People on the Move | 10.24.13

Amy Churgin has been publisher of Traditional Home magazine. Previously, Churgin was senior vice president of the Condé Nast Media Group where she oversaw corporate media sales across its portfolio of magazine and digital brands. Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

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Profile Books moves offices

Profile Books and Serpent's Tail are moving to new premises near Pentonville Road in London. Profile and its imprints have been based at Exmouth Market for the past seven years, but will now move to new office space in Holford Yard, just off Pentonville Road, between Kings Cross St Pancras and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple and Amazon Have a Problem: People Don’t Want to Buy Stuff Anymore

The failure of the Fire Phone has been widely cited as the reason for Amazon’s disastrous quarter, but a darker cloud has settled over the world’s biggest online retailer. The core of Amazon’s business—its original reason for being: selling books and other media—has grown wobbly. The problem:... Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2014-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Writer scoops £10,000 book prize

Debut novelist Amy Mason, who dropped out of school at 16 and took up writing at 25, wins the Dundee International Book Prize. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2014-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending October 24, 2014

This week was marked by a particularly happy ending in the Bronx. Barnes & Noble reversed its decision to close its store there, the last brick-and-mortar in the borough, and will stay for at least two more years. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bookshop We Deserve: from the archive, 24 October 1924

A bookshop in the old days seemed a kind of antechamber to Fairyland. Not so today, when books are done up like gaudy confectionery and treated like merchandiseTo stand in a certain kind of modern bookshop is to feel like Walpoles learned blockhead, whose only merit was that he had read more... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gardners reports turnover up nearly 10%

Gardners boosted turnover by 9.7% last year and has revealed it plans to expand in the near future. The wholesaler’s annual results to the year ending 28th February 2014 were filed on Companies House this morning (23rd October) and revealed that turnover was up by 9.7% to £208.9m, up from... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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International Hot Book Properties: Week of October 13, 2014

In this week's roundup of books generating interest around the globe, we look at a Spanish novel that became an unexpected buzz title at the Frankfurt Book Fair; a lauded Swedish journalist's stab at crime fiction; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Looking to Move Beyond the 11%

Eighty-nine percent of respondents to PW’s recently concluded salary survey identified themselves as white—a finding that, while hardly surprising, underscores the challenges the industry faces in producing books that appeal to minorities. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors on the Air October 10, 2014: Rick Strassman

Rick Strassman, author of 'DMT and the Soul of Prophecy' (Inner Traditions, 9781594773426), will appear on 'Coast to Coast AM' on Sunday, October 12. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of October 13, 2014

Thomas Dunne picks up Harms’s second and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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News Briefs: Week of October 13, 2014

Patrick Modiano wins Nobel Prize in literature and more in this week's publishing news briefs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PW Picks: Books of the Week, October 13, 2014

This week, madness at the dawn of Hollywood, life in South Korea, and Kerry Howley's amazing "Thrown." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookselling Round Up, Week Ending October 10, 2014

Albertine, the newly opened New York City bookstore of the French Embassy, launches a six-day festival and two stores mark reopenings: Third Street Books and Know Knew Books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The PW Frankfurt Show Daily, October 10, 2014

All the news from the of the Frankfurt Book Fair, including big buzz around a Spanish author, the word from HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray, and much more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canon’s New Camera Ads Focus on People, Not Products

As smartphones continue to erode sales of cameras and equipment, traditional brands are building digital platforms that double as marketing assets. Today, Canon launched the multi-year "See Impossible" campaign, shifting the marketing focus away from products and onto customers' stories. ... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2014-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Western Great Lakes: Land of 10,000 Presses

Minnesota license plates proclaim that the state is the Land of 10,000 Lakes. It could just as well be called the land of 10,000 presses. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nearly three quarters of young people prefer print

The 16-24 generation is still firmly in favour of print books, new research shows, with 73%... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors United’s Next Move: DOJ

With the Amazon-Hachette dispute cutting Hachette authors sales by at least 50 percent, a group of concerned authors is turning to the government for help. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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