HarperCollins pulps Middle East Atlas and apologises

HarperCollins is to pulp copies of an English-language atlas which omitted Israel. The Collins Middle East Atlas, created for the Middle East market, showed Jordan and Syria extending to the Mediterranean. It marked the position of the West Bank, but did not show Israel. In a statement on its Facebook page, HarperCollins apologised for excluding Israel from the atlas. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Profits Jump 83% at HarperCollins

EBITDA rose 83% at HarperCollins for the third quarter of fiscal 2014 which ended March 31. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With Harlequin Acquisition, HarperCollins Grows Again

Assuming HarperCollins’s agreement to acquire Harlequin for C$455 million (about $412 million) is approved by government regulators, the purchase will mark HC’s second major purchase in a little more than two years and further cements the company as the country’s second-largest trade publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins to Buy Harlequin

The consolidation in the trade market continues today, just not in the way anyone expected, with HarperCollins agreeing to pay C$455 million to acquire Harlequin. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Open Road, HarperCollins Back in Court

HarperCollins and Open Road were back in court last week, as the parties have not worked out a final resolution to their copyright dispute over Open Road’s ebook edition of Jean Craighead George’s "Julie of the Wolves." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Canada Publishes Rock Star’s E-book Serial

HarperCollins Canada experiments with publishing a multimedia digital original fiction series with text, illustrations and soundtrack created by Bedouin Soundclash frontman. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins signs three from Kearney

HarperFiction has acquired a novel about a marriage that falls apart from Fionnuala Kearney.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reading newspaper publisher apologises for Hillsborough tragedy insult

The publishers of a weekly newspaper have issued an unreserved apology for "appearing to link football hooliganism with the Hillsborough tragedy".The latest issue of the Reading Chronicle carries a front page story, headlined "The other face of football", which says:"Football hooliganism may be... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picture book debut to HarperCollins

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[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Judge Rules for HarperCollins in Open Road E-Book Dispute

A New York court has held that ebook publisher Open Road infringed HarperCollins’ copyright with its ebook edition of Jean Craighead George’s 1973 bestselling children’s book "Julie of the Wolves." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury buys Krisp middle-grade series

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Harriet Harman: 'The Daily Mail should be apologising, not me'

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[ The Guardian | 2014-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children's signs debut trilogy

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[ The Bookseller | 2014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin blames 'intolerant' Indian laws for pulping of book

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[ The Guardian | 2014-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Books India pulps academic book on Hinduism in legal settlement

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[ The Guardian | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Fast Company | 2014-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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