Reading Agency chief executive Sue Wilkinson and Andrew Bignall, head of libraries at Hertfordshire, remember Sue Jones. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Publisher of military history books and husband of Jilly CooperLeo Cooper, who has died aged 79 after suffering from Parkinson's disease, was a publisher with a zeal for military history, who also enjoyed some notoriety as the husband of the novelist Jilly Cooper.Leo's hospitality was out of all... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Illustrator resorts to lawyers over long-running dispute about his sale of the comic-book franchise to Hachette LivreHe co-created the Asterix comic series about the adventures of the indomitable Gaul, but now Albert Uderzo is fighting his own real-life battle, and has filed a legal complaint... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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My friend Paul Westlake, who has died of cancer aged 65, was a pillar of the radical publishing world from the mid-1970s onwards. He was an advocate of workers' co-operatives and gained much experience in ensuring that the output of independent publishers reached the bookshops.In autumn 1976,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Journalist, biographer and author who explored the history of property ownership in AmericaThe Scottish author Andro Linklater was fascinated by the relationship between people and land. His death at the age of 68 from a heart attack came while he was on the isle of Eigg, researching for a new... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This summer a judge ruled that Apple arranged a conspiracy with major publishers to raise ebook prices. Now Apple faces a class action lawsuit from plaintiff states and a consumer class. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is nominated for the best popular fiction prize at the National Book Awards. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barbara Park, author of the Junie B. Jones series of childrens' books has died, her publisher Random House announced. Park, 66, had ovarian cancer.Barbara Park, author of the Junie B. Jones series of childrens' books has died, her publisher Random House announced. Park, 66, had ovarian cancer. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A week round up of our top book reviews, with authors Helen Fielding, Tim Winton and Susan Wyndham falling under the reading light. Continue reading at The Sydney Morning Herald
[ The Sydney Morning Herald | 2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reviewers label latest book sad, desperate and irrelevant - but readers beg to differ. Continue reading at The Sydney Morning Herald
[ The Sydney Morning Herald | 2013-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reviewers label latest book sad, desperate and irrelevant - but readers beg to differ. Continue reading at The Sydney Morning Herald
[ The Sydney Morning Herald | 2013-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Helen Fielding's new Bridget Jones novel, Mad About the Boy (Jonathan Cape), has become one... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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First day sales in the UK for Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy by Helen Fielding topped 46,000... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sue Armstrong of Conville & Walsh has been promoted to the position of senior agent.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Polish translator Antonia Lloyd-Jones has been announced as the winner of the 2012 Found in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Cape has revealed the cover for Helen Fielding's forthcoming Bridget Jones novel,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former Cengage Learning c.e.o. Jill Jones has been appointed as an independent non-executive... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oneworld has acquired humour book Bridget and Joan’s Diary. It will be released on the same... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Modern Classics is reissuing James Jones’ From Here to Eternity to coincide with a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The son of T Rex frontman, Marc Bolan, is suing a UK music publisher for $2m, alleging the company has violated copyright laws. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2013-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Perform has hired Martyn Jones, the former publishing director for Stuff and FourFourTwo, as its global brand sponsorship director as part of the company's expansion. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2013-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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