HarperCollins Addresses Stalled Union Negotiations, Union Responds

In an open letter to agents and authors, CEO Brian Murray wrote that he feels "we owe you a response" and wanted to "share some additional background" about the state of the company's negotiations with its unionized employees. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-12-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Government must pressure Amazon over working conditions, unions say

Unions are calling on the UK government to exert pressure on Amazon over its working conditions after a report by the TUC claimed the retail giant had been awarded government and local authority contracts worth £630m since 2015. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-12 09:51:08 UTC ]
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Lake Union signs two each from Buchanan and Beckerman

Lake Union editor Sammia Hamer has signed two books each from Tracy Buchanan and Hannah Beckerman.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-09 11:46:42 UTC ]
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HarperCollins snaps up Beresiner's Mother Project

HarperCollins has snapped up The Mother Project by journalist and Sunday Times Style columnist Sophie Beresiner. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-08 00:56:24 UTC ]
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Because there is no morality in capitalism, Fox News is getting its own imprint at HarperCollins.

To mark the 24th anniversary of the Fox News Channel’s debut, HarperCollins and Fox News Media have announced the creation of a new imprint that will publish a stream of books I’m sure you’ll read by Fox News personalities. If the pairing seems unexpected, it’s anything but. Rupert Murdoch, who... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-10-07 16:16:12 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children's wins Gold's Last Bear at auction

HarperCollins Children's Books has triumphed in a multi-publisher auction for 'beautiful' middle grade novel The Last Bear by debut children’s author Hannah Gold. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-23 18:38:42 UTC ]
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Suburban Toronto Indigo Store Unionizes

Workers at the Indigo Books & Music location in Mississauga, Ontario, in suburban Toronto, have voted to join UFCW Local 1006A, prompted in part by orders to clean customer bathrooms. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Because it’s 2020, HarperCollins is suing Lindsay Lohan.

That’s right. HarperCollins is suing Lindsay Lohan for breach of contract after she failed to deliver a manuscript for the memoir they acquired from her back in 2014. The publishing company is asking for their $365,000 back—ostensibly the first third of the reported $1 million purchase price.... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-09-11 15:12:50 UTC ]
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How Bookstore Unions Are Stepping Up

No single event has wiped out more bookselling jobs in the modern era than the Covid-19 pandemic. Few booksellers have any job protections—that is, unless they have a union. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Bertelsmann, HarperCollins Show Interest in S&S

In an interview with the 'Financial Times,' Thomas Rabe, chief executive at Penguin Random House's parent company, Bertelsmann, said he was interested in buying Simon & Schuster. Meanwhile, sources confirmed that, at a recent town hall meeting, HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray said HC was also... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins’ Ecco and Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney Create a Publishing Diversity Fellowship

Led by author Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, the publishing imprint sets up a five-year program with the Columbia Publishing Course. The post HarperCollins’ Ecco and Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney Create a Publishing Diversity Fellowship appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-08-19 13:46:28 UTC ]
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HarperCollins buys Byrne's Greatest Secret

HarperCollins imprint Thorsons has scooped a new book from Rhonda Byrne, author of global phenomenon The Secret. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-16 21:08:19 UTC ]
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David Baddiel's Future Friend revealed by HarperCollins

HarperCollins Children’s Books has revealed details of Future Friend, the “out of this world” new book from David Baddiel, with illustrations by Steven Lenton. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-13 16:15:53 UTC ]
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HarperCollins' annual global revenue falls 4.4%

HarperCollins global revenues fell 4.4% in the financial year ending 30th June, including a 3% decline in the fourth quarter, according to figures from parent firm News Corp. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-07 14:12:09 UTC ]
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Lake Union splashes out on Spalding in three-book deal

Amazon imprint Lake Union has signed a three-book deal with comedy author Nick Spalding. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-07 07:05:59 UTC ]
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Tina Turner writes 'guide to life' for HarperCollins

Singer Tina Turner has written a guide to life using Buddhist principles, to be published by HarperCollins. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-06 23:03:55 UTC ]
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HarperCollins signs history of Britain told through ONS figures

HarperCollins has signed a history of Britain by Boris Starling with David Bradbury, told through figures from the Office for National Statistics. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-05 22:11:57 UTC ]
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Canadian Libraries Respond to 'Globe and Mail' Essay Attacking Public Libraries

Canadian librarians push back against a recently published editorial arguing that public libraries are "a net harm" to literature. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-31 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Lake Union buys two novels from Katherine Slee

Lake Union, an imprint of Amazon Publishing, has struck a two-book deal with Katherine Slee.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-29 21:35:25 UTC ]
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Staff Union, Lifehacker EIC Rebuke G/O Media Over Firing of Travel Writer

The editor-in-chief of Lifehacker and a union representing staffers at the site each blasted parent company G/O Media on Friday for firing the site's travel writer, Imani Bashir, without severance pay after finding that it was unable to continue employing her as a non-U.S. resident. In a... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2020-07-20 16:06:59 UTC ]
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