Richard Johnson, Bonnier Publishing's group chief executive, has slammed the industry's "obsession with targets and quotas" when it comes to addressing lack of diversity in the book world as "nonsense". Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Poet Linton Kwesi Johnson has won this year's Golden PEN Award, worth £1,000. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Canada has started testing a digital and print geo-targeted marketing campaign that will reach consumers in cities and small towns across Canada with messages specific to their location. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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YA author and Queen of Teen 2012 Maureen Johnson is to be published by Hot Key Books. Editorial... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster Children’s Books is predicting this Christmas and Boxing Day will be... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wade Davis has won the £20,000 Samuel Johnson prize for Non-Fiction for his book about... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon was yesterday (12th November) accused by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A gripping account of a doomed attempt to climb Mount Everest has won Britain's leading nonfiction book prize. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2012-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sheikha Bodour Al Qasimi founded the Emirates Publishers Association and pushed for it to become a full member of the IPA. Here, she explains it was so important. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dan Starnes might not have an extensive background in journalism, but the Alabama newspaper publisher just launched his fourth community newspaper, the Hoover Sun, last month. He also owns The Homewood Star, 280 Living, and Village Living, all of whi ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tunisia’s ISLAMeBooks, one of several new digital start-ups in the Arab world, is looking to help explain Islamic practice and theology to a wider readership. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There's No Place Like Home The great promise of mobile is that it is… mobile, which is why we hear so much about the potential for reaching audiences anytime and anywhere with stuff like location-based advertising. According to... Continue reading at Publishing Executive
[ Publishing Executive | 2012-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A consumer campaign targeting Amazon for “abusing” its power as a market leader is... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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10 facts about media and content industries 1. Digitization has increased book sales. Expenditure on electronic books almost doubled each year in 2006-2010 but still amounts to only 3% of global book sales. Forecasts however predict that reve ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary events organiser Book Slam is releasing its second book of short stories, with... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan has signed a non-fiction title about the nature of obsession for a significant six-... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fourteen titles have made this year's longlist for the £20,000 Samuel Johnson Prize for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Smartphone Junkies Would you admit not being able to live without your smartphone? Over two-thirds of respondents to a recent survey by the Online Publisher's Association did just that. The survey, conducted online with 2,540... Continue reading at Publishing Executive
[ Publishing Executive | 2012-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Willetts MP will chair the judges for the 2012 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction, with a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Campaigners trying to create a community library in Kensal Rise have raised nearly half the money... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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