The Blackwell's bookshop at the University of Portsmouth may be forced to close if it is unable to come to an agreement about new premises. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with:
#desperately sad
As Ukraine's bookselling prospects improve, the loss of the country's open-air market book stalls may mean more challenges for the book business. The post Retail Pressures: Ukraine’s Open-Air Bookselling Marketplaces Appear Headed for Closure appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#book business
Author Jojo Moyes has pledged to save Quick Reads from closure by funding the adult literacy programme for the next three years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Exeter's branch of Blackwell’s is preparing a "19th-century love inn" with the city's Southernhay House Hotel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
With the official publication Tuesday of former FBI director James Comey’s memoir, “A Higher Loyalty,” another round opens in the high-stakes Washington wrestling match between Comey and the president of the United States. Trump, self-cast in the evil wrestler mode — as he puts it, "When someone... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#higher loyalty
The 21 Northamptonshire libraries at risk of closure have started legal action against the council. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
The France Loisirs book club and its four service subsidiaries will close 36 of its 200 retail outlets and lay off 450 of its 1,350 staff in France. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#france loisirs
Booksellers Blackwell’s and W H Smith have revealed their gender pay gap data, both beating the national median average. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Blackwell’s is seeing rapid revenue growth spurred on by its multi-channel strategy, with like-for-like sales up 12% to £48.3m for the year to June 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
The government is to investigate Northamptonshire Council’s plans to close 21 libraries following strong protest from campaigners and libraries body CILIP. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#strong protest
Libraries body CILIP has branded Northamptonshire County Council’s plan to cut 21 libraries as “careless and unreasonable” in a formal letter of complaint to culture secretary Matt Hancock. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#legal duties
#library closures
Parragon is closing down in the UK because of competition and a lack of retail space, owner DC Thomson has told The Bookseller. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#retail space
#toldthe bookseller
Parragon Books is to enter into consultation about the potential closure of the business, with up to 245 jobs at risk of redundancy globally, its owner DC Thomson has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#parragon books
Parragon, the U.K.-based publisher with a substantial U.S. office, announced Tuesday morning it may be forced to close before the end of the year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#-based publisher
Fifteen libraries in Somerset are under threat of closure with the council under pressure to make up to £520,000 worth of savings. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Waterstones boss James Daunt has slammed the widespread closure of public libraries as a "disgrace", arguing that the decline will have a damning effect on the future of British society. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#library closures
#public libraries
Sainsbury’s and Blackwell’s have reported positive book sales over the Christmas period, with Pete Selby, head of books at the supermarket, saying that gift purchases are now "shifting" from other entertainment to books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#christmas period
#pete selby
#gift purchases
Arts Council England has pledged to engage with more bookshops, fund more writers and lobby the government to provide tax relief to independent publishers following a report finding that “the general trend for literary fiction is a negative one”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#literary fiction
#independent publishers
Blackwell’s e-textbook platform, Blackwell Learning, has been sold to rival Kortext for an undisclosed sum. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#blackwell learning
Blackwell’s has named its Book of the Year as the "inspirational" Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls (Particular Books) by Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#elena favilli
#francesca cavallo
Fresh figures have shown the scale of library closures in Great Britain continues unabated, with 105 closed in the UK last year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#library closures