Granta Publications has appointed Foyles' head of marketing Simon Heafield to a new role following a restructure of its sales and marketing team, triggered by the departure of sales, marketing and digital director Iain Chapple. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harlequin UK (HUK) is to become a division of HarperCollins UK, with staff moving into the publisher’s new premises at London Bridge. HarperCollins’ parent company News Corp bought Harlequin Enterprises in May last year, with Harlequin becoming a division of HarperCollins worldwide. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Publishing Group in the US is to shut two of its non-fiction imprints, and bring two further imprints under one leadership structure, as part of a reorganisation which includes two staff departures. Madeline McIntosh, president of the Penguin Publishing Group, told staff about the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan US has become the third large publisher to enroll ebooks in the Oyster and Scribd subscription services. The publisher revealed it is adding 1,000 backlist titles to both platforms today (13th January), ranging from Janet Evanovich's Full House to The Language of Passion by Nobel... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Murray Press imprint Two Roads has hired Kate Hewson as senior non-fiction editor. Two Roads’ editorial assistant Fede Andornino has also been promoted to assistant editor. Hewson, who will report to Two Roads’ publisher Lisa Highton, joins Two Roads on 2nd February from Icon, where she... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Parragon Books has posted an operating profit of £19.4m in 2014 compared to a loss of £6m the year before, thanks to a company restructure earlier in the year. For the year ending the 31st March 2014, turnover fell 14% to £48m from £56m but “the overall improvement in profitability was due to a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Novelists Ian McEwan, Julian Barnes and Deborah Moggach and the former Poet Laureate Andrew Motion are among the signatories to a letter calling on the next government to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill people. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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German literary powerhouse Suhrkamp and its publisher Ulla Unseld-Berkéwic who also owns 61% of the company, have been handed an early Christmas gift by the three judges of the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe. By dismissing an injunction by minority owner Hans Barlach they have allowed... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mark Smith, the founder and former c.e.o. of Quercus, is to join Bonnier Publishing as c.e.o. of its fiction department. Smith left Quercus after the formerly independent publisher was bought by Hachette UK’s Hodder & Stoughton earlier this year. He will now become c.e.o. of Bonnier... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mark Smith, founder and former CEO of Quercus, has been named CEO of Bonnier Publishing Fiction in London, covering both adult and children’s lists. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Olivia Morris will be assistant editor of Pan Macmillan’s new lifestyle imprint headed up by Carole Tonkinson. Morris comes to Pan Macmillan from Simon & Schuster, where she held the role of Editorial Assistant. She previously worked as assistant to literary agent at Diane Banks... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Granta has won a five-way auction for a book from Telegraph wine writer Victoria Moore. Wine Dine Dictionary is a guide to pairing wine with food, arranged A to Z by food at one end, and A to Z by wine the other. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Laura Venning joining The Reading Agency in the newly created role of impact research manager. Venning will lead on developing a framework to help the charity assess the impact of reading for pleasure and reading for information, in a post funded by the Peter Sowerby Foundation. Venning comes... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Following its announcement in October that it would “cease current operations” and lay off all 60 employees, Nazarene Publishing House says it is not closing down but restructuring, and will continue the Beacon Hill imprint. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dan Reynolds, who was named CEO of Workman Publishing Company in July, announced a restructuring at the company. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Yesterday, the publisher announced that Lynn Henry, who has been with Doubleday Canada since 2010, will take on the newly created role of publishing director of Knopf Canada, now reporting to PRH Canada publisher Anne Collins. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stanfords travel shop has appointed Brian Finch to its board as finance director, amid a series of new appointments at the historic travel bookshop. Other appointments include Waterstones blog editor Dan Lewis, who will join Stanfords as marketing, events and PR manager. Finch, who has been... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Foundry Literary + Media has hired Peter Steinberg as an agent, and Richie Kern as the agency's new director of filmed entertainment. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Granta Finland launched a new issue at the 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair: Best of Young Finnish Novelists, published by Otava. We talk with editor Aleksi Pöyry about it. The post Meet The Editor: Aleksi Pöyry of Granta Finland appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House UK has announced a proposed restructure of its international sales with Dean Chance heading up the export team and Rob Waddington in charge of the group team. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Detective Hercule Point and butler Jeeves joined guests at a sleepover event in Waterstones’ flagship store on Saturday (26th October). Altogether 19 guests spent 12 hours overnight in the bookshop at an event organised after the company hit the headlines when an American tourist got locked in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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