OUP turnover falls as pandemic hits

Oxford University Press recorded turnover of £754.5m in the 12 months to the end of March 2021, a 10.7% decrease on the previous year (£844.9m) and a decline of 8.6% at constant exchange rates.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2021-07-15 12:22:06 UTC ]
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Emmys Ratings Bear Fruit, Hit Nearly 6.9M Viewers After Record Low

Thanks to the new Emmys ratings, ABC was the big winner Sunday night. According to Nielsen numbers, the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on ABC scored its highest ratings in three years, reaching 6.87 million average viewers. (ADWEEK) The evening ceremony at the Peacock... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2024-09-17 11:59:00 UTC ]
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The Ultimate Fall 2024 Reading List

It’s Big Book Season again, and you know what that means: lists. (Yes, there are also lists during all the other seasons. Lists are (chaotic?) good.) It also means that it’s time again for Literary Hub’s Ultimate Fall Reading List, in which I valiantly endeavor to read all the seasonal literary... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-09-17 08:57:52 UTC ]
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Amazon Prime Big Deal Days dates announced: The fall Prime Day sale returns on October 8 and 9

We knew Amazon would revive its Prime Big Deal Days sale event this fall, but we didn’t know the exact dates until today. The online retailer announced that the sale event will return this year on October 8 and 9, giving us all the more reason to call it October Prime Day as we have done in... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-09-17 05:03:56 UTC ]
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NEIBA's Fall Conference Attracts 600 People to Boston

This year's New England Independent Booksellers Association conference, held September 11–13, brought together booksellers, publishers, and authors and highlighted such industry trends as the rising price of books and strong sales of horror and fantasy titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Emmys Ratings Bear Fruit, Hit Nearly 6.9 Million Viewers After Record Low

Thanks to the new Emmys ratings, ABC was the big winner on Sunday night. According to Nielsen numbers, the 76th Emmys on ABC scored its highest ratings in three years. The latest iteration of the awards show, hosted by father-and-son duo Eugene Levy and Dan Levy, reached... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2024-09-16 22:53:47 UTC ]
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Tracy O’Neill’s Mid-Pandemic Search for Her Birth Mother Became A Globe-Trotting Memoir

Tracy O’Neill’s Woman of Interest is a quest memoir: a voyage there and back, out and in. The book recounts the author’s search for her birth mother during the frightening heights of covid, “a pandemic that had miniaturized life.” Enlisting the help of a PI named Joe, a former CIA operative,... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2024-09-13 11:00:00 UTC ]
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With a new memoir 20 years after breakout hit 'Leave (Get Out),' JoJo is back in control

With a memoir, a Broadway turn in 'Moulin Rouge!,' a planned tour and new music, Joanna 'JoJo' Levesque is back in control of her career. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-09-12 10:00:34 UTC ]
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Surveying the Fall Season: Children's Booksellers Share Trends and Their Must-Have Titles

With schools in session and spooky season fast approaching, we asked children's booksellers and buyers about autumn trends in their stores. Respondents gave us their predictions for the hottest fall titles and looked ahead to the waning months of 2024, including how the November election might... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-09-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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17 Novels You Need to Read This Fall

Have you noticed yellowing leaves, Labor Day sales, and the return of the school bus, now clanking spiritedly around your neighborhood? Congratulations, you’ve made it to another Big Book Season. There are a lot of books coming out this fall, and a lot of them will probably be very good, despite... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-09-10 11:37:41 UTC ]
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Little Free Library has a new map to help places hit hardest by book bans.

Little Free Library has debuted a new interactive map on its website that charts the locations of Little Free Libraries across the United States, alongside the number of book bans that are in place in each state. The organization built the tool as a way to quickly find the nearest free library —... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-09-05 18:27:15 UTC ]
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30 books to read this fall

Fall's most anticipated books include novels from Rachel Kushner, Sally Rooney, Danzy Senna, Michael Connelly and Richard Price. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2024-09-03 10:00:18 UTC ]
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A Fall Harvest of Titles for Kids and Teens: 10 Great New Children’s Books Out in September

I’d rather not acknowledge that fall is approaching, mostly because I’ve made an embarrassingly small dent in my summer reading pile over the past three months. But the signs of autumn are unmistakable. Kids are going back to school, political ads are ramping up on swing state TV screens, and... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2024-09-03 08:56:54 UTC ]
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The IPO hopeful's dliemma: Cram into fall or wait for '25

Companies itching to go public face a tough choice as the fall IPO window opens: take the leap with markets near all-time highs, or wait until next year when risks around interest rates and the U.S. election have faded.The window, roughly the nine-week stretch from Labor Day until the Nov. 5... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2024-08-28 16:53:32 UTC ]
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Nine executives’ bonuses take a hit as profits plummet 31% in soft ad market

Drop in revenue in broadcasting and publishing partly offset by increase in income from Stan and DomainFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastNine Entertainment has recorded a steep 31% slide in annual net profit to... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2024-08-28 06:35:43 UTC ]
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American Short Fiction Announces Fall 2024 ‘MFA for All’ Program

American Short Fiction, a nonprofit literary organization based in Austin, Tex., has announced its fall 2024 "MFA for All" program. The series will feature three accomplished authors as faculty: Jamel Brinkley, Susan Choi, and Karen Russell. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-08-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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New YA Books Hitting Shelves, August 26, 2024

Read your way into a boatload of new YA books hitting shelves this week in hardcover and paperback. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-08-26 15:00:00 UTC ]
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17 new city restaurants to book this fall

New York’s insider summer restaurant season — when locals decamp to the Hamptons, the Catskills and the Greek isles and the city’s hottest places have open seats — is winding down. That signals the search for new spots opening this Fall.A couple of New York’s best-known chefs are launching new... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2024-08-23 10:03:06 UTC ]
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The Biggest Book Club Books To Look For This Fall

Fall book club picks, historical fiction for kids, the most interesting questions in books, and more today on Book Riot Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-08-21 16:25:00 UTC ]
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Genshin Impact is coming to Xbox this fall

Genshin Impact is bringing its fantastical world to the Xbox this fall. During Gamescom 2024, developer HoYoverse announced that the free-to-play open-world game will be available on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox Cloud Gaming beginning on November 20. With that release, Xbox players will receive all... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-08-20 22:41:06 UTC ]
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Streaming hit multiple new viewership records in July, Nielsen reports

Streaming posted another banner month in July, reaching multiple new milestones in the latest issue of The Gauge report from Nielsen. The big headline is that streaming was responsible for 41.4 percent of all TV viewing during the month. That's the highest share in the report's brief history for... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2024-08-20 19:15:29 UTC ]
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