Harlequin Purchase Drives HC Results

Third quarter sales and earnings at HarperCollins rose 14% and 6%, respectively. Excluding the Harlequin purchase, however, results were down. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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LAJ Associates to scout for HC Germany

Literary scout Louise Allen-Jones has announced a new relationship between her agency and HarperCollins Germany, set to begin on 1st August.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-30 06:11:25 UTC ]
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How “Memorial Drive” Tries to Make Sense of a Mother’s Murder

Katy Waldman writes about “Memorial Drive,” a new memoir by the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natasha Trethewey, who pieces together memories of her mother, who was murdered by Trethewey’s stepfather. Continue reading at New Yorker

[ New Yorker | 2020-07-29 10:00:00 UTC ]
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Nielsen Book to restate sales numbers for Dawson title after bulk purchase

Nielsen Book has said it is restating Mark Dawson's sales figures, after the author admitted to making a bulk purchase of his own book The Cleaner to secure his status as a "top 10 bestseller". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-22 11:24:27 UTC ]
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HC buys former NHS doctor's 'hopeful' illustrations, poetry and fables

HarperNonFiction has signed a book of illustrations by artist and former NHS doctor Amber Fossey, whose Instagram posts are followed by 18,000 fans. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-17 05:14:13 UTC ]
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HC to publish Piers Morgan's 'clarion call' on free speech

HarperCollins has acquired world all language rights to Wake Up: Why the ‘Liberal’ War on Free Speech is Even More Dangerous than Covid-19 by broadcaster and journalist Piers Morgan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-15 12:44:18 UTC ]
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Appledore turns itself into UK's first drive-in book festival

Appledore Book Festival is to go ahead with its annual fixture this autumn, reinventing itself as the UK's first drive-in literary festival.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-14 00:18:18 UTC ]
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Watch the first trailer for 'Test Drive Unlimited Solar Crown'

It's been almost a decade since Test Drive Unlimited 2 came out on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, but, after a long wait, fans got a first look at the sequel to the massively online racing pioneer. French publisher Nacon shared a teaser for Test Drive U... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2020-07-07 22:32:58 UTC ]
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KKR Completes OverDrive Purchase

The investment firm KKR has completed its purchase of OverDrive. The deal had first been announced on Christmas Eve. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Harlequin Introduces Larger Mass Market Paperback

Harlequin is introducing a new size for its mass market paperbacks, the Mass Market Paperback Max. All Max titles will have a larger trim size than standard mass market and premium mass market formats, and will be priced at $9.99. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Artist Relief Reports First Round of Emergency Grants, Survey Results

More than 55,000 applicants applied to Artist Relief to receive the first round of 200, $5,000 emergency relief grants for artists in need due to the pandemic. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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How Future Adapted Commerce Content to Drive 1M Transactions in March

Magazine publisher Future Publishing has adapted its content over the last six weeks to be more helpful for readers. The Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2020-04-20 16:19:08 UTC ]
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Financial Results Varied for Publishers In 2019

Even disregarding the negative impact the new coronavirus will have on the U.S. economy this year, America’s largest publicly traded publishers had a challenging 2019. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Author James Patterson Funding Drive To Save Indie Booksellers

On Thursday, the best-selling author pledged $500,000 to a new campaign: #SaveIndieBookstores. Continue reading at HuffPost

[ HuffPost | 2020-04-02 20:17:14 UTC ]
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HC to Buy Egmont Book Groups in the U.K. Poland, and Germany

Under an agreement set to close April 30, HarperCollins will buy Egmont Books UK, Egmont’s book business in Poland, and the German unit Schneiderbuch. All three focus on the children's market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Conservatives have controlled the Supreme Court for 50 years. These are the results.

Adam Cohen argues that the court’s decisive right turn led to more inequality in America. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-03-27 12:10:33 UTC ]
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How new performance trends in JavaScript are driving an ever-faster web [Q&A]

'Write once, run anywhere' was the promise that Sun Microsystems made for Java in the mid '90s. But front-end development trends suggest that it's really JavaScript -- and its fast-evolving libraries and frameworks -- that are executing on that promise today. To learn more about the JavaScript... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2020-03-19 11:48:08 UTC ]
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Virus Will Lower Scholastic's Q4 Results

The widespread school closings caused by the new coronavirus will mean disruptions to Scholastic's book fair, book club, and educational businesses in the quarter ended May 31, company chairman Dick Robinson reported. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookshop.org to share 30 percent of each purchase with bookstores impacted by coronavirus shutdowns.

Bookshop.org, an alternative to Amazon that shares proceeds from book sales with independent bookstores, will give more money to those stores in response to the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on small businesses. Bookshop announced today that it would increase bookstore partners’ affiliate... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-03-18 15:09:12 UTC ]
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Coronavirus Coverage Is Driving Massive Traffic to Publishers, Vendors Say

As an ever-increasing portion of the global population finds themselves confined to their homes this week, coronavirus-related coverage is driving major surges in web traffic to publishers, and not just those that specialize in hard news, multiple vendors are reporting this week. The analytics... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2020-03-17 18:19:10 UTC ]
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HC wins Younger's take on 'crazy' influencer culture

HarperCollins has won rights to publish an "extremely funny" book by comedian, writer and brand consultant Bella Younger, a.k.a. Deliciously Stella, about the highs and lows of being an accidental influencer. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-20 06:04:52 UTC ]
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