HarperCollins launches £20,000 Literacy Project grants for indies

HarperCollins has pledged £20,000 in grants for independent bookshops as part of its ongoing commitment to The Literacy Project.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with: #independent bookshops

Other news stories related to: "HarperCollins launches £20,000 Literacy Project grants for indies"


Audible launches £4m audio plays grant

Audiobook platform Audible is launching a $5m (£3.89m) transatlantic theatre grant in order to "further its commitment to supporting emerging talent" in the creative arts. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #creative arts


Coveney joins HarperCollins as digital innovation and projects director

Nick Coveney is set to join HarperCollins in the role of digital innovation and projects director. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #join harpercollins #nick coveney #digital innovation


HarperCollins chooses its Indie winners

Bookshops in Aberdeenshire, Norfolk and Yorkshire are among the winners of HarperCollins' Indie Development Fund, which offers independent bookshops funding for projects that grow community access to books and reading. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Industry Notes: New £20,000 ‘Kindle Storyteller’ Award; BookCon Announces Panels

The new Amazon UK Kindle Storyteller Award is open to writers everywhere, as BookCon in New York announces Margaret Atwood, Dan Brown for June 3 and 4. The post Industry Notes: New £20,000 ‘Kindle Storyteller’ Award; BookCon Announces Panels appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #dan brown


WI12: Indie Publishers Launch Advocacy Organization

Dan Simon of Seven Stories Press and Tom Hallock of Beacon Press are leading the effort to form an advocacy organization to support and promote independent presses in a rapidly changing industry, Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #advocacy organization #beacon press #stories press


Scottish indie looks to kick up an Ink with launch collection

New Scottish independent publisher 404 Ink is to launch its début book, Nasty Women, on International Women’s Day (8th March 2017). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #international women #nasty women #scottish indie


Scandi-literary indie preps launch title

A new independent press that will publish high-quality paperback translations of Scandinavian novels for the UK market will launch its first title next month. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #uk market #independent press


Reading Agency launches £2.1m elderly reading project

The Reading Agency is launching a project to provide reading activities for older people thanks to a £2.1m grant from the Big Lottery Fund. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #older people #reading agency


Northern Fiction Alliance launches for indies

Four independent publishers have come together to form the Northern Fiction Alliance, a cohort assembled to showcase the output of northern indie presses to the international market in an attempt to “level the playing field” and promote regional diversity in publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #playing field #international market #independent publishers


Unbound launches £5,000 short story prize

Crowdfunding publisher Unbound has launched a "major" new £5,000 short story prize in celebration of its fifth birthday. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


HarperCollins launches BAME training scheme

HarperCollins UK is to open applications for 12-month training contracts targeted at black, Asian and minority ethnic graduates from tomorrow. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #harpercollins uk


EA launches an indie publishing program with 'Fe'

The EA Originals program expands the company's publishing business with a focus on small, innovative teams, and it's kicking off with a nature-focused game called Fe. It's a stylish, polygonal 3D romp through an enchanted forest that appears to hide... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2016-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #enchanted forest #publishing business


Indies laud effect of Patterson grants

Independent bookshops have been able to make “huge” improvements thanks to writer James Patterson’s “generous” and “forward-thinking” initiative which has awarded more than £500,000 in grants to some 272 indie retailers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #independent bookshops


New Zealand indie to launch European push from Bristol HQ

Book Island, winner of the Best Publisher in Oceania Award at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair last month, is moving its headquarters from New Zealand to Bristol as it looks to grow its UK presence. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #book fair #bologna children


Hoffman launches indie list

Author Mary Hoffman and her husband Stephen Barber are launching an independent publishing house, The Greystones Press, as an “alternative to commercially driven major publishers”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Ad Break: Samsung Galaxy, IBM, Heineken, Batchelors Cup a Soup, The Body Shop, YMCA, Ariel, Project Literacy - video

There are a lot of famous faces in this week’s compilation of new adverts including an appearance for IBM by Carrie Fisher; William H Macy in a Samsung commercial; Benicio Del Toro for Heineken; Joey Essex for Batchelors Cup a Soup; and Prince Charles and the Queen for The Body Shop! And once... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #idle hands #prince charles #joey essex #carrie fisher


Author launches literary prize for 'risk-taking' indie publishers

Award-winning novelist Neil Griffiths is launching a new literary prize to celebrate “small presses producing brilliant and brave literary fiction” in the UK and Ireland - in part because he believes the publishing business model is "terrible". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #literary prize #indie publishers


HarperCollins launches '4th Shorts' series

HarperCollins imprint 4th Estate has launched a new short story series, 4th Shorts, which is intended to “introduce curious readers to 4th Estate’s rich back catalogue on an easily digestible scale.” Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #4th estate #harpercollins launches


Fan project launched for Michael Bond’s 90th

Michael Bond’s literary estate is asking fans to send videos and photos of themselves wishing him a happy birthday to celebrate his 90th next month. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #happy birthday #literary estate #michael bond


Google launches €150m fund for publishers' digital news projects

Internet giant says funding will have ‘no strings attached’, with larger grants needing approval from a council including the Telegraph’s Murdoch MacLennanGoogle has launched its €150m (£109m) fund for European publishers to tap to develop new digital news projects, with large-scale grants... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #innovation fund #google announced #strings attached #internet giant #european publishers