In a major deal in the educational wholesaling business, Mackin Educational Resources has acquired Booksource. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Italian publisher Mondadori is in talks to buy RCS Libri, according to a Reuters report. Reuters said Mondadori was in “advanced talks” about purchasing RCS Libri, with the deal worth between €120m and €150m (£88.8m and £111m). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Deal includes 5 trade shows and 5 magazines. The post Stagnito Buys Canadian Brands From Fulcrum Media appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2015-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ironmark, a Howard County-based printing, design and marketing company, announced Thursday that it had acquired United Book Press, Inc. to create a book publishing division that would boost annual revenue from $22 to $35 million. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2015-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin has acquired film tie-in publishing rights for the "The Peanuts Movie", released in the UK on December 21st later this year. Emily Campan, licensed publishing executive for Penguin Children's, acquired English language publishing rights in selected territories for the 0-7 years market... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Andrew Thrave, director of education at GL Education Group, has left the company after 10 years. Thrave, who joined when the company was still Granada Learning, and whose role has seen him oversee the company's print and electronic publishing as well as its strategy and partnership development,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber and Faber will publish a "lost" horror novel by the late American writer William Gay. Editorial director Angus Cargill bought the UK rights from Clare Conville at Conville & Walsh. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Granta Books editor Anne Meadows has acquired a “darkly funny, whip-smart” novel and a collection of short stories from Catherine Lacey, whose debut novel Nobody is Ever Missing will be published - also by Granta - this week. Meadows acquired UK and Commonwealth rights, including Australia New... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Killer Reads, HarperFiction’s new digital-first crime and thriller list, has made its first acquisitions through an open submission process it held last summer. Sarah Hodgson, deputy publishing director and Kate Stephenson, editor, have acquired three new titles from the hundreds of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Anderson family, which controls 58% of the stock of Books-A-Million, is offering $2.75 a share to acquire all the shares of the bookstore chain that it does not already own. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A group of investors led by Axel Springer SE, Europe's biggest newspaper publisher, has paid $25 million for a stake in Business Insider Inc. as the German media company seeks to expand its digital... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2015-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Myriad Editions has signed a literary debut set in the "Mad Men" era, by Guardian contributor Benjamin Johncock. The publisher bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, to The Last Pilot from agent Juliet Pickering at Blake Friedmann. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Elena Lappin's Pushkin Press imprint ONE, which publishes one "exceptional" fiction or non-fiction title per season, has done its first world rights deal for a debut novel by 32-year-old American writer Ted McDermott Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon has launched a new tool for authors to create and sell digital textbooks. But there are questions about royalty rates on higher priced e-textbooks. The post Amazon Pursues Education Market with Kindle Textbook Creator appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frog Education has won an ICT Company of the Year award at BETT 2015. The company, which won the award for firms with turnover of between £1-10m, makes education technology and recently launched FrogProgress, a tool that allows teachers to assess pupils’ progress digitally. “We are... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Complex Media, a network of lifestyle and culture websites for young men, has acquired Collider.com, a news and information site that covers movies, television and video games.Founded by Steve "Frosty" Weintraub, Collider reports on the entertainment industry with an emphasis on fanboy culture,... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House Books has bought a “fascinating exploration of the workings of human memory”. Senior editor Harry Scoble acquired UK and Commonwealth (excluding Canada), US and exclusive European rights to The Memory Illusion by Dr Julia Shaw from Kirsty McLachlan at David Godwin Associates. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins imprint the Borough Press has signed a new novel after publisher Katie Espiner mentored the author through the WoMentoring programme. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson plans to invest £33m in education initiatives in the world's emerging markets. The education publisher has revealed it will invest £33m ($50m) in the Pearson Affordable Learning Fund to provide education to low-income learners around the world. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The highlights of the second morning of Digital Book World conference in New York yesterday (15th January) came from HarperCollins c.e.o. Brian Murray discussing his company and the future, and Nielsen’s Jonathan Nowell talking about how print sales have changed in the US. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a major deal in the printing industry today, Quad/Graphics has reached an agreement to acquire Courier Corp. in a deal the companies valued at $260 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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