New publisher liaison team for Waterstone's

Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 08/09/2011 - 16:15 Waterstones is understood to be setting up a publisher liaison team to manage its relationship with publishers. The team will be separate from the buying team and is thought to consist of around eight people. The Bookseller understands that each of the five big publishers (Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins, Pan Macmillan and Penguin) will have its own assigned publisher relations representative. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]

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