Hachette Completes Black Dog Buy

The Hachette Book Group has completed its acquisition of Black Dog & Leventhal, after signing an agreement in late November 2014 to buy the publisher. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Creamer Joining Hachette Books

Stacy Creamer has been named v-p and executive editor of the newly announced imprint at Hachette, built off of the Hyperion backlist, Hachette Books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Turner Publishing Buys Hunter House Assets

Turner Publishing has acquired the assets of Hunter House Publishers. The deal involves over 225 titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder buys Quercus

Hodder & Stoughton is to purchase Quercus. The announcement was made to the markets today... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What Marketers Should Know About Buying Publishers' Custom Audiences

When print was thriving, advertisers would simply use brands as a proxy for the audience they wanted to reach. Want moms? Buy People magazine. Now marketers know more about their targets, have better tools to find them and more ways to reach them. And traditional publishers stood by as... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder buys Hawdon debut

Hodder has acquired world rights in an “astonishing” debut novel by a journalist and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Black British writers: we're more than just Zadie Smith and Monica Ali | Irenosen Okojie

Our publishing industry seems to champion just one or two black and Asian authors at a time. Lack of diversity is a real problemMonths back I was trudging through the streets of Dalston when I spotted a copy of Simi Bedford's Yoruba Girl Dancing in a charity shop window. It evoked the same... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sceptre buys musical debut

Sceptre editorial director Drummond Moir has acquired a literary debut by 34-year-old poet and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH to Buy Major Spanish-Language Publisher

The move to acquire Santillana Ediciones Generales, according to PRH, will "significantly" increase its presence in Spain and Latin America. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Project Black Sky: Superheroes, The Dark Horse Way

In a comics marketplace crowded with works by The Big Two, is there room for another superhero universe, let alone another superhero publisher? Dark Horse publisher Mike Richardson thinks so. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New data says less than 3 percent of children's books surveyed in 2013 were about black people

The Cooperative Children's Book Center of the University of Wisconsin – Madison found that of the new children's books they received at their center, less than 3 percent focused on black people and even fewer were by black authors (about 2 percent, according to the CCBC.) Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pastor's church responds after he allegedly buys his way onto NYT bestseller list

'Outside counsel advised our marketing team to use Result Source,' Mars Hill Church said of Pastor Mark Driscoll's decision to pay a marketing company to ensure his book was a bestseller. 'While not uncommon or illegal, this unwise strategy is not one we had used before or since, and not one we... Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury buys Krisp middle-grade series

Bloomsbury Children’s Books has acquired a new series for middle-grade readers from debut... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette UK's digital sales up 40% in 2014

Hachette UK’s earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) were down slightly in 2013, because... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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DiPreta Named Publisher of Hachette Books

The Hachette Book Group has appointed Crown Archetype editor-in-chief Mauro DiPreta v-p and publisher of Hachette Books, a new division. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mondadori Buys Social Reading Platform

Mondadori has acquired social reading service Anobii, which has more than a million users worldwide, with its strongest base in Italy. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Festival of Books Adds IndieBound Buy Buttons

Following a vociferous response by SCIBA members to the "L.A. Times" decision to exclude their stores from its Festival of Books website, IndieBound buy buttons will be added this week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How to Buy a Top Spot on the New York Times Bestseller List

Carolyn Kellogg reports in the Los Angeles Times about how ResultSource Inc. was able, through clever machinations, to generate a #1 New York Times bestseller. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S buys Elphinstone debuts

Simon and Schuster Children’s Books has acquired two novels for nine to 12-year-olds from... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Film buy for Tom Rob Smith's The Farm

The film rights to Tom Rob Smith’s newly published The Farm (Simon & Schuster) have... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tor buys Truthwitch fantasy series

Tor in the UK and US have acquired a “thrilling” YA/adult fantasy adventure series.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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