Bloomsbury Publishing has delivered its highest first half earnings since 2008, as "signficantly higher” online book sales and e-book revenues led to year-on-year profit growth of 60% to £4m in the six months ended 31st August 2020. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-26 15:50:49 UTC ]
Bloomsbury is selling reference guide Whitaker’s assets, including the current edition, the online database, and backlist editions dating back to 1869. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-19 07:38:43 UTC ]
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Among the headlines this week: ALA applauds Trump's choice to lead IMLS; the simple reason why some librarians believe Macmillan's e-book embargo is destined to flop; and administrators finally come clean about why a YA author's library visit was canceled. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Contrary to its namesake, Lee Child's Blue Moon appeared twice in the week ending 2nd November; the title topped the Nielsen BookScan charts in hardback format, and the e-book edition stormed to the top of the Weekly E-Book Ranking. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-14 14:57:35 UTC ]
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A memoir billed as a "popular-science detective story" by science writer Henry Scowcroft has gone to Bloomsbury imprint Green Tree, focusing on his fiancée’s experience of advanced bladder cancer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-12 03:00:09 UTC ]
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Among the week's headlines: the pressure keeps mounting on Macmillan following its library e-book embargo; a backlash follows after a group of Florida elected officials politicizes the library's New York Times subcription; and an update on the Library of Congress modernization efforts. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
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On Monday, just days after the publisher's controversial embargo on new release e-books in libraries went into effect, Macmillan CEO John Sargent met with a group of state librarians, fleshing out his belief that new release e-books in libraries hurt the publisher's revenues. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Polly Whybrow is moving to Simon & Schuster Children’s UK from Bloomsbury to take up the role of senior commissioning editor for picture books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-04 14:03:51 UTC ]
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A group of US libraries plan to boycott Macmillan over its controversial new e-book lending policy, suspending purchases of digital copies from the publisher. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-01 03:15:48 UTC ]
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Macmillan in the US has apologised to librarians for not informing them of upcoming changes to its e-book lending policy but has refused to amend it amid an outcry and 150,000 signature petition. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-31 03:00:10 UTC ]
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Congress has launched an inquiry into digital markets competitions as the row over e-book lending to libraries in the United States continues. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-24 13:43:25 UTC ]
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Two Australian online book retailers have suspended sales of Ronan Farrow’s investigation into #MeToo, following legal threats from one of the book’s subjects. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-18 08:21:31 UTC ]
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“Catch and Kill” was pulled from two of Australia’s biggest online book retailers amid legal threats from the former National Enquirer editor who features prominently in the book. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2019-10-16 14:44:46 UTC ]
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In a coup for Bloomsbury, Paul Baggaley is to leave Pan Macmillan after 11 years as Picador publisher to take up the post of Bloomsbury editor-in-chief for adult consumer publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 10:00:10 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has acquired Irish children's laureate Sarah Crossan's first novel for adults in a six-figure deal at auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 04:39:48 UTC ]
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Paul Baggaley is to join Bloomsbury as editor-in-chief for its adult consumer publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-16 04:03:59 UTC ]
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Among the week's headlines: a new ALA e-book club launches; pushback on Macmillan's library e-book embargo keeps rolling in; and are library workers under siege? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury will publish a book by Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post journalists Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker on Donald Trump's reinvention of the presidency. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-08 01:53:56 UTC ]
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A federal court delivers a mixed decision on net neutrality; OCLC hosts its annual Library Futures Conference; and library supporters continue to hammer Macmillan over its e-book embargo. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has acquired Irish writer Louise Kennedy’s debut collection of short stories and her first novel in a "fiercely contested" nine-way bidding war, ahead of this month’s Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-02 22:07:05 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Sport has snapped up Croatian footballer Luka Modrić’s “remarkable” memoir, exploring how a child refugee became the holder of the most celebrated player award in world football. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-02 10:06:26 UTC ]
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