High streets will be revitalised once local councils are allowed to keep the £26bn raised from business rates, the Chancellor George Osborne has said. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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International book taxation report indicates that Europe taxes its books at a much higher standard VAT rate than Asia does. The post IPA-FEP Global Report Promotes ‘Zero-Rating VAT’ on All Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philippe Sands' East West Street (W&N), a personal account of the history of genocide and crimes against humanity, has won the £30,000 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The BA's Giles Clifton says that the government's reforms to business rates have been welcomed, but they still present "a real threat" to booksellers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones has a “major hurdle” to jump in April, when the introduction of the UK government’s “unjust” business rates re-evaluation will leave the company with a £2m-a-year shortfall, which could jeopardise the retailer’s recent return to profitability. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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All hope is not lost in the war on ad blocking. Publishers in Europe report making cautious headway, with a variety of measures taken by publishers, combined with still-low mobile ad blocking rates, slowing the overall growth in ad blocking users. The open question is whether ad blocking will... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shares of AT&T Inc. and Time Warner Inc. were down Monday as investors didn’t appear thrilled by the proposed mega-merger announced over the weekend. In response to the $84.5-billion deal, Moody’s Investor Service said Monday it had placed AT&T’s credit rating on review for a possible... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Science fiction and fantasy novelist China Miéville is to make a rare foray into non-fiction to pen a “labour of love” history of the Russian revolution for indie press Verso. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US Prime members can now get unlimited access to a rotating selection of reading materials. The post Amazon Adds Free Books to the Ever-Growing List of Prime Benefits appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2016-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The presidential election campaign and Alex Baldwin’s impersonation of Donald Trump gave the season premiere of NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” a big ratings lift. Saturday’s 42nd season kickoff averaged a 5.8 rating in the overnight markets measured by Nielsen. The figure is 29% higher than the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebury is publishing two more books from Rowan Coleman, author of 2015 Richard and Judy selection The Memory Book (Ebury Press). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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From the opening keynote with Zadie Smith to the closing lunch with Douglas Preston, the energy at the 43rd annual NEIBA fall conference never failed. In part booksellers were buoyed by a strong year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital Trends, which was reportedly in talks to sell to Condé Nast for $120 million, has mostly flown under the radar. But the 10-year-old tech review site has become profitable by honing its Google skills while other publishers chase Facebook and video numbers. “We’ve identified the cycles a... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Four months after News Corp launched Heat Street, the right-leaning upstart is reaching 5 million uniques and has become something of a model for its other publications such as The Wall Street Journal and Marketwatch and future digital launches. “That’s a first for a startup to have that kind of... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (Little, Brown) has racked up five weeks as the Official UK Top 50 number one—but the gap is closing. According to Nielsen BookScan’s Total Consumer Market, the playscript sold 36,485 copies for £455,824, just 7,503 units above runner-up The Girl on the Train... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones Gower Street in London is set to be "rejuvenated" with a fresh programme of events after the company has hired former Simon & Schuster publicity manager Elizabeth Preston to its team. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After several years of angst over falling sales and shrinking fiction output, all sides seem to be looking forward at the 2016 American Christian Fiction Writer’s conference. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Six of the recent books about the Republican presidential nominee, Donald J. Trump. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2016-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jason Kint, head of publisher group Digital Content Next, believes the ad blocking crisis is a terrible opportunity to waste. This is a chance for publishers, leaning on their direct relationship with their audience, to take back power from the array of tech intermediaries and platforms that... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-08-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The national town centre vacancy rate fell to 10.1% in July, which should serve as a “wake-up call” about its impact on local communities, the British Retail Consortium has warned. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookBenches are back, this time in Birmingham for The Big Read to encourage literacy development in the West Midlands. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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