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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Three Oxford-based groups of publishing workers are launching a survey to explore the experience of working from home and how work patterns might change after lockdown. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-16 17:30:43 UTC ]
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Chicago’s only Black woman-owned bookstore opened in the summer of 2019. Over the past two years, Semicolon has served as a vital and vibrant cultural hub and gallery space. Last summer, as the coronavirus began to tear through our country and small businesses had to close their doors, Semicolon... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-02-12 16:25:48 UTC ]
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Journalist Martha Teichner tells the story of how she gained a pet and a friend. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-02-05 13:00:00 UTC ]
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News Corp reported a decline in its overall revenue and a pretax profit of $497 million for the three months ending in December. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2021-02-04 23:45:40 UTC ]
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NetGalley and its owner Quality Solutions/Firebrand Technologies have been sold to Media Do International. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-01 22:14:04 UTC ]
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A West Virginia news publisher has filed an antitrust suit against Google and Facebook, who dominate the online ad market Continue reading at ABC News
[ ABC News | 2021-01-29 23:10:00 UTC ]
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Egmont UK's 2019 revenue decreased 8.9% to £37.9m but the publisher had a £369,000 pre-tax profit in the financial year before the book business was bought by HarperCollins, new figures uploaded to Companies House show. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-08 08:40:13 UTC ]
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Bookshop and Libro.fm, which help independent booksellers sell online, reported huge gains in 2020. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
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In a free 50-page report released this week, three veteran publishing and digital media consultants offer a postmortem on 2020 and a glimpse at what the future holds for publishers, booksellers, libraries and readers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-01-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The announcement today (24th December) that a deal for post-Brexit trade has been struck between the UK and the European Union has been welcomed by the PA. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-24 16:58:27 UTC ]
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Post Hill's new Wicked Son imprint focuses on Jewish voices and is headed by Adam Bellow and David S. Bernstein. It will feature history, philosophy and fiction by authors from the U.S., Israel, and Europe. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore sales fell 28.8% in October compared to October 2019, according to estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. October was the second consecutive month bookstore sales fell by roughly 28% compared to 2019. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-16 05:00:00 UTC ]
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A committee made up of booksellers and non-managerial staff at Bookshop Santa Cruz in Santa Cruz, Calif., has sent a letter to store owner Casey Coonerty Protti asking her to voluntarily recognize their joining with the Communication Workers of America Local 9423. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-12-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
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For a while, Melania Trump has teased that she might write a book after the Trump family exits the White House. I, like many, had mixed feelings. On one hand, it’d be interesting to see the Trump administration from the point of the view of the famously sullen First Lady; but on the other hand,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-12-10 18:18:04 UTC ]
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Bob Dylan's entire catalogue of songs, one of the great treasures in music history, has been acquired by Universal Music Publishing Group for an undisclosed sum. Continue reading at CBC
[ CBC | 2020-12-07 16:53:36 UTC ]
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My local bookstore is long, narrow, and outlined in wooden bookshelves. It’s wedged in an old Victorian building that sits across from the Salish Sea, where orcas, seals, and otters are frequently sighted. It smells like paper and salt water, and holds some 3,000 titles that reveal to tourists... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-12-07 09:49:19 UTC ]
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Jason Reynolds: two-time National Book Award finalist, TIME 100 Next honoree, and, apparently, real-life angel. Yesterday, for Giving Tuesday, the Look Both Ways and Ghost author let us know via Twitter that he’d bought the entire inventory of his books from local bookstores across DC, so... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-12-03 18:19:56 UTC ]
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The pandemic has put the kibosh on innumerable events this year, one of which was a big 50th anniversary bash for the Open University Press (OpenUP). Half a century is a good innings for any publisher, but it was to be a particularly celebratory occasion for OpenUP and its boss, head of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-27 22:33:33 UTC ]
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Michael O’Mara Books will publish Carol Ann Lee's "compelling and detailed" account of the women affected by the brutal crimes of Peter Sutcliffe, known as the Yorkshire Ripper, in paperback in December. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-26 07:03:02 UTC ]
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Graham Norton, Dara McAnulty and Donal Ryan were among the winning authors at the virtual An Post Irish Book Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-25 22:26:23 UTC ]
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