At The Bookseller, publishing insiders in the UK gave their advice to the upcoming management of the soon to be merged Penguin/Random House. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House enjoyed a record year in 2012, with worldwide sales up 23% and profits up by 76%. In... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Australian-born novelist Monica McInerney has signed a global publishing deal with Penguin for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, has said that the internet giant is willing to launch a similar "digital publishing innovation fund" in the UK to the one it launched in France last month. When asked by the Guardian&rsquo ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins UK and US have joined forces to sign a global pre-emptive bid for world rights in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For the fifth year in a row, UK book revenue is down, as consumers switch from print to digital formats and from physical shops to online retailers, even for print purchases. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House Business Books has acquired a second volume of memoirs by “Dragons’ Den... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Penguin/Random House merger has been cleared by the Commerce Commission in New Zealand, with... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Folio Society will sponsor the newly named Folio Prize, a literature award of £40,000 to honor the best English-language fiction published in the UK. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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LONDON: 14 March 2013: Today the Financial Times and Penguin publish Lunch with the FT: 52Classic Interviews in hardback and eBook format. The book, edited by FT editor Lionel Barber, with a foreword by CEO John Ridding, read ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK bookstores are experimenting with exclusive chapters and other offers to lure customers into stores and away from online shopping at Amazon, but some doubt its efficacy. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the UK a new ebook platform Boosh will allow readers to share an ebook with a fellow Facebook user to read for free after its read and deleted from their own account. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Book Marketing Society's best marketing campaign awards for autumn 2012 have seen wins... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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By focusing on movie tie-ins and visual curation, UK app developers of The Nudge List hope to attract book buyers not accustomed to using traditional book sites. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Penguin Group saw a 1% rise in sales to £1.05bn in 2012 (£1.04bn in 2011).... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Science fiction and fantasy publisher Angry Robot, part of the Osprey Group, is the creation of one man and many minds working in tandem across the UK and the Atlantic. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld has revealed the UK cover for Dan Brown's forthcoming book Inferno, with an... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperVoyager is marking this year's 50th anniversary of Ray Bradbury's classic sci fi... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hardie Grant UK has acquired The Pepperpot Club: A Celebration of Caribbean Cuisine by Jonathan... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Four Random House Group titles won at the Publishers Publicity Circle Awards last night, with... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's publisher Chicken House and the Times are on the way to choosing the title that... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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