We over-sentimentalise independence in the book trade. We may not mean to, but we do. Smart independent publishers such as Faber, Canongate, Kogan Page, Profile (and yes, even Bloomsbury) use this status as part of their marketing, while the loss of independence at companies such as John Murray and Nicholas Brealey is (generally) mourned. Within the larger groups an independence of mind (and commissioning) is celebrated with federalism and competition between imprints encouraged—to greater and lesser degrees, of course. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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The April 2024 StatShot report from the Association of American Publishers tracks especially strong performance in digital audio. The post AAP StatShot: US Book Trade Was ‘High-Performing’ in April appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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The British Book Awards contenders for Book Trade and Book of the Year are announced, with the shortlists consisting of 29 categories. The post British Book Awards: Trade and ‘Book of the Year’ Shortlists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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As nominations open for the 2023 German Book Trade Peace Prize, the program joins in the 'Winter Aid Ukraine' campaign. The post German Book Trade Peace Prize: ‘Winter Aid for Ukraine’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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TikTok’s book reviewing community is here to stay, having even received publishing awards for innovation, but issues of authenticity and safety aboundBookTok, the nickname for TikTok videos in which books are discussed, analysed, cried about and turned into “aesthetic” moodboards, began as a... Continue reading at The Guardian
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In his grouchy, funny memoir, “A Factotum in the Book Trade,” Marius Kociejowski writes about what a good bookstore should feel like, famous customers he’s served and more. Continue reading at The New York Times
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Challenges: First half of 2022, the German market has a sales shortfall of 11.1 percent in the local book trade compared to 2019. The post The German Book Market in 2021: Turnover Up 3.5 Percent appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Kate Clanchy’s memoir about teaching won the Orwell prize. Then, a year later, it became the centre of a storm that would engulf the lives of the author, her critics and dozens of people in the book trade. So what happened?At the end of March, a book that had been condemned to die came back to... Continue reading at The Guardian
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Linda Sunshine established comics reprint imprints at both Harmony Books and Fireside in the 1970s that produced some of the earliest hardcover and trade paperback comics collections in the book trade. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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From her early career as a jack-of-all-marketing-trades to her present position representing adult titles for Penguin and for PRH distribution clients, Bay Area sales rep Wendy Pearl has had a front-row seat to the book trade. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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John Murray’s new literary crime and thriller imprint is launching with a line-up of authors including Mick Herron, Frankie Boyle and Kaoru Takamura, among others. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The coronavirus pandemic may continue to cloud people’s lives, but it has generated a silver lining for the French book business. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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UK publishers and the book trade donated more than one million books to readers in 24 countries last year, according to charity Book Aid International. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Historian Giles Milton's "exhilarating" wartime story Vodka with Stalin: The Allied Mission to Wartime Moscow has gone to John Murray. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Four in 10 of this year’s list of the book trade’s big cheeses are either new entries or 2021 first-timers, reflecting how the pandemic has reshaped publishing leadership. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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An anonymous academic’s memoir about his underground mission to save flowers from extinction, The Orchid Outlaw, has gone in a 24-hour pre-empt to John Murray. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Paula Lichtarowicz's latest novel, inspired by her grandmother's life, has gone to John Murray in a pre-empt. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The Covid-19 lockdowns have drastically altered book trade events and made a number of them more accessible, but how can we ensure they remain so in the years to come? Continue reading at The Bookseller
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An in-depth report into the publishing industry, and how accessible it is to those with disabilities, shows there is much work to do to make the book trade truly reflective of society Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Baskerville, the new crime and thriller imprint of John Murray, will publish Kaoru Takamura's Lady Joker, for the first time in the UK, 25 years after its original Japanese publication. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-18 14:41:27 UTC ]
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Award-winning screenwriter Abi Morgan’s memoir, which follows family life after her partner's sudden illness, has gone to John Murray for “a strong six-figures". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-06-20 19:48:18 UTC ]
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