Owner of Scotsman and Yorkshire Post newspapers bought for £10m

JPL Media announces sale to new publishing group National World for knockdown priceThe media company that owns famous newspapers such as the Scotsman and Yorkshire Post has been sold for just £10m, in a sign of the collapsing value of regional papers.JPI Media announced on Thursday it had been sold to a recently formed publishing group called National World, owned by the former Daily Mirror executive David Montgomery. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2020-12-31 16:33:33 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-11-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Six Post-Election Reads for the Soul

From meditation to rest, books publishing between now and early 2021 explore ways to heal divisions, find peace, and love thy neighbor. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-11-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Post-election, Kamala Harris’s books are more popular than ever.

Kamala Harris-related books have seen a sharp increase in popularity post-Biden/Harris presidential win. On Sunday, a whopping four books on Amazon’s Top 10 bestsellers list were either about or penned by the vice president-elect. The books in question: Harris’s memoir The Truths We Hold: An... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-11-10 17:37:24 UTC ]
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Read one bookstore owner’s impassioned call to help all independent bookstores.

As COVID cases surge to record numbers and Republicans flirt with a paper coup the future of the nation’s bookstores remains perilous. Yes, we all have a lot to worry about—but if you care about that unwieldy, amorphous thing called literary culture, please spare a moment (or a dollar) to... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-11-10 16:14:32 UTC ]
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Memoir sales surge in post-Covid market

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-02 06:35:06 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Posts Double-Digit Gains in First Half of Fiscal 2021

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Text of Statement Honoring Moon Palace Owners, MIBA Bookseller of the Year

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Adult Fiction flies post-lockdown

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-26 11:50:29 UTC ]
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Post-Pandemic Comics: IDW’s New Publisher Looks Ahead

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion Spring acquires Glazebrook's 'reassuring' guide for dog owners

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-19 18:21:47 UTC ]
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Flooding the zone with the New York Post

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[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-10-19 12:20:19 UTC ]
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New post-apocalyptic fiction from Caldecott to Jo Fletcher Books

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[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-16 05:32:04 UTC ]
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To understand the Trump era, a Post critic read 150 books

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[ The Washington Post | 2020-10-08 09:18:55 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-01 21:18:02 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-28 00:01:16 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2020-09-24 04:24:29 UTC ]
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