Pietsch Reveals HBG Hybrid Plan to Return to Office

Hachette Book Group CEO Michael Piestch revealed plans for staff to return to work at HBG offices in September under a hybrid working model. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-07-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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AAP Officers: Wiley CEO Brian Napack Is Chair, Hachette CEO Pietsch is Vice-Chair

'Brian Napack helms the AAP board, saying, 'A vibrant, independent publishing industry plays an essential role in our democracy.' The post AAP Officers: Wiley CEO Brian Napack Is Chair, Hachette CEO Pietsch is Vice-Chair appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-01-27 23:29:51 UTC ]
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Totnes Bookshop closes in box office development plan

Totnes Bookshop in south Devon is being closed in its current form by the trust that owns its lease and will reopen as a box office for local events. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-19 11:36:36 UTC ]
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HBG Offices to Remain Closed Until Further Notice

HBG CEO Michael Pietsch said that the publisher will not reopen its Manhattan and other offices until further notice and that company employees will receive a six week notice ahead of any office reopenings. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH Won't Return to Offices Until 'It's Safe and Practical'

Following a survey of its workforce gauging employee experience with working remotely and reaction to the prospect of returning to its Manhattan offices, Penguin Random House US has confirmed that it will not return to its offices "until sometime next year." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Lonely Planet plans to shutter its London and Melbourne offices

Travel publisher Lonely Planet is to drastically reduce its publishing and close "almost entirely" its London and Melbourne offices as a result of the coronavirus crisis.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-09 03:44:51 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury reveals plans to support indies amid pandemic

Bloomsbury has announced a strategy to support independent bookshops during the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-08 07:54:28 UTC ]
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In Year-End Note, HBG’s Pietsch Cites New Imprints, Revenue Growth

In a year end letter to Hachette Book Group staff, HBG CEO Michael Pietsch looked back on a year of growth. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-01-06 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Fane reveals plans for international expansion

Fane has revealed plans for international expansion, with the production company to open a new office in Australia.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-22 14:39:35 UTC ]
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TV and radio plans revealed to mark publication of Jess Phillips book

Monoray is to launch an extensive publicity campaign to promote Jess Phillips MP’s new book. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-19 21:53:36 UTC ]
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TV and radio plans revealed for Billy Connolly's first ever book publicity campaign

Two Roads will head up Sir Billy Connolly’s first ever book publicity campaign for Tall Tales and Wee Stories.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-09 13:05:19 UTC ]
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TV and radio plans revealed to mark publication of David Cameron's memoir

David Cameron will give a series of television and radio interviews to mark the publication of his autobiography, For the Record (William Collins), including John Humphrys' final "big" interview for the "Today" show next month. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-20 19:08:40 UTC ]
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BBC reveals plans for animated adaptation of Morpugo's Mimi and the Mountain Dragon

The BBC has revealed plans for a special 2D animated adaptation of Sir Michael Morpurgo’s children’s book Mimi and the Mountain Dragon. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-18 15:46:37 UTC ]
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Andersen reveals plans for new Elmer TV series

Andersen Press is working with animation studio Factory on a new TV series of David McKee’s Elmer series of picture books.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-02 03:37:11 UTC ]
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Plans for Independent Bookshop Week revealed

Authors will tour independent bookshops, illustrators will create special shop windows and limited edition and early book releases will take place to celebrate this year’s Independent Bookshop Week.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wordsworth Trust reveals £6.2m Dove Cottage and museum plans

The Wordsworth Trust has unveiled further details of its £6.2m project to bring the poet’s story into the 21st century by enchancing its museum and his former home. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent Bookshop Week reveals 2019 plans

Hachette UK will sponsor Independent Bookshop Week (IBW) and authors Cressida Cowell, Patrick Gale, Katherine Rundell and screenwriter Ben Aaronovitch will tour bookshops across the country as part of the annual celebration of indies. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Springer Nature says Plan S stance on hybrid journals 'unacceptable'

Springer Nature has said the current Plan S requirement for publishers to commit to 'flip' hybrid journals to Open Access is "unnecessary, and...unacceptable for us and for many other publishers." Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jacaranda reveals plans to publish 20 black British writers in 2020

Indie publisher says its #Twentyin2020 initiative will cover fiction, non-fiction and poetry and help ‘normalise’ diverse readersA group of unnamed individuals has donated £25,000 towards an independent publisher’s initiative to publish 20 black British writers in 2020, in the hope it will... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bluemoose reveals plans to publish only female writers in 2020

Bluemoose Books has revealed it will only publish female writers in 2020, with co-owner Kevin Duffy lamenting how “women over a certain age are overlooked in the publishing world”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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