HC buys Robert Plant biography

HarperCollins has signed world rights for a major new biography of rock star Robert Plant.... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Hardie Grant buys Quadrille

Australian publisher Hardie Grant has bought independent Quadrille for an undisclosed sum.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nielsen buys Bowker businesses

Nielsen has signed an agreement to purchase two of Bowker's key businesses. The move gives it... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nielsen To Buy Two R. R. Bowker Book Tracking Services

In a move that enhances its global print and ebook tracking and sales analysis capabilities, Nielsen is acquiring book data vendor R. R. Bowker’s Business Intelligence and Commerce Solutions product units. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Serpent's Tail buys Australia's Dressmaker

Serpent's Tail has bought Australian novel The Dressmaker, soon to be filmed with Kate... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Elsevier buys Woodhead

Publisher Elsevier has acquired Woodhead Publishing Limited which specialises in science and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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AOL agrees to buy Adap.tv for $405M

AOL Inc. agreed to buy Adap.tv for about $405 million, gaining online video advertising technology used by the world's largest brands and agencies.The price includes about $322 million in cash and $83 million in AOL common stock, subject to certain adjustments. Adap.tv will operate independently... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2013-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gollancz buys Al Robertson

Gollancz has signed a sci-fi debut from British author Al Robertson in a pre-empt ahead of an... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jeff Bezos buys Washington Post

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has bought American newspaper the Washington Post for $250m (£... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Customers are more likely to buy books if they smell chocolate, says study

A group of Belgian researchers that concluded shoppers are more likely to buy items at a bookstore (especially cookbooks and romance novels) if the scent of chocolate is in the air. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Century buys book on digital dating

Century's Julia Twaites has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, to He... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A&B buys Flanders novel

Allison & Busby has secured a first novel about the publishing world from Judith Flanders,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Edward Brothers Malloy Consolidates Ann Arbor Offset Plants

Citing the need to reduce excess offset manufacturing capacity and to free up resources to invest in digital manufacturing, Edwards Brothers Malloy is consolidating its two Ann Arbor, Mich. manufacturing plants into one facility. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital Virgo buys VirginMega

Mobile and interactive media group Digital Virgo has bought VirginMedia, the online sales... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Watkins signs Uri Geller biography

Watkins Publishing has signed an authorised biography of Uri Geller, exploring his claims to have... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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T&H buys story of The Face

Jamie Camplin at Thames & Hudson has acquired world rights in Legacy: The Story of The Face... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC US partners with Autography

HarperCollins in the US has announced a collaboration with Autography, a service which allows... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blackwell’s buys Keele campus bookshop

Blackwell’s has acquired the Keele University campus bookshop from Waterstones, as it... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Who is Robert Galbraith? The Mystery is Solved!

After it was revealed that JK Rowling wrote the crime novel, The Cuckoo's Calling, under pseudonym Robert Galbraith, book sales on Amazon have spiked by 507,000 percent. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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