UK publishers celebrated a 1% rise in the invoiced value of their annual sales in 2015, to a total of £4.4bn, with a strong home market compensating for some tough areas in export. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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The past year saw only one megadeal in the publishing world—but plenty of strategic buys. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dublin-based independent Tramp Press is creating a UK outpost with the appointment of Laura Waddell to the newly created role of UK publishing director. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Publishers Association has tentatively welcomed the outcome of last night’s no-confidence vote, with Theresa May’s continued leadership increasing the chances of a deal-based Brexit which would at least give publishers "a basis on which they can plan for the future". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ryall, who left IDW earlier this year, has been named president, publisher, and chief creative officer of the comics and graphic novel publisher. Former IDW president and publisher Greg Goldstein is stepping down. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Publishers Association has advised businesses take “practical steps” to prepare for Brexit as best they can despite the “frustrating and challenging” political uncertainty, while the Society of Authors has warned it has “significant concerns” should a no-deal Brexit come to pass ahead of a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize has returned for a second year, newly expanded, with partners across the world and a new residency in Andalucia. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audiobook sales are continuing to rocket, with a number of the biggest publishers in the space confirming they are still experiencing “strong double-digit growth” year on year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comic Arts Brooklyn 2018 returned to the Pratt Institute campus with a lineup of indie and self-published cartoonists that included such artists as Julie Doucette, Hartley Lin, Jane Mai, Al Columbia, Olivier Schrauwen, Ariel Schrag, and Mark Newgarden. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New releases by David Jeremiah and Joel Osteen break into the top five on the Religion Nonfiction Bestsellers list; Karen Kingsbury takes #1 in Religion Fiction with the latest installment to her Baxter Family series. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jess Brittain’s university thriller returns to TV next week – with toxic masculinity and ‘snowflakes’ forming part of the dramaWe’re not in Beverly Hills any more, Toto: teen drama in 2018 is a darker, more politically-charged genre than ever. Take Riverdale, whose creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Chicago-based Independent Publishing Group has made a name for itself as a distributor of Spanish-language books for the U.S. and Canadian markets. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Netflix is planning on raising $2bn (£1.5bn) through a bond offering to fund content growth. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A follow-up to Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Olive Kitteridge, titled Olive, Again, will be published by Viking in September 2019. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Another day, another scam doing the rounds on Facebook - although this time, this one is being recycled. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2018-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Northern California Independent Booksellers Association's Fall Discovery Show triumphantly returned to Oakland for the first time in over a decade—and was greeted by a hotel workers' strike. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the Markets, the opening conference of the Frankfurt Book Fair, speakers from HarperCollins U.K. and Nielsen Book Research International confirmed small gains across European publishing so far this year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blackwell’s has reported growth of 17% in its past fiscal year, following an increase of 12% a year earlier. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week, the author Curtis Sittenfeld tweeted that it feels like we are now living in her 2005 novel Prep—and she did not mean it in a good way. The book is set at a fictional elite New England boarding school, a place not altogether unlike Georgetown Prep, the Maryland high school that... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2018-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Suffolk-based independent John Catt has announced a rise in turnover to £605,000 in the year ending August 31st 2018, a lift of over 150% on the prior year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anthony McGowan has written a fourth story about brothers Nicky and Kenny, a sequel to the Carnegie-shortlisted Rook. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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