Waterstones divisional manager for the East region, Ian Matthews, has left with “immediate... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury’s digital director and publisher Stephanie Duncan has left the company after almost 23 years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-25 18:10:45 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#digital director
#bloomsbury
Orion Spring and Seven Dials commissioning editor Emily Barrett is leaving the lifestyle and non-fiction imprints to join Sphere. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-17 09:59:09 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#orion spring
#join sphere
James Daunt will be chief of both chains after deal hailed as boost for real-world bookshopsThe hedge fund owner of the UK’s largest book chain, Waterstones, has bought Barnes & Noble, the biggest chain in the US, in a $683m (£537m) deal heralded as a boost in their battle to preserve... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-06-07 14:11:50 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#uk arm
#waterstones boss
#james daunt
Elliott will pay some US$476 million for Barnes & Noble, having last year bought the UK's main chain Waterstones. James Daunt is to run both companies. The post Elliott Management Agrees to Buy Barnes & Noble, Daunt to Run Both B&N and Waterstones appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-06-07 12:22:03 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#james daunt
#$476 million
#barnes noble
#year bought
Editorial director for Weidenfeld & Nicolson (W&N), Paul Murphy, is leaving his role after more than eight years with Orion, following a “review" of the imprint's non-fiction commissioning team. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-27 22:34:20 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#non-fiction team
#paul murphy
Hachette’s Pride Network is holding an event at Waterstones’ flagship Piccadilly store during the run-up to Pride in London featuring 17 of the publisher’s LGBTQ+ authors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-22 12:13:58 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#waterstones piccadilly
#lgbtq+ authors
is expanding its parental leave policy effective immediately, the company said in a release. Founder Michael Bloomberg made the announcement Tuesday to his employees to expand the gender-neutral... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2019-05-15 22:01:31 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Hodder & Stoughton has scooped two novels from debut author and Times fashion editor Harriet Walker. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#hodder stoughton
A Waterstones bookseller has been given a suspended prison sentence after stealing more than £11,000 from the retail chain by tampering with its loyalty cards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#loyalty card
#waterstones bookseller
Janet Smyth is stepping down from her role of children and education programme manager at the Edinburgh International Book Festival after eight years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Faber’s international and digital sales director Miles Poynton is leaving the company after 12 years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Sphere non-fiction publisher Adam Strange has stepped down from his role and has left Little, Brown after 12 years with the company. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Bonnier Books UK senior marketing manager Clarissa Pabi is moving to Acast to become the podcast company’s UK content manager. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Anne Sarrag, head of children’s reading at The Reading Agency and founder of the Summer Reading Agency, is stepping down from her post to pursue a freelance career. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#reading agency
Headline publicity manager Phoebe Swinburn is moving to Midas PR after five years at the Hachette imprint. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#midas pr
Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, facing a call by Gov. Larry Hogan for a criminal investigation into the book deal that paid her hundreds of thousands of dollars, announced Monday that she will take an indefinite leave of absence because of her health. The Democratic mayor’s office issued a... Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2019-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#indefinite leave
#healthy holly
#book controversy
#larry hogan
#book deal
#announced monday
#democratic mayor
#office issued
Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh will leave office at midnight over a scandal caused by her self-published Healthy Holly books. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2019-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Bonnier Books' acquisitions director and publisher Natalie Jerome has parted ways with the company after two years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#bonnier books
#acquisitions director
#parted ways
Anna Sophia Watts has left her editor role at Bodley Head to join thinktank Nesta, with Lauren Howard joining as editorial assistant. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#editor role
#bodley head
#editorial assistant
Managing director says book chain ‘simply not profitable enough’, as Sally Rooney, Val McDermid and other authors write to protestMore than 1,300 writers including Kerry Hudson, David Nicholls, Sally Rooney, Michael Rosen and Val McDermid have backed a campaign for Waterstones booksellers to be... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#sally rooney
#val mcdermid
#david nicholls
#michael rosen
#living wage
#book chain
#james daunt
#spare time