Miller, Castellani Promoted to Key Roles at Bloomsbury

Liese Mayer, editorial director for fiction, is leaving Bloomsbury, and the company has promoted Nancy S. Miller to publishing director for adult trade and Mary Kate Castellani to publishing director for children's trade. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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Venning joins TRA in new impact research role

Laura Venning joining The Reading Agency in the newly created role of impact research manager. Venning will lead on developing a framework to help the charity assess the impact of reading for pleasure and reading for information, in a post funded by the Peter Sowerby Foundation. Venning comes... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kestrel memoir to Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury has signed a memoir from Richard Hines, whose experiences training kestrels as a boy inspired his brother Barry's 1968 novel, A Kestrel for a Knave. Hines grew up in Hoyland Common, a mining village in south Yorkshire, close to the ruins of Tankersley Hall where he discovered nesting... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jed Hartman Leaves Time Inc. for Washington Post CRO Role

On Dec. 2, Washington Post president Stephen Hills hired two-year Time Inc. group publisher of news and business Jed Hartman as chief revenue officer. It caps an impressive 2014 for Hartman, who directed the successful relaunches and redesigns of Fortune.com, Money.com and Time.com which help... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Future publisher roles debated at FutureBook

Sharing on Facebook makes users 81 times more likely to turn into paying customers, the Futurebook Conference has heard. In a panel entitled What Does the Future Publisher Look Like? Andrew Savikas, c.e.o of Safari Books Online, said: "If you give people the opportunity to share, that makes... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shock as Odedina Steps Down at Hot Key

The world of children's publishing in the U.K. has been rocked by Bonnier's announcement that Sarah Odedina has "decided to leave Hot Key Books." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Odedina steps down as Hot Key m.d.

Sarah Odedina is stepping down from her role as m.d. of Hot Key Books with immediate effect. Bonnier, which owns Hot Key, made no comment on Odedina's departure apart from saying the search for her replacement had started. Odedina will stay at the company until 30th April 2015 but Bonnier... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Role for Stericker at new Hachette Children's Group

Sophie Stericker, currently art director at Orchard Books, will next year take on the role of creative director of the newly formed Hachette Children’s Group (HCG). Hachette UK is to merge its three children’s businesses - Hachette Children’s Books, Orion Children’s Publishing and Little, Brown... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury's Charkin warns of industry 'monopolisation'

Bloomsbury executive director Richard Charkin has warned of the dangers of the book industry being “monopolized” by “a single distribution channel”. Giving his keynote speech at the opening of Sharjah International Book Fair’s professional programme 2014 earlier today (3rd November), Charkin... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New role for Willis in Transworld return

Ben Willis is to leave Headline to join Transworld, where he started his publishing career, in the newly created role of head of Transworld digital publicity. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zátopek biography for Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury has signed a new biography of running legend Emil Zátopek, who went from working in a Czech factory to winning a three gold medals at the 1952 Olympics. Sports publisher Charlotte Atyeo signed the book by Rick Broadbent, a Times sportswriter who has twice been nominated for the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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First-half revenue and profit fall at Bloomsbury

Bloomsbury has seen a fall in revenue and profits for the first half of 2014, with the adult publishing division down following a strong performance in the previous year. For the six months ending 31st August 2014, the publisher had turnover of £46.6m, down 5% from £49.2m in the same period in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC's Frost promoted to PR manager

HarperCollins has promoted Jaime Frost to the role of PR manager, working across the fiction department. Frost, previously PR executive, has been with the publisher for the past two yeas, working on campaigns for authors including Josephine Cox, Robin Hobb, Joe Abercrombie and Mhairi... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When a Book is a Stone: The Role of Publishing in Areas of Conflict

At the Frankfurt Book Fair's Weltempfang stage, publishers from Nigeria, Syria, and the Ukraine discussed their experiences publishing in the midst of conflict. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Verizon Names J. Crew Executive to New Role of Marketing Chief

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[ Advertising Age | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kei Miller wins Forward Prize Best Collection

Kei Miller has won The Forward Prize for Best Collection for The Cartographer Tries to Map a Way... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Karl Miller, founding editor of London Review of Books, dies at 83

Literary world praises Miller for his intelligence, wit and literary acumen, and lasting pride in his Scottish rootsKarl Miller, founding editor of the London Review of Books, critic and award-winning author, has died, aged 83.After stints as literary editor of both the Spectator and the New... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SIBA 2014: Community Is Key

Held this past weekend at the Sheraton hotel in downtown Norfolk, Va., SIBA 2014 drew more than 500 booksellers, authors, vendors, exhibitors, and attendees eager to embrace this year’s theme and “fall in love.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury signs debut author Lou Carter

Bloomsbury has acquired the world rights for two picture books from debut author Lou Carter.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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East African Writers Embrace Self-publishing and Promotion

Author Aleya Kassam explains how Kenyan writers are embracing the idea of branding and taking control of their careers. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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