for 20 years until his suicide at age 38. The excerpt makes reference to Carmen, Gabriel’s sister, a... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books

[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-09-23 12:30:11 UTC ]
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The key to a more tranquil mind? One author argues it’s all about revisiting books from the past.

In “Breaking Bread With the Dead,” Alan Jacobs argues we should “sift the past for its wisdom and its wickedness, its perception and its foolishness.” Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-09-15 15:49:40 UTC ]
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What Brands Can Learn From NASA’s Marketing of the Apollo Missions

The fear of nuclear annihilation during the Cold War was so palpable that a common joke at the time was: "What do you want to be if you grow up?" In the late 1950s, 60% of American children suffered nightmares about it. Hollywood didn't help. During the 1950s, science fiction crossed to the dark... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2020-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie retail site Bookshop.org launching in UK

Bookshop.org, a retail site billed as a way for indies to counter Amazon’s online dominance, is coming to the UK in time for Christmas after smashing its US sales targets since launching in late January. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-11 06:49:17 UTC ]
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In ‘Not a Novel,’ Jenny Erpenbeck continues to evolve

The celebrated author of “Go, Went, Gone” has delivered a captivating “memoir in pieces.” Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-09-08 15:55:51 UTC ]
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B&NE Retail Segment Took Big Hit in Q1

For the quarter ended August 1, sales in Barnes & Noble Education’s retail segment dropped 42.2% from the comparable period a year ago, falling to $158.8 million. In the period, comparable store sales fell 42.8%, which B&NE said accounted for $106.6 million in lost revenue. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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How Librarians Helped Invent the YA Category of Books

A look back in history to how YA librarians and libraries helped create the young adult category of books for teens. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2020-08-31 10:30:00 UTC ]
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Every Book Has a Market. Storiad Helps You Find It.

The book marketing software platform provides publishers and authors with the tools to create customized marketing campaigns that reach reviewers and readers, boosting book sales. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-31 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Clavis Inaugurates U.S. Key Colors Competition in Style

The first U.S. Key Colors Competition received 156 entries and culminated in a livestreamed awards ceremony on Aug. 17. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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First U.S. Key Colors Competition Honors Two Runners-Up

Susie Oh’s Soomi's Sweater and Emma Ward’s Doris’s Dear Delinquents were named runners-up in the inaugural U.S. Key Colors Competition. Both authors will receive publishing contracts from Clavis Publishing. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Carlin Romano Will Remain on NBCC Board

The National Book Critics Circle's v-p of grants will see out the remainder of his term, which ends in 2022, after a contentious membership meeting narrowly failed to attain the two-thirds majority of attendee votes required for his removal. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Germany’s Springer Nature: Transformative Agreements Can Flip Markets to Open Access

Based on data from eight of them, Springer Nature sees gold-open-access rates in the 90th percentile in some cases.  The post Germany’s Springer Nature: Transformative Agreements Can Flip Markets to Open Access appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-08-25 14:57:58 UTC ]
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Books in the Media: Children's book reviews dip year on year

In August 2019, The Bookseller reported that children's books accounted for just 4.9% of review space, despite making up a third of the market. Latest figures from Books in the Media shows that this figure has dropped to 4.3%, when looking at reviews from the past 12 months.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-24 01:05:09 UTC ]
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