Frankfurt Book Fair 2015: Hachette's Nourry on Publishing's Big Questions

Arnaud Nourry, chairman and chief executive of Hachette Livre, answered questions on hot-button topics like self-publishing, agency pricing, and threats to copyright. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Emerson succeeds Young as chair of Hachette c.o.o board

Chris Emerson, chief operating officer of Hachette UK, is to replace David Young as chair of the Hachette Livre Chief Operating Officers’ Board. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending December 18, 2015

New stores are opening in Midlothian, Va.; Anchorage; Plattsburgh, N.Y.; and Houston, Mo. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book tech: Time to step up

"I’m calling for more women to start up and step up next year." Bec Evans, co-founder with Chris Smith of Write-Track and head of innovation with Emerald Group Publishing, noticed that while our FutureBook 2015 (and Author Day) programming was well-balanced in terms of men and women—s Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why One Enthusiast Publisher Is Gambling on a Lower Cover Price

Motorcycle magazine American Iron hopes to buck newsstand trends by selling more copies at a lower price. The post Why One Enthusiast Publisher Is Gambling on a Lower Cover Price appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2015-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Highlights 2015 with Video

Markus Dohle, CEO of Penguin Random House, added a video component to his annual year-end letter to employees this year which served to highlight the bestselling and award-winning titles the company published this year as well as the progress the company has made in the integration of Penguin... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple iBooks Category Bestsellers, December 13, 2015

The bestselling iBooks in mystery, romance, sci-fi, biography, fiction, and more for the week ended December 13, 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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City Lights Publishers Shines On

San Francisco’s City Lights Publishers is wrapping up its 60th year in publishing this month. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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5 Things We Learned in 2015 From the Year in Media Deals

The desire to scale up and reach millennial readers drove many high-profile publishing deals in 2015. Here are five takeaways from all the activity. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News UK CMO: Facebook Has a 'Duty of Care' to Publishers

News UK’s chief marketing officer Chris Duncan wasn’t previously a fan of publishing directly to platforms like Facebook. In previous interviews with media, he called Facebook’s launch of Instant Articles, and the g ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At #FutureBook15: New prominence for academic publishing

In "considering the hard-won lessons of the academic publishing journey," our FutureBook 2015 programme this month was organised by Bookseller editor Philip Jones to place new and robust emphasis on the scholarly sector. Today, Taylor & Francis' Michael Strang surveys this in a thoughtful... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ipso delighted by publishers' revelations of their annual statements

Landmark moment as newspapers and magazines disclose how they deal with editorial standards and their relationship with the press regulatorIn something of a landmark move, newspaper and magazine publishing groups regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) have published... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus to publish The Life Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k

Quercus is set to release The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**K on New Year's Eve in what the publisher has called its "take on New Year, New You". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Welsh Named Publisher at Ballantine, Bantam Dell

Kara Welsh, who was senior v-p and publisher of Penguin's Berkley Group, has been tapped to head Random House's Ballantine Bantam Dell. Welsh is replacing Libby McGuire, who will step down from the role at the end of 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nielsen: ‘More books likely to be bought this Christmas’

New data from Nielsen Book suggests UK consumers will buy more books for Christmas this year than they did in 2014. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Advice to journalists by their publishers on how to act ethically

Annual statements released through Ipso reveal the guidelines for editorial staff working at the Mail, Express, Sun... plus a Congleton Chronicle confessionThere are some wonderful gems to be found in the annual statements of publishing groups now available on the Independent Press Standards... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rowman & Littlefield Buys Stackpole Books

Rowman & Littlefield has acquired Stackpole Books, the 85 year-old publisher of military and nature books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Bottlenecks Frustrating Indie Publishers

This is the season in which the entire book industry depends upon consumer holiday purchases to drive sales and, for some, issues at Amazon are leaving their hottest titles languishing on shipping docks and sitting in truck trailers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW's Top Cookbook Stories of 2015

From food bloggers' cookbook picks to regional cuisine, these were PW's top cookbooks stories of 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barefoot Books' Oxford studio to close

Publisher Barefoot Books has told business associates it will close its Oxford studio at the end of the month. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Livre buys Editions Kero

Hachette Livre has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to buy general literature publisher Editions Kero. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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