The proposed rise in the Minimum Wage announced by chancellor George Osborne in his recent budget will “hit indies hardest”, booksellers have said. Osborne said the Minimum Wage for people aged 25 and over would rise to £7.20 per hour in April 2016 (it is currently £6.50 per hour for those aged 21 or over) in what he described as the “new living wage”. That figure will rise to “over £9” per hour by 2020. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales were strong across much of the country this past summer, and the attitude going into the fall is positive, according to a survey of more than 15 independent bookstores. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kew & Willow Books, which was formed by three former B&N coworkers and financed through a Kickstarter campaign, is scheduled to open in late September in the Kew Gardens neighborhood of the New York City borough. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new independent publisher is launching this month to showcase contemporary Latin American literature in translation to “expose the UK reader to new and exciting voices” featuring authors never before published in English. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Charlottesville's New Dominion Books is determined to continue to serve its community after a weekend of political protests, counter-protests, and a woman's death on the street outside the store. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Finding self-published indie games on Xbox is a lot easier as of today. You'll be able to find them on the Xbox Store hidden in their own "Creators Collection" marketplace. Microsoft's Chris Charla (director of its ID @ Xbox indie outreach program) s... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2017-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two teachers are opening a bookshop in Lincolnshire this month with plans for an accompanying outreach programme to help pupils struggling with education. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The first Texas Independent Bookstore Day set sales records at one Houston bookstore and was deemed a success at others across the state. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Texas Independent Bookstore Day, set to launch on Saturday, will feature booksellers throughout the state, with stores in Houston, Austin and Dallas participating. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent houses Thames & Hudson and Darf Publishers are introducing new strands of children’s publishing to their lists. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Promoting diversity and representing women on their own terms, female-led, DIY zines are on the rise in the UK. Here, the industry’s rising stars reveal how they’re reshaping the genre on their own termsThe British media has a diversity problem. Research at City University last year found the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chicagoland indie bookseller Becky Anderson filed to run for U.S. Congress in Illinois' sixth district in the September Democratic Party primary, hoping to unseat in November the six-term Republican incumbent. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A new commercial development operation and consultancy for small independent children’s publishers called Kid Gloves, has been established by Roy Johnson, commercial director at New Frontier and former key accounts manager for Frances Lincoln Children’s Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Microsoft has quietly launched the Xbox Creators Program on Xbox One. Finding it and its wares on the Xbox Store may prove tough, however. Back in March, Microsoft said the self-publishing program would exist in its own subsection of the marketplace,... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2017-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent booksellers have slammed the heavy discounting of new hardback titles by larger retailers as “pretty close to chaos” and “enormously detrimental to authors” ahead of the release of Philip Pullman's first Book of Dust novel (Penguin Random House Children's and David Fickling Books). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The New England Mobile Book Fair, a sprawling, cavernous used bookstore in Newton, Mass., which has been in its 32,000-square-foot location for 60 years, is moving into a nearby space that is one-tenth the size of its current digs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transparency reports about government data requests have become very common from tech companies such as Facebook, Twitter and Google. But while these firms publish reports, their hands are tied when it comes to what they can reveal. Twitter wants to change that. A federal judge in California... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2017-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Though the Irish book market, including Irish-published titles, grew in 2016, many in the trade are wary of the unsettling effect Brexit could have. Natasha Onwuemezi reports. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hilary Mantel has revealed it is “increasingly unlikely” that her next novel will be published by next summer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Ohio-based literary press is opening a bookstore/cafe/bar in its new headquarters in Columbus's South Side neighborhood. The new store will sell Two Dollar Radio's titles, as well as books published by other small presses. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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