Penguin Random House has unveiled a replica Oval Office inside London Waterloo station complete with a Donald Trump lookalike and secret service bodyguards. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House global revenues rose 11.8% in 2015 to €3.7bn (up from €3.3bn the previous year), with operating EBITDA rising by 23.2% to €557m (€452m in previous year). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Last August, the New York Times published a long investigation into Amazon’s draconian white-collar office environment. The article, by Jodi Kantor and David Streitfeld, painted a picture of a miserable office: people put on probation after they got sick, a working mother backstabbed via an... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2016-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House and the Daily Mail have launched a “major” competition which will offer new writing talent a publishing deal and a £20,000 advance. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House UK today relaunched The Scheme, its entry-level recruitment programme, offering four 13-month paid traineeships from September. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH’s consumer and digital chief Hannah Telfer outlines the company's audio strategy. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House has launched a "Creative Responsibility Manifesto", which includes a formal programme to improve diversity, in a bid to become a “force for good in society above and beyond” the books it produces. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Helena Peacock, legal director for Penguin Random House UK and international, is retiring on 30th June after 23 years of service. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin is bringing out a new series of classic titles in a "compact, jewel-like format" called Pocket Penguins. The series - dubbed "the future of Penguin Classics" - will launch in May 2016, featuring titles such as Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf and The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad, priced... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Johanna Basford is set to publish two new colouring books in 2016 with Virgin Books, a division of Ebury at Penguin Random House UK. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frederick Warne & Co, an imprint of Penguin Random House Children’s, will this September release a previously unpublished children’s story by Beatrix Potter, with new illustrations by Quentin Blake. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House has acquired a skin, food and lifestyle book by Wendy Rowe, a "world-renowned beauty expert" and Burberry's artistic consultant. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Other publishers and universities are welcoming Penguin Random House UK's decision to disregard university degrees as a prerequisite for applications. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House UK has launched its consumer website Penguin.co.uk, and a new corporate site Penguinrandomhouse.co.uk, designed to showcase its eight publishing divisions and their imprints. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adult magazine Penthouse will expand its website to include daily updates and more interactive content as traditional print publications continue to pivot to growing online readership. ------------FOR THE RECORD4:25 p.m.: An earlier version of this story said Penthouse would close its print... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House UK is removing any requirement for a university degree for all new jobs to attract a “more varied candidate pool” in order to “publish the best books that appeal to readers everywhere”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The American Library Association is presenting National Readathon Day through its Libraries Transform campaign, with support from Penguin Random House's Library Awards for Innovation. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fiona Murphy has been appointed to the new in-house role of publicity director at Penguin Random House Ireland. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin imprint Michael Joseph’s Ladybird parodies had another strong week in the final days before Christmas, while the Penguin Random House group dominated the top of the charts. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The book trade must "work together" to navigate potential disadvantages of ebook lending, the chief executive of the Booksellers Association, Tim Godfray, has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House is proposing to close its distribution centre in Rugby, with all its 255 employees put at risk of redundancy. The publisher has made the “difficult” but “necessary” proposal to close the site in Central Park, Rugby, in early 2019 following an “extensive strategic review”... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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