Lagardère takes €465m state-guaranteed loan to counter effects of pandemic

Hachette UK's parent company Lagardère has taken a €465m government-backed loan to help it cope with the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Ford takes V S Pritchett Short Story Prize for second time

Writer and translator Emily Ruth Ford has become the first person to win the £1,000 V S Pritchett Short Story Prize twice. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chinese Investment Firm Takes Stake in Dark Horse

A major investment stake from Chinese media firm Vanguard Visionary Associates will be used to fund publishing projects at Dark Horse in addition to creating a development fund for film projects based on Dark Horse comics properties Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple Books Bestsellers: ‘The Reckoning’ Takes Over

John Grisham’s latest legal suspense novel debuted at #1 on the Apple Books store, knocking ‘Every Breath’ by Nicholas Sparks to #2 from last week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio’s Sixth Film Will Take on Killers of the Flower Moon

Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio are making their sixth film together, this time interpreting an astonishing nonfiction narrative which occurred in 1920s Oklahoma. After oil was found under their land, the Osage nation became the richest people per capita in the world until they were each... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2018-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cooper takes inaugural Fitzcarraldo Editions Novel Prize

Writer, broadcaster and antiques expert Jeremy Cooper has won the inaugural Fitzcarraldo Editions Novel Prize, worth £3,000, for his novel Ash Before Oak. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Strong economic case for taking VAT off digital publications, report finds

A report conducted by consultancy Frontier Economics has found a "strong" economic case for taking VAT off digital publications in the UK, as permitted under newly agreed European Union rules. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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LadBible takes over social media rival UniLad

Takeover exposes financial challenges in face of success on FacebookUniLad has been bought by its arch-rival internet company LadBible following a takeover process that laid bare the financial challenges facing online publishers.The two British companies – who were competitors but have an... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former Hearst Editors Take On New Roles | People on the Move

[caption id="attachment_123566" align="alignright" width="150"] Joanna Coles[/caption] [caption id="attachment_138919" align="alignright" width="150"] Robbie Myers[/caption] Robbie Myers, the longtime editor-in-chief Elle magazine who departed from the brand at the end of last year, is rejoining... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2018-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Discord’s game store is here to take a bite out of Steam

The popular gaming chat app wants to be the local bookstore to Steam’s Amazon. Discord hopes to claim a piece of the $29 billion digital PC game sales market by adding a store to its popular gaming chat app. The Discord Store Beta, which is launching today after a limited test run in Canada,... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2018-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Teenage kicks: Illustrator Small takes Dark turn

We spoke to award-winning children’s illustrator David Small, who returns this October with a "fictional follow-up" to his 2009 memoir Stitches. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette hat-trick look to take Musso to new global heights

Three Hachette Livre publishers are embarking on a combined strategy to publish the latest novel by bestselling French author Guillaume Musso. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audio takes centre stage as FBF opens

Audiobooks took centre stage at the Frankfurt Book Fair with speakers from across the industry talking up the market, one describing it as "the only growth sector" in the consumer books business. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SoA welcomes PLR increase, urges action on loans decline

The Society of Authors has welcomed a proposed increase in the rate of Public Lending Right (PLR) payments, but has voiced its dissatisfaction that the number of loans has continued to decline, exacerbated by cuts in library services and the exclusion of volunteer-run libraries from the scheme. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lynn takes £20k Kindle Storyteller Award

Hannah Lynn has been crowned the winner of the second UK Kindle Storyteller Award, securing the £20,000 prize with her "heart-warming" tale of the after-life, The Afterlife of Walter Augustus. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Akala, Harris and Cleeves to take part in Book Week Scotland

Joanne Harris, Akala and Ann Cleeves are among the authors who have signed up to take part in this year’s Book Week Scotland. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple Books Bestsellers: 'Red War' Takes to the Top

The hubbub over Bob Woodward's Fear has finally subsided, at least in the Apple Books store, where it has been replaced, at #1, by Kyle Mills and Vince Flynn's 'Red War.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is It Time to Take Advantage of Virtual Events?

To put things in perspective, my career in B2B media began in online events. I was brought on to manage client sponsored webinars for Penton (now Informa), and then transitioned to become the company's first virtual trade show manager. Ah, the good ole days… Virtual events have historically been... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2018-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Boyne takes Glass Bell Award for 'comedic odyssey'

Irish author John Boyne has scooped the £2,000 Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award for his “sweeping, poignant and comedic odyssey” of post-war Ireland, The Heart’s Invisible Furies (Transworld). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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OUP offers free dictionary access to UK state schools

Oxford University Press (OUP) is offering primary and secondary schools in the UK free access to the online Oxford English Dictionary to mark the company’s 90th anniversary. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Haruki Murakami takes his name out of the running for alternative literature Nobel

This year there won’t be any Nobel Prize in literature, and Japanese author Haruki Murakami wants to make sure he’s not in the running for its alternate, for which he’d been named a finalist. Murakami said he doesn't want to be considered for the New Academy Prize, a Swedish literary award... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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