Further Losses at Quercus As Integration Plan Is Finalized

Following consultation, there has been a second wave of redundancies at U.K.-based house, Quercus. The cuts have resulted in a staff of roughly 40 people. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thynne revealed as author of Quercus' Widowland

Quercus has revealed the identity of C J Carey, author of the dystopian thriller Widowland. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Simon & Schuster Cancels Plans for Senator Hawley’s Book

The publisher faced calls to drop the Missouri Republican’s upcoming book, “The Tyranny of Big Tech,” following criticism of his efforts to overturn the presidential election. Continue reading at The New York Times

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S&S Cancels Publication Plans for Book by Sen. Josh Hawley

Simon & Schuster has canceled its planned June publication of 'The Tyranny of Big Tech' by Sen. Josh Hawley, one of the main drivers in the Republican effort to challenge the Electoral College results that led to the attack on the Capitol on Wednesday. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Apple suffers a loss in lawsuit against maker of iPhone emulators

Apple sued security start-up Corellium last year, accusing it of violating copyright law for offering researchers access to “virtual” iPhones that can help them find bugs in iOS products. Now, a federal judge in Florida has tossed Apple’s copyright c... Continue reading at Engadget

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Thursday Murder Club is 2020's final week number one

Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club (Viking) has notched up a second consecutive week in the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, with 72,913 copies sold. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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My plan for fending off the holiday blues? Escaping into light fiction from another era.

Finding solace and humor in gems from by P.G. Wodehouse, Daisy Ashford, Barry Pain and more. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Frankfurter Buchmesse Restructuring Concludes, 2021 Planning Begins

Corporate streamlining and the associated reduction in staffing has been completed, Frankfurt Book Fair reports, and plans are coming together for 2021. The post Frankfurter Buchmesse Restructuring Concludes, 2021 Planning Begins appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Quercus offers internship to Goldsmiths' MA Black British Lit students

Quercus is launching a one-month internship programme in collaboration with the MA Black British Literature at Goldsmiths, University of London, co-founded by Professor Joan Anim-Addo and Dr Deirdre Osborne.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Infectious Media sells to Kepler Group with global expansion plans

Digital media businesses want to scale globally in competition with 'new breed' of digital media businesses Brainlabs, Croud, Jellyfish and S4. Continue reading at Media Week

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Open Road Integrated Media’s Data and Tech Marketing System Can Double Sales

Publishing partners pay no out-of-pocket fees for the company’s “white-glove” service. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Staff at Jordan Peterson's publisher protest new book plans

Penguin Random House Canada’s plans to publish a new work by the ‘professor against political correctness’ has reportedly prompted numerous complaintsThe announcement of a new book from Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson, the self-styled “professor against political correctness”, has prompted... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Obama’s Memoir Is a Chance to Finally See Our Sanest President

Critical responses to Barack Obama’s memoir suggest less what’s in the book than what we’ve always wanted from him. Continue reading at Slate

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Now Is the Time to Finally Close the Digital Divide

The incoming president of the Association of Rural & Small Libraries argues that Covid-19 has shown us the urgent need for a national broadband strategy and a more equitable, sustainable digital library market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Succession star Brian Cox's memoir pre-empted by Quercus

Quercus has pre-empted a “seminal” debut memoir from award-winning actor and “Succession” star Brian Cox. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Harlan Ellison's The Last Dangerous Visions may finally be published, after five-decade wait

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Job cuts on the way as Frankfurt Book Fair considers future plans

The Frankfurt Book Fair has warned job cuts are on the way as director Juergen Boos outlined future “modernising” plans that will see virtual events play a larger part in future fairs. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Review: Celia Paul is finally her own muse in the dazzling memoir 'Self-Portrait'

The painter known to many as Lucian Freud's one-time muse writes of her own muse, her mother, and provers herself a masterful writer as well. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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The Things They Carried is finally being adapted for film (and the cast is insane).

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Wilson and Sharratt to end 30-year partnership with final book

Puffin has announced the final book in Jacqueline Wilson’s and Nick Sharratt’s 30-year-partnership, The Runaway Girls. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Sharjah International Book Fair Details Its 2020 Plans

The 39th Sharjah International Book Fair is to be a physical and digital event, with publishers from 73 countries in its exhibition hall. The post Sharjah International Book Fair Details Its 2020 Plans appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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