HarperCollins Christian Publishing has acquired an 85% stake in Thomas Nelson Brasil (TNB) from Rio-based Ediouro Group, its joint venture partner in creating TBN in 2006. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
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The UK's first academic study on diversity in trade publishing and fiction has called for the industry to “radically reimagine” its audience and value readers outside the white middle classes. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-22 22:54:17 UTC ]
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To make the company ' more representative of the world around us,' CEO John Sargent writes, Macmillan USA is establishing a new management committee. The post Diversity: Macmillan USA Makes Major Changes in Management Approach appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-06-22 20:55:22 UTC ]
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Subscribers to Politico’s newsletters will soon receive a weekly version rather than daily if they aren’t Politico Pro members. The publisher announced this Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2020-06-18 18:00:14 UTC ]
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Anthony McGowan and Shaun Tan this week won the CILIP Carnegie Medal and Kate Greenaway Medal respectively for their books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-18 14:49:12 UTC ]
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The thriller has been a best-seller mainstay with a movie adaptation in the works. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-06-16 15:46:12 UTC ]
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Alexandra Petri’s new essay collection makes our current sociopolitical dumpster fire not just very funny but stingingly poignant. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-06-15 08:18:15 UTC ]
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HarperCollins’ digital first division, One More Chapter, has landed seven new titles by Jules Wake, who also writes as Julie Caplin. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-09 05:34:28 UTC ]
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On June 8, a group of more than 1,100 workers across book and media industries, most of them junior staffers, will take a day off from work, donate a day's pay to one of a number of fundraisers, and use their time to engage in acts of service in an effort to protest the killings of George Floyd,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Serpent's Tail will publish Torrey Peters’ debut novel Detransition, Baby, described as a "uniquely trans take on love and parenting". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-05 09:01:28 UTC ]
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The proportion of authors reporting a drop in income since the coronavirus pandemic began has increased, with almost 60% now seeing a decline in their income following the outbreak according to the Society of Author's latest poll, up over a third from a month ago. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-04 06:12:06 UTC ]
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The Association of American Publishers marked its 50th anniversary with a 90-minute virtual annual meeting on June 1 that touched on the changes that have taken place in recent years as the organization has scaled back some of its operations and refocused its priorities. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Wren & Rook, an imprint of Hachette Children's Group will publish Sinead Burke's "empowering" non-fiction children's book Break the Mould: How To Take Your Place In The World. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-28 21:49:23 UTC ]
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Thomas Low, co-founder and CEO of multicultural children's publishing house Lee & Low Books, has died of cancer, his family confirmed; he was 78. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Doubleday has acquired debut novel The Flames about four women "muses" who inspired artist Egon Schiele, in a "major" six-figure pre-empt. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-18 02:34:02 UTC ]
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The Economist Group is laying off 90 employees, about 7% of its 1,300 total staffers, the company said Friday, citing the business impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The cuts primarily affected employees in events and client solutions roles, as well as TVC, the London-based content marketing... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-05-15 15:03:09 UTC ]
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With its cultlike fixation on control, it’s clear from the outset that something is deeply wrong with Catherine House. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-05-15 13:00:00 UTC ]
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The pair, celebrating their 40th anniversary this year, spent nine months interviewing happy couples about their relationship secrets. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-05-14 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Around the world, versions of the same question are being debated all at once: now what? In recent weeks, multiple countries and jurisdictions have taken steps to ease the lockdown measures they imposed to stop the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. France begins a... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review
[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-05-11 12:05:11 UTC ]
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When Sylvia Beach, the New Jersey native who published Ulysses and opened Paris’ Shakespeare and Co. (“the most famous bookstore in the world”), died in 1962, Princeton University purchased and catalogued her papers. This trove of materials reveals, among other things, the reading preferences of... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-05-08 19:46:30 UTC ]
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