Marvel executive blames plummeting sales on diversity and female characters

A Marvel executive has blamed declining comic book sales on the studio’s efforts to promote diversity and female characters. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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The New Press: Better Diversity Through Internships

Since its launch in 1992, the New Press—a nonprofit publishing house—has proudly run an internship program “explicitly designed to diversify a notoriously monochromatic industry,” explains executive director Diane Wachtell. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore Sales Dipped in October

Bookstore sales fell slightly in October, dropping 0.5%, to $728 million, compared to October 2013, according to statistics released Thursday morning by the U.S. Census Bureau. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As Ukraine Sales Dip, Russia’s Eksmo Sells Bookstore Stake

Politics and a 15% drop in sales in 2014 has prompted Eksmo to sell its stake in Ukraine's Logos-Trans, which operates 50 Book Supermarket stores across the country. The post As Ukraine Sales Dip, Russia’s Eksmo Sells Bookstore Stake appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bill Gates Turns Himself Into A Lego Character To Announce His Favorite Books Of 2014

Oprah, it's time to step up your book club game.Each December, our eyeballs glaze over amid the onslaught of annual "best-of" listicles coming at us from every corner of the Internet. The best Vines! The silliest texts! The most inspiring life advice uttered by Taylor Swift!Read Full Story Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2014-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ACE demands diversity from its funded organisations

Arts Council England is to demand its funded organisations reflect the diversity of contemporary England, and will make diversity a factor in its next round of funding decisions. From 2015, ACE is going to "monitor and support" National Portfolio organisations to ensure they reflect diversity... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mexico’s Conaculta Launches Book Sales Website

Mexico’s arts and culture council (Conaculta) launched librosmexico.mx, a book sales platform designed to solve production and distribution challenges. The post Mexico’s Conaculta Launches Book Sales Website appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Black Friday boosts US book sales

Book sales in the US jumped 23% week on week in the seven days ending 30th November as 15.8 million print books registered through Nielsen BookScan. It follows two consecutive weeks of volume growth above 5%. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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EDC Posts Record Sales Quarter

Revenue in the third quarter ended November 30, 2014 hit $10.9 million at Educational Development Corp., the highest quarterly sales ever recorded. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc. Exec VP Todd Larsen Out in Executive Reshuffle

Time Inc., the nation's largest magazine publisher, is reorganizing its executive suite.Executive VP Evelyn Webster, who oversees the company's lifestyle titles including InStyle, will assume responsibility of Time Inc.'s entire U.S. portfolio, excluding People and Entertainment Weekly,... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales boost for EUP

Sales at Edinburgh University Press have increased 10% in the last year, boosted by North American trade. The wholly owned subsidiary of the University of Edinburgh recorded sales of £2.9m in the year to 31st July 2014, up 10% year-on-year. The majority of the sales - £2.1m - were from print... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Black Friday Drives Sales of Kindles, Fire Tablets

Amazon kicked off this year’s cyber Monday by claiming that Black Friday sales of its Kindle e-readers and Fire tablets were up significantly over last year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will Print Unit Sales Rise in 2014?

With unit sales of print books up about 2% in the first 47 weeks of 2014, year over year, at outlets that report to Nielsen BookScan, the industry is poised to post its first increase in print sales since 2008. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Play Store cyber sale offers discounted apps, movies, music, and books

The Google Play Store is joining in on the cyber week sale madness, offering some tempting deals on a variety of digital content.Click over to the Play Store to scroll through everything that is up for grabs. Some of the best deals are on entertainment, with Academy Award winner Her available... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2014-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Can Barnes & Noble's Black Friday 'secret weapon' reverse the chain's slumping sales?

Barnes & Noble will be offering 500,000 copies of signed works by major authors to kick off the holiday shopping season. But will it be enough? Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-11-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales Rose 1% at Books-A-Million

Revenue at Books-A-Million rose 1.3%, to $101.2 million, compared to the third quarter last year, while the net loss stayed at $6.9 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital sales hit supermarkets 'more than other book retailers'

Big publishers are likely to feel a squeeze on their supermarket sales as a result of the sector experiencing a “once in a generation change”. Two of Britain’s biggest supermarkets, Tesco and Sainsbury’s, are also big retailers of books. Both retailers reported slumps in profits in their recent... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ALCS needs more diversity says chairman

The board of the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) is a “rather white, middle-class group, which does not reflect the diversity of the UK and our membership”, the chairman has said. Adam Singer, introducing ALCS’s annual report ahead of the group’s AGM next week, said that... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Crowd-funded A to Z promotes diverse role of libraries

A group of librarians have launched a new crowd-funded project called the Library A to Z, designed to promote the role of public libraries. More than 150 backers, as well sponsor the Library Campaign, backed the Library A to Z on crowd-funding site Kickstarter, raising more than £4,500, twice... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow creates in-house sales and marketing department

Nosy Crow is to create a new in-house sales and marketing department, appointing Catherine Stokes as head of sales and marketing. Since 2011 Nosy Crow has outsourced its selling to Bounce Sales and Marketing, but from the beginning of 2015, the children’s publisher will create an in-house sales... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Executive Changes at McGraw-Hill Education

McGraw-Hill Education has restructured its domestic education operations under Peter Cohen, who had been president of its K-12 group. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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