The full programme for this year’s FutureBook Conference has been revealed, including speakers ranging from Hachette UK c.e.o. Tim Hely Hutchinson, Mendeley founder Jan Reichelt, Storytel’s Jonas Tellander, Bonnier AB’s chief digital and technology officer Anki Ahrnell and Neon Play founder Oli Christie to writer and polemicist Andrew Keen, James Whatley, planning partner innovation at Ogilvy & Mather, Jon Anathasiou director of people at HarperCollins UK, and Eva Appelbaum, partner at Digital Talent @Work. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite some softness late in the year, bookstores sales in 2016 rose 2.5% over 2015. Store revenue reached just under $12 billion last year compared to $11.68 billion in 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Revenue for the year at Simon & Schuster was $767 million, down 1.8% from 2015. Operating income increased 4.4%, to $119 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Like every tried and true fairytale, Promised Land had romance, a villain and in the end, love overcame hate. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2017-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sourcebooks has acquired worldwide English rights to 'Chasing Red,' a novel by Canadian author Isabelle Ronin, which was the most-read story on Wattpad last year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Retailers blame the presidential campaign and postelection anxiety for the year ending on a flat note, but some categories are growing in the book trade and in the comics shop market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Total revenue at Lagardère Publishing rose 2.6% in 2016, to 2.26 billion euros. The increase includes a 70 million euro ($74.6 million) contribution from the Perseus Books Group publishing division, which Hachette Book Group acquired in March. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelist Donal Ryan is the latest name forced to seek an income outside books, while children’s writers complain that stars from other media monopolise advancesDespite scoring three bestsellers in five years and a clutch of awards, The Spinning Heart author Donal Ryan has been forced to return... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Revenue in the IDW publishing group fell 2.3%, to $27.9 million, in the fiscal year ended October 31, 2106. Revenue for all of IDW Media Holdings rose 32.2% in the year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children’s authors have hit out at the slew of celebrity book deals struck in recent months, warning that full-time fiction writers are struggling while famous people attract big advances and sizeable marketing budgets. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus is releasing a new tranche of titles in the Enid Blyton for Grown Ups series from Bruno Vincent to help readers celebrate Mother's Day, Father's Day and get "beach body ready" for the summer holidays. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House is set to publish The Ladybird Book of The Do-Gooder, a new pocket-sized guide devoted to what people get up to in the name of charity to coincide with Comic Relief. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Total media sales increased 7.5% in 2016 at Amazon, hitting $22.2 billion. Media now represents only 17.6% of total revenue at the company. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster will this autumn publish a picture book version of Hillary Clinton's 1996 non-fiction title It Takes A Village. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales of print books fell 3.6% last year compared to 2015, dropping to $753.4 million, according to figures released this week by BookNet Canada. Print units were off 6.4% as Canadians continued to do more of their book buying online. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Statistics from BookNet Canada reveal the best-selling books of 2016, along with a stable Canadian book market and growing online book sales. The post BookNet Canada’s 2016 Snapshot: Nonfiction Lags Fiction appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For many at Winter Institute, Roxane Gay’s opening keynote, which called on booksellers to step up their role in providing sanctuary, set the tone for one of the most political and energizing bookseller gatherings in recent memory. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Totally Entwined Group's new imprint Pride Publishing is releasing its first gay romance paperback, a book about two gay cage fighters. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales of adult trade books rose 10.3% in August 2016 over August 2015, but sales of children’s/young adult titles slipped 1.3%, according to figures released by the Association of American Publishers as part of its StatShot program. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 87 new members that joined ABA last year were spread across 32 states and the organization's growth is accelerating. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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North American publisher Doubleday Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books, will this year release a previously unfinished children’s book by Mark Twain. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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