Job Moves: May 20, 2014

Jill Freshney has been promoted to the newly-created position of senior executive managing editor, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Demosthenous moves from Headline to Bookouture

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Facebook moving non-promoted posts out of news feed in trial

New system could destroy smaller publishers if implemented, after journalists report drop in organic reach – but users will still see their friends’ postsFacebook is testing a major change that would shift non-promoted posts out of its news feed, a move that could be catastrophic for publishers... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore News: October 20, 2017

Changes for Canada's Authors for Indies Day; the Dallas indie crowdsourcing seed money; life at a used bookstore in Austin; the Portuguese store that inspired Hogwarts; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How do you win the Man Booker prize? Move to New York or London | Lucy Diver

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[ The Guardian | 2017-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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My Job in 5: Inga Bodnarjuka-Mrazauskas

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[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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My Job in 5: Ucheora Obi

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[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US National Book Award’s 20 Finalists Are Named: Four Categories

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vanity Fair editor Porter moves to Quercus

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[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Samantha Hayes moves to Bookouture

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[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Still Alice author Genova moves to Allen & Unwin

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[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook moves to block offensive terms from targeted advertising campaigns

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[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Digiday | 2017-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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