The speculative fiction press Candlemark & Gleam has been acquired by writer, editor and scientist Athena Andreadis. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Orion Spring has acquired a "warm, witty and practical" guide for dog owners from dog behaviourist and trainer Louise Glazebrook. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-19 18:21:47 UTC ]
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The co-founders of Foundry Literary + Media are launching new ventures. Yfat Reiss Gendell and Peter McGuigan, who started the full service firm 13 years ago, are amicably parting ways to create their own agencies: YRG Partners and Ultra Literary. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Patrick Turner, a book designer and art director for a number of book and magazine publishers and who was most recently co-owner of 'PW,' died last week after a long battle with cancer. He was 71. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Twenty-five of the 1,314 financial sponsors of Borderlands Books in San Francisco were among the signatories to an open letter addressed to owner Alan Beatts, demanding that he relinquish ownership of the store in light of disturbing allegations recently made against him by an ex-girlfriend and... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The owner of Powell's Books, with five locations in Portland, Ore., says the stores will remain closed due to health concerns, and noted that once the company's PPP loan runs out, it will face "painful choices." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has pre-empted a debut novel from Gleam Titles agent Abigail Bergstrom, an upmarket commercial fiction book she originally submitted under a pseudonym. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-14 21:54:03 UTC ]
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As calls continue for embattled Borderlands Books owner Alan Beatts to divest from the store after allegations of violent assault and attempted rape surfaced two weeks ago, authors are canceling scheduled virtual events. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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A Kansas City-based edtech firm with nearly 125 employees is set to lose its brand as part of a three-way merger. iModules Software Inc., founded in 2002, recently completed a move from Leawood to a roomier headquarters in Kansas City. Now, it will create Anthology Inc. by joining with with... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-07-07 18:18:56 UTC ]
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It was my best case scenario. Not only did Edward Vaughn pick up the phone, but he was willing and eager to speak. At 85 years old, he had way more energy than me, 60 years his junior, when I called him earlier this week. (An unfortunate cocktail of technological failure and fanboyish... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-06-25 14:02:32 UTC ]
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Boucher may have bought one of the country’s biggest news brands for NZ$1, but she wants journalists to eventually have a stake in the company When Sinead Boucher started out in journalism her editors weren’t too bothered if she filed a story each day. Such was the number of journalists on the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-06-23 20:00:01 UTC ]
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Nancy Bass Wyden, owner of New York City’s Strand Bookstore—one of the largest independent bookstores in the country—purchased stock in Amazon three times between April 6 and May 1, totaling somewhere between $115,000 and $250,000, according to Barron’s. If you’ll recall this was a time period... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-06-05 16:29:38 UTC ]
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Three literary agents affiliated with Red Sofa Literary, a boutique agency in St. Paul, Minn., resigned this past weekend after its principal tweeted that she was calling police to report looting on her block. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-31 04:00:00 UTC ]
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As part of its annual Giving scheme, HarperCollins parent firm News Corp has donated £100,000 to four UK and Irish charities focused on supporting communities struggling during the coronavirus crisis. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-19 18:51:43 UTC ]
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Across the United States, booksellers are wrestling with how to safely open their stores. Some are racing ahead. Others feel it’s too risky. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-05-13 19:46:47 UTC ]
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David Lipson, third-generation owner of Boston and Philadelphia magazine publisher Metro Corp., is stepping down as CEO and bringing in management consultant Nick Fischer to run the company through the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, staffers learned this week. Fischer currently serves as... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-04-29 22:35:01 UTC ]
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Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers, winner of the Times Book Prize in history, spent a decade on "They Were Her Property," about women slave owners. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-04-17 15:26:32 UTC ]
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Taylor & Francis owner Informa has launched an issue of shares worth 19.9% of its existing capital as the coronavirus pandemic hits its events business. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-15 15:21:35 UTC ]
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The copy of Françoise Frenkel’s No Place to Lay One’s Head that was recently found, I’m told, in Nice, in an Emmaus Companions charity jumble sale, had a curious effect on me. Perhaps because it had been printed in Switzerland in September 1945 for Geneva-based publishers Jeheber. That... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-01-27 09:49:55 UTC ]
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Novelist Rose Tremain, who was made a Dame in the New Year's Honours list, has said the honour felt like "a gleam of light" after going through a difficult time with her health. Tremain was diagnosed with bile duct cancer and underwent a major operation in late October, which she is now... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-01-01 12:20:00 UTC ]
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On December 19, police in Jowhar, the capital of Hirshabelle state, raided the privately owned City FM broadcaster, briefly detained Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-12-23 23:00:13 UTC ]
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