Laugharne Weekend saved as Porter and McBride join packed line-up

​Annual literary festival The Laugharne Weekend has been saved thanks to a crowdfunding appeal and assistance from the Welsh Assembly, with this year's festival boasting a packed line-up featuring authors such as Max Porter and Eimear McBride.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Could online apps help save indie bookshops?

With fewer than 1,000 stores in the UK, a number of online initiatives are aiming to help shoppers find their way back to local independent bookshopsThe rise of online retailers and ebooks have had a devastating impact on the UK’s independent bookshops. According to the Booksellers Association,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Herdman joins Hodder from Curtis Brown

Hodder & Stoughton is strengthening its fiction department by appointing Curtis Brown's Emma Herdman and promoting two people. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Kors taps Tasting Table to promote its menswear line

Judging by its Facebook and Instagram accounts, Michael Kors is a women's brand. Now, the premium designer is focusing on reaching out and building upon its menswear line -- but it first needs to find its audience. Michael Kors teamed up with food website Tasting Table to reach its male readers,... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2015-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thanksgiving Weekend Drew over 151 Million Shoppers

According to the National Retail Federation, more than 151 million people shopped in stores and/or online over Thanksgiving weekend. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ta-Nehisi Coates packed the house at Davidson College talking on race

Coates – journalist, commentator, and National Book Award-winner – is seen by many as the voice of his generation on black America. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Neill Denny joins Bookbrunch

Neill Denny, former editor-in-chief of The Bookseller, is joining BookBrunch, where he will work alongside editor Nicholas Clee. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sonia Braga joins the cast of Marvel's 'Luke Cage'

With "Marvel's Jessica Jones" receiving rave reviews, the comic book company's next Netflix show, "Marvel's Luke Cage," steps up with the casting of a major actress, Sonia Braga, in the role of Soledad Temple, the mother of Rosario Dawson's character Claire. Dawson's Claire is slated to have an... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Seven new publishers join Independent Alliance

Seven new publishers are joining the Independent Alliance following the closure of Faber Factory Plus. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Touchpress joins new publishing panel at FutureBook

Touchpress is to present its new digital strategy at the FutureBook Conference with head of marketing Tom Williams to join a panel on the new publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zonderkidz's Berenstain Bears Line Sells Five Million Copies

The Living Lights brand from Zonderkidz and author/illustrator Mike Berenstain recently passed the five-million unit sales mark. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Porter and Obioma shortlisted for Guardian First Book award

Andrew McMillan’s series of “hymns to the male body”, Physical (Jonathan Cape), has become the second collection of poetry to be shortlisted for the Guardian First Book award since it was established in 1999. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Derkacz joins HarperCollins as sales director

Anna Derkacz is joining HarperCollins as sales director for fiction, non-fiction and Avon in the New Year to cover the maternity leave of Laura Fletcher. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This Is What David Remnick Is Up To On The Weekend

The New Yorker editor on how he spends his (precious little) time off.David Remnick is the editor-in-chief of The New Yorker magazine, as well as host of its newly launched radio show and podcast, The New Yorker Radio Hour. Remnick began his reporting career at the Washington Post in 1982, later... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2015-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Neal Price to join Canongate as sales director

Neal Price is joining Canongate as sales director, following 11 years as sales director for Faber. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Academic Book Week: trade and academy join for seven days of debate and discussion

Debate about the future of the academic book will rage across the UK this week, with widespread support among publishers, academics, booksellers and librarians for the first Academic Book Week. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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O'Donoghue joins The Reading Agency as business director

Fiona O’Donoghue has joined The Reading Agency as the charity’s commercial and business director. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Could North Korea Join the International Publishers Association?

Questioned whether North Korea could join the International Publishers Association, IPA President Richard Charkin grinned and gave a simple answer. The post Could North Korea Join the International Publishers Association? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Used Bookstores Bolster Bottom Lines with E-Commerce Partnerships

Rather than compete with mega-etailers, used booksellers are finding success by partnering with them and selling through their websites. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rihanna joins Luc Besson's gigantic alien epic 'Valerian'

Barbadian songstress Rihanna will join the director of "The Fifth Element," Luc Besson, in his truly-insane-sounding science fiction picture "Valerian," which is set on a space station that houses over 8,000 different species from across the universe. Besson announced the news of the Rihanna... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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