Two novels - Abir Mukherjee’s A Rising Man (Harvill Secker) and Mick Heron's Spook Street (John Murray) - have each been shortlisted for two separate Crime Writers Association (CWA) Dagger Awards. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
E-textbook platform Bibliotech has raised $4.2m in its latest funding round and plans to double the size of its 15-strong software and sales team in London over the next two years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster Children’s and Penguin Random House Children’s picked up two prizes each at this year’s Sainsbury’s Children’s Book Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus author Elly Griffiths emerged triumphant at the Dead Good Reader Awards with a double win while Clare Macintosh, C J Tudor, Lee Child and Lisa Jewell also scooped awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Holtzbrinck Publishing Group has doubled its share order in the planned initial public offering of Springer Nature, from €100m to €200m. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Association of American Pubslishers StatShot program cites 29.7-percent growth over 2016 in downloaded audiobook revenue, despite overall flat performance in publisher revenue in 2017. The post US Publishers’ StatShot 2017 Report: Fifth Year of Double-Digit Audiobooks Growth appeared first... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Allen Lane and Yale University Press (YUP) both have two books apiece on the £40,000 Wolfson History Prize 2018 shortlist, which recognises and celebrates books which combine excellence in historical research with readability for a general audience. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audiobook sales have doubled in the last five years, according to data from the Nielsen UK Books & Consumers survey. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Crime Writers’ Association will award the CWA Diamond Dagger, given annually for “sustained excellence”, to US author Michael Connelly. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Weekly ScUnit sales of print books rose 3% in the week ended Feb. 25, 2018, over the comparable period in 2017 at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's shares jumped 6% after the retail giant posted its financial results for the fourth quarter, revealing it doubled profits made in the same period last year to $1.9bn (£1.34bn). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Librarians have been invited to vote for the winner of the 'Dagger in the Library' 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CWA Dagger winner Chris Whitaker has signed two new books with Bonnier Zaffre, part of Bonnier Publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Here's the way I see it: The difference between old and new media publishers (or traditional and digital-native publishers, if you prefer) is that, while both struggle to stay afloat, some new media companies just don't quite realize it yet.I've been thinking about the economics of all... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association will double its annual gift to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation in support of booksellers in Northern California. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At outlets that report to NPD BookScan, unit sales of print books were 6% higher in the week ended July 23, 2017, than in the similar week in 2016, led by double-digit increases in the two juvenile categories. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon has said it will double its number of research and development roles in London as it opens a new UK head office boosting its overall workforce with 5,000 new jobs across the country this year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Net earnings at Educational Development Corp. rose to $1.2 million in the quarter ended May 31, 2107 over the comparable period a year ago. Sales were up 20%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The re-launched Cundill History Prize received double the number of entries compared to last year, it has been revealed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Irish writer Sebastian Barry has won the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for a second time for his American epic Days Without End (Faber). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Total sales of audiobooks rose 18.2%, to an estimated $2.1 billion. Unit sales for the year were up even more, rising 33.9% over 2015, to 89.5 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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