November saw a number of U.K. newspapers recording traffic increases, particularly the Independent, which now reaches 3 million browsers daily. November was a busy news month, but the newspaper is crediting its success to its site redesign, which reduced page-load times. The Independent also began publishing to Facebook Instant Articles, posting north of 10 articles to the fast-loading article feature a day. The post How The Independent grew its traffic by 24 percent appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at 'Digiday'
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Short Books will publish A Manifesto for Belonging: How to Find your Place in a Fractured World by child and adolescent psychiatrist Dr Holan Liang. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-03 07:57:40 UTC ]
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‘Hair Love,’ based on the Oscar-winning animated short, enjoyed a spike in sales after the awards show. Plus Jenny Offill’s ‘Weather’ debuts in hardcover fiction, and Harlan Coben’s ‘The Stranger’ becomes a Netflix series. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-22 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Among this week’s notable deals is the seven-figure sale of a debut novel titled The Other Black Girl. The send-up of the publishing industry, by a former Knopf assistant editor, was pitched as Get Out meets Younger. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The British Book Awards, or Nibbies, have revealed the regional shortlists for the 2020 Independent Bookshop of the Year with a record 49 bookshops from nine regions across the UK and Ireland vying to be named the country’s best indie retailer for books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-18 22:49:23 UTC ]
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Miller draws on his experience as a foreign correspondent to re-create the turmoil in Kiev in 2004. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-02-18 18:21:24 UTC ]
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Miller draws on his experience as a foreign correspondent to re-create the turmoil in Kiev in 2004. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2020-02-18 06:21:24 UTC ]
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Canadian independent publisher (and bookstore!) Biblioasis has printed up a limited run of indie bookseller trading cards, featuring heroic comic book portraits of prominent booksellers. Why? Well, for starters, this week is the annual independent booksellers conference in Baltimore, the ABA’s... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-01-21 13:40:31 UTC ]
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French independent bookshops increased their sales by 7.1% last year, despite a 1.3% drop in December because of continuing yellow vest social protests and the start of transport and other strikes against national pension reform on 5th December, according to the Booksellers Observatory. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-01-12 12:12:56 UTC ]
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The children’s book magazine Carousel: The Guide to Children’s Books has ceased publication after 24 years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-01-06 03:51:33 UTC ]
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Galley Beggar Press was facing ruin after the collapse of The Book People, but the public has supplied Christmas magic of a kind I don’t usually buy intoIf a novelist had submitted a story to my publishing company about someone losing £40,000 one day and then regaining it the next, thanks to the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-12-19 17:31:08 UTC ]
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Late last year, Facebook’s head of news partnerships, Campbell Brown, told any news publisher who would listen that publishers should Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-12-10 17:16:21 UTC ]
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Late last year, Facebook’s head of news partnerships, Campbell Brown, told any news publisher who would listen that publishers should not rely on Facebook to play a major role in their business plans or strategies. Yet for most of this year, Facebook has acted as one of the most predictable... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2019-12-10 05:01:35 UTC ]
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Every day of the year, Electric Literature is grateful for the people who read and share what we publish. But on this Giving Tuesday, we’re coming to you with a special request: Electric Lit is aiming for 1,000 members by 2020, and we want you to be one of them. Your membership gets you... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2019-12-03 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Who doesn’t love an independent bookshop? Think of the Shop Around the Corner in You’ve Got Mail! Think of the Travel Book Co. in Notting Hill! Embryo Concepts in Funny Face! Black Books from the British sitcom of the same name! Think of the real brick-and-mortar bookshop in your own community.... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
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After Elliott Advisors’ takeover of Barnes & Noble in August, the firm sought the man who turned Waterstones around to right its US acquisition. But what exactly is in James Daunt’s in-tray in New York? Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-08 05:47:49 UTC ]
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Oneworld is joining the Independent Alliance in March 2020, with Faber c.e.o. Stephen Page hailing the move as "a thrilling addition" to the organisation. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-07 21:09:18 UTC ]
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On Sunday night, Interabang Books, Dallas’ largest independent bookstore and only full-service indie bookshop, endured a direct hit from a tornado that barreled through Dallas’ commercial districts, tearing a wide swath through local shops and national chains alike. The bookstore, along with... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-10-22 19:23:12 UTC ]
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In recent months, a shareholder battle has roiled Le Monde, which is effectively France’s paper of record. In October 2018, staff and readers, representatives of whom own 25 percent of its parent company, lashed out after one of Le Monde’s shareholders furtively sold a chunk of his stake to a... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review
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Ebury imprint Vermilion has clinched the debut of psychologist Dr Pippa Grange, who has been credited with helping to transform the England team in the 2018 World Cup. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-01 00:56:29 UTC ]
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Warsaw's cut in VAT rates on digital books takes effect November 1, a long-called-for equalization in taxation on print and ebooks, now allowed by Brussels. The post Poland Approves Reduction of Ebook VAT from 23 to 5 Percent appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-09-17 05:30:49 UTC ]
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