Michael Joseph, PRH strong in run-up to Christmas

Penguin imprint Michael Joseph’s Ladybird parodies had another strong week in the final days before Christmas, while the Penguin Random House group dominated the top of the charts. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children’s Books Edition: PRH’s ‘Banned Wagon’ Rolls Sunday

As Banned Books Week opens its October 1 to 7 run, Penguin Random House is taking some of the most attacked books on the road. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Taking the Fight on the Road t Frankfurter Buchmesse (October 18 to 22), programming on tap in many parts of the... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2023-09-30 01:09:21 UTC ]
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Michael Gambon, Dumbledore in Harry Potter films, dead at 82

Veteran actor Michael Gambon, who was known to many for his portrayal of Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore in six of the eight Harry Potter films, has died, his publicist said Thursday. He was 82. Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2023-09-28 12:32:43 UTC ]
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Michael Gambon, star of Harry Potter and The Singing Detective, dies aged 82

The Olivier award-winning actor, whose major film roles included Albus Dumbledore in the Harry Potter series, has died• ‘An actor who let his heart and soul crack open’: David Jays on Michael Gambon• A life in pictures – gallerySir Michael Gambon, whose extraordinary acting career took him from... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2023-09-28 11:39:05 UTC ]
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‘Lachlan Murdoch is a Hamlet figure’: Michael Wolff unpicks the real-life succession drama

The author has returned to the Murdoch empire for his latest book, after a bestselling trilogy on Trump. He discusses power, politics, the media and why a person can be a moron and a geniusImmediately before Michael Wolff published The Fall: The End of the Murdoch Empire, the emperor himself,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2023-09-27 09:00:54 UTC ]
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Andy Hughes, Altie Karper to Retire from PRH

Hughes, senior v-p and director of production and design at the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, and Karper, managing editor for Pantheon and Schocken and editorial director of Schocken, will retire in December. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Nihar Malaviya Made Permanent PRH CEO by Bertelsmann

Praising a strategy for letting PRH publishers work 'more creatively and entrepreneurially,' Bertelsmann's Thomas Rabe announces Nihar Malaviya the company's permanent worldwide CEO. The post Nihar Malaviya Made Permanent PRH CEO by Bertelsmann appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2023-09-19 05:41:40 UTC ]
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9 free AI tools that run locally on your PC

It’s no coincidence that many programs using artificial intelligence techniques are open source and thus completely free. This is because the early approaches originated in academia, where free licences for software are common practice in order to promote collaboration and further... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2023-09-18 11:30:00 UTC ]
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More Authors, Including Michael Chabon, Sue AI Developers Over Copyright

The claims in the new suits are nearly identical to claims in two previous author class actions filed over the summer by writers, alleging the companies used unauthorized copies of their books to train their AI models. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH Updates Hybrid Work Policy, Plans to Shrink Headquarters

Penguin Random House will "encourage employees to go to the office more frequently" without mandating company-wide in-person attendance. The publisher will also "change" its current office space and "reduce our footprint at 1745 Broadway" beginning this fall. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-09-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH: 9-Percent International Revenue Gains, January-June

Between January 1 and June 30, Penguin Random House saw its international revenues rise by 9 percent year over year, to €2.1 billion. The post PRH: 9-Percent International Revenue Gains, January-June appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2023-08-30 13:08:32 UTC ]
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Religious Publishers Count Down to Christmas

Holiday-themed devotionals have a strong presence in faith-based publishing catalogs this year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Memoir That Found Me: Michaele Weissman on Food, Marriage, and Identity

My husband, a professor of electrical engineering by trade, is the kind of obsessive for which I have an affinity in my writing life. A refugee born in Latvia, John loves Latvian rye bread fervently. He eats Latvian rye several times a day and is unable to leave home without a five-pound loaf... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-08-16 09:50:36 UTC ]
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PRH's Becky Nesbitt Joins Forefront Books

Becky Nesbitt, most recently editorial director and executive editor at Penguin Random House, has joined Forefront Books, where she will serve as associate publisher and will establish her own as-yet-unnamed imprint. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Just for funsies, Michael Chabon built a replica of the SFF section of his childhood bookstore.

Michael Chabon—the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Wonder Boys, and The Yiddish Policeman’s Union—spent his Covid quarantine taking a trip…through time! Well, not literally, but in an emotional and curatorial sense, the speculative fiction maestro... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2023-08-04 16:04:28 UTC ]
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Michael Bakewell obituary

Radio and television producer who was head of plays at the BBC and steered productions of work by Harold Pinter, Alan Plater, Ibsen, Strindberg and Athol FugardNo BBC radio or television producer in the postwar era was more admired within his profession than Michael Bakewell, who has died aged... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2023-08-01 16:09:15 UTC ]
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U.A.E.'s Kalimat Group Partners with PRH India

The U.A.E.'s Kalimat Group and Penguin Random House India have entered into a partnership to translate books from Arabic to English and English into Arabic, for global distribution. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-08-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A PRH-Kalimat Partnership: South and Southeast Asian, Arabic, English

Leveraging a translation-exchange model, Kalimat Group and Penguin Random House India and Southeast Asia open a partnership. The post A PRH-Kalimat Partnership: South and Southeast Asian, Arabic, English appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2023-07-31 16:57:00 UTC ]
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At Frankfurt: PRH’s Nihar Malaviya Headlines Publishing Perspectives Forum

The 2023 Publishing Perspectives Forum opens on October 18 with an onstage conversation with Penguin Random House CEO Nihar Malaviya. The post At Frankfurt: PRH’s Nihar Malaviya Headlines Publishing Perspectives Forum appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2023-07-27 14:15:46 UTC ]
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Longest-running southern California newspaper closes after 168 years

Controversial owner Wendy McCaw has shut down Santa Barbara News-Press, which won Pulitzer prize in 1962The longest-running newspaper in southern California has ceased publication after filing for bankruptcy.The Santa Barbara News-Press has posted its last online edition after ceasing print... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2023-07-24 12:36:36 UTC ]
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PRH Employees Take Buy-out Offer; Dohle Joins More Boards

Nearly half of eligible employees have accepted a voluntary separation offer made by the company; to qualify, employees must be at least 60 years old and have been at the company for at least 15 years. Meanwhile, former CEO Markus Dohle has joined the board of Indigo Books & Music though he... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
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