Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 18/03/2011 - 14:52 Lonely Planet general manager for Asia Pacific Richard Samson has died today [18th March], following a battle with a terminal illness. Samson started in his latest role in Lonely Planet's Melbourne head office in June 2008, after working in Lonely Planet's London offices as sales director for EMEA. He worked in the publishing industry for many years, including at Oxford University Press, the Octopus Publishing Group and Chrysalis. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2011-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber & Faber has signed Beeswing: Britain, Folk Rock and the End of the 60s by guitarist and singer-songwriter Richard Thompson. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Rev. Billy Graham preached around the world and reached, book by book, into millions of American homes, with his call to salvation before his death, just months before his 100th birthday. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Former Associated Press photographer Max Desfor, whose photo of hundreds of Korean War refugees crawling across a damaged bridge in 1950 captured the desperation of wartime and helped win him a Pulitzer Prize, has died at the age of 104. Desfor, who died Monday in Silver Spring, Md., volunteered... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Ernest Hecht OBE, founder and publisher of Souvenir Press, has died at the age of 88. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Books about classic Hollywood tend to fall, broadly, into two categories: gossipy memoirs and moderately trashy biographies. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2018-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The late InterVarsity Press author and editor James Sire was lauded as a major force in Evangelical intellectualism and apologetics -- in his own works and those of the authors he brought forward. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Nigel Viney, former managing director of William Heinemann, has died at the age of 95. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ted Heinecken, who was regarded as a senior statesman of the publishing industry, with a career in publishing that spanned 58 years, 52 of them spent as a publisher's rep calling on stores in the Midwest, died in Chicago on Saturday. He was 84 years old. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Robert Paris Riger, the longtime publisher and author, died on January 26 of flu-related complications. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Atlantic Books is to publish The Prime Ministers: Reflections on Leadership by political commentator and journalist Steve Richards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Joy Chambers, one of Ebury's longest-serving members of staff, has died following a "long, brave" battle with cancer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The prolific and profoundly influential writer, who brought a literary and feminist touch to works of science fiction and fantasy for children and adults, died at her home in Portland, Ore., on January 22. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Linda Kramer, the cofounder and former publisher of H.J. Kramer and longtime publishing industry mainstay, died at her home in Marin County, Calif., on December 24, 2017, after a brief illness. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US mystery writer Sue Grafton, creator of the Alphabet series of novels featuring PI Kinsey Millhone, has died at the age of 77. She had been suffering from cancer. Pan Macmillan publisher Jeremy Trevathan told The Bookseller: "Sue Grafton was one of the bedrock authors of the Pan Macmillan... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Cory Iverson, the firefighter who was killed while battling the Thomas fire, died of burns and smoke inhalation, the Ventura County Medical Examiner Office said Saturday. Iverson, 32, was assigned to the blaze as a part of a strike team from the California Department of Forestry and Fire... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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Books by Matt Haig, Jo Nesbo and Lisa Jewell join debuts from Beth Underdown and Cara Hunter on the next Richard & Judy Book Club list with W H Smith, which features titles published almost exclusively by Penguin Random House. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mark it on your calendar: Come early 2018, autoplay video with sound will be killed off by browsers like Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. Although the news is likely to be celebrated by consumers, many publishers will mourn the ad format's death.Autoplay-with-sound's execution comes at the... Continue reading at Advertising Age
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Robert Hastings, publisher at independent Black Spring Press, has died aged 52 following an illness. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Doreen Montgomery, the “remarkable” chairman of the literary agency Rupert Crew Ltd, has died aged 89 following a seven-decade career in the trade. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The founding art director of Walker Books, Amelia Edwards, who helped create Five Minutes’ Peace and Owl Babies, has died. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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