Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Thu, 11/08/2011 - 15:31 HarperCollins has had its best financial year since 2008, with ebook sales accounting for 10% of total revenue during the past four weeks, its c.e.o. has said. Victoria Barnsley was speaking as parent company NewsCorp reported its financial results overnight. The media conglomerate no longer strips out performance for HarperCollins and there was no mention of the publisher . read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2011-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Molhem Barakat, a freelance photographer reputed to be just 17 years old, has been killed while covering the conflict in Syria.He died on Friday (20 December) in Aleppo during a battle at Kindi hospital between rebel groups and forces loyal to the president, Bashar al-Assad.Dozens of Barakat's... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Granta is bringing forward to publication of Masha Gessen's Words Will Break Cement: The... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers choose their books of the year, and the ones that got awayRobin Robertson Deputy publishing director, Jonathan CapeThe book that made my year: Many years ago, I was sitting in Blake's bar in Enniskillen with John McGahern and he recommended an American novel from the 60s, written by... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Times Newspapers Limited pays out £14m to departing directors, including chief executive Tom MockridgeThe publisher of the Times and the Sunday Times has reported a pre-tax loss of £24m, as payouts to departing directors hit £14m, according to financial filings for the year to 30 June 2013.Times... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lindsay Lohan now has a literary agent, according to TMZ. And where a literary agent with celebrity clients goes, book deals tend to follow.Lindsay Lohan now has a literary agent, according to TMZ. And where a literary agent with celebrity clients goes, book deals tend to follow. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Did Time magazine pick Pope Francis as its Person of the Year because he'll sell more magazines than Edward Snowden? That's what some media outlets and Twitter users suggested Wednesday after the new pontiff beat out Mr. Snowden for the recognition.Business Insider, for instance, wrote:"Snowden,... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Did Time magazine pick Pope Francis as its Person of the Year because he'll sell more magazines than Edward Snowden? That's what some media outlets and Twitter users suggested Wednesday after the new pontiff beat out Mr. Snowden for the recognition.Business Insider, for instance, wrote:"Snowden,... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomberg News has an unusual practice of paying some of its reporters explicitly for publishing "market-moving" stories. This is one of many metrics that is factored into reporters' annual bonuses. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Worldwide c.e.o. Brian Murray has described Amazon as a "frenemy", and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On December 11, the German Book Office New York will celebrate 15 years promoting German literature in North America and connecting the German and American publishing industries. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has acquired Sour, the true story of Tracey Miller, a former Brixton gang girl,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair, which topped book charts across Europe, set for English publication in 2014A literary thriller that has sold almost a million copies in France and has knocked Dan Brown's Inferno off the top of bestseller lists across Europe this summer, will be... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has bought two psychological thrillers by debut author Ben McPherson. Julia Wisdom... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cost of rail travel for more than 100 managers has also risen since relocation to MediaCity in Salford QuaysThe suspicion that British Airways and Virgin Trains would be among the beneficiaries of the BBC's move to Salford appears to be born out by figures on travel costs published this week.In... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Editor in chief Jim Impoco announced the magazine will begin producing a weekly 'premium' print edition as early as JanuaryAmanda Holpuch Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonah Peretti, BuzzFeed Photo: Jeremy Goldberg A few years back, Peretti produced something that went viral. He challenged himself to do it again. And he did. Then, nobody thought you could engineer viral, but Peretti saw the power of social publishing clearer than anybody else. “I’ve... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-books by Sainsbury’s is asking customers to vote for their ‘E-book of the Year... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Forty-eight years after it was first published, Stoner (Vintage Classics) by the late US author... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On November 14, Judge Denny Chin dismissed the long-running Authors Guild suit against Google, ruling that the digitization of books for Google Book Search is fair use. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From new voices like NoViolet Bulawayo to rediscovered old voices like James Salter, from Dave Eggers's satire to David Thomson's history of film, writers, Observer critics and others pick their favourite reads of 2013. And they tell us what they hope to find under the tree …Curtis... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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