Written By: Lisa Campbell and Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 17/03/2011 - 16:06 Gardners is set to launch its Hive.co.uk website within weeks and has 400 retailers signed up, although some indies have expressed mixed views about the initiative. Speaking at the Independent Publishers' Guild Conference, buying director Simon Morley said that the direct selling website, which will enable indies to be affiliated with the scheme, will launch "in the next couple of months" and that "London Book Fair will be quite a focus for us". read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Quercus is getting ready to launch the debut of astronaut Chris Hadfield, The Apollo Murders, branded "an exceptional Cold War thriller from the dark heart of the Space Race", this October. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The Spare Zoom Project, the online adaptation of The Spare Room Project supporting book trade interns and job applicants from outside London, has made 320 introductions between jobseekers and publishing trade professionals since it launched in mid-November. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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A list of nonfiction Black history books you can read this month to learn more about the history of racism and being Black in the U.S., including Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2021-02-09 11:31:00 UTC ]
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Bookshop.org is to introduce more regular shared pool payments for booksellers, in addition to paid advertising which will see bookshops sharing 50% of revenues. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The National Centre for Writing is to launch a three-year partnership with the Tadashi Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities at UCLA, aiming to bring more Japanese writers to an English-language readership. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Snapchat is marking Black History Month with a host of in-application features and tools honoring the theme of Black excellence. Snapchatters will have access to Bitmoji, creative tools and lenses highlighting the creativity of Black artists and lens creators on the platform. Black History Month... Continue reading at AdWeek
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Everytown for Gun Safety is launching, through its grassroots division Moms Demand Action, a book club for its six million supporters intended to inform them about movements intersecting with their own advocacy. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The Pontas Literary & Film Agency and author J J Bola are partnering to create a mentoring prize for unagented, unpublished, under-represented writers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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A Brighton-based literary agency launches this week, headed by former Curtis Brown editor Rufus Purdy. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Kuo-Yu Liang, a veteran comics and pop culture professional, has launched Ku Worldwide, a consultancy offering guidance and industry analysis designed to support firms serving the international pop culture market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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The Booksellers Association (BA) is releasing a new Summer Books catalogue, giving indies a bespoke marketing and sales resource. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Today, as we have done in years past, LARB honors Black History Month by highlighting a series of reviews, essays, interviews, and exchanges of letters we published in January. Below you will find a poignant essay on the Compton Christmas Parade; a penetrating interview with Kiley Reid, author... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
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The Booksellers Association has named Open Water by Caleb Azumah Nelson (Viking) and Vi Spy: Licence to Chill by Maz Evans (Chicken House) as its books of the month for February. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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A bookseller in Wetherby, West Yorkshire, has launched a crowdfund to donate books to children who receive free school meals. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Hachette UK is launching the Feminist Book Box, a subscription service intended to highlight the best in feminist writing and storytelling across its 10 divisions, including Hodder & Stoughton, Little, Brown and Orion. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Beginning May 1, Independent Publishers Group will bring field sales in-house and discontinue using commission sales reps, as it has in the past. The new team will cover the East and West Coasts, as well as the Midwest. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Egmont Books has created Paper Beach, a community art project backed by events with authors to help children learning at home and connect them with one another. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Online classroom platform Oak National Academy is launching a new virtual library in partnership with the National Literacy Trust. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Endpaper Entertainment is a new content development company focused on producing original stories in a variety of media, formats and genres and is being led by Rich Johnson and Syndee Barwick. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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BookLife Elite will offer public libraries access to a curated collection of unlimited, simultaneous-use indie e-books, meaning library readers can access the books instantly—no holds lists. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
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