A debate over how much publishers care about independent booksellers broke out during yesterday... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook, Twitter and Google have been under fire all over the world for not doing enough to police their platforms for misinformation. The Singaporean government thinks it has a solution: a law that imposes jail time and hundreds of thousands of dollars in potential fines for posting or failing... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Following last week's news that Baker & Taylor is ending its retail wholesale business, the American Booksellers Association wrote to members to say it was working to limit any damage to the community and find the best solutions for moving forward. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Booksellers Association and DK have unveiled the second year of the DK Day initiative, with booksellers invited to DK's head office for a special look at the creative process. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers in French-language Canada are required to carry extensive backlist titles but say sales of them are slow and require staff training. The post In Québec: New Report Cites Book Sales Uptick; Booksellers Debate Backlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperFiction will publish the debut novel from freelancer writer Holly Dawson, inspired by a tweet about an anonymous benefactor in her village. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The timing was perfect and the symbolism entirely appropriate: a Brinks truck pulling into the parking lot of the Dodgers’ spring training facility soon after team executives returned from a meeting in Las Vegas with free agent Bryce Harper. The question the Dodgers have to answer isn’t whether... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Prosecutors send letters to publishers, editors and reporters at News Corp, the ABC and others• Follow live updates on the reaction to Cardinal George Pell’s conviction • Full report: Pell found guilty of child sexual assault• Five times guilty: how Pell’s past caught up with himAs many as 100... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Green Book winning the Best Picture award was the most-talked-about moment on both Twitter and Facebook during the 91st Academy Awards Sunday night. The most-tweeted-about moments during the event were: Green Book wins Best Picture Shallow wins Best Original Song Rami Malek wins Best Actor Lady... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2019-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thriller author Don Winslow wants to debate Donald Trump about the president's proposed border wall, and Stephen King is willing to pay $10,000 to make it happen. Winslow, whose new novel, "The Border," is slated for release by Harper Collins imprint William Morrow next week, challenged Trump to... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2019-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fi and Charlotte Duffy-Scott of Glasgow’s Category Is Books recommend eight books by Scottish women and non-binary writers, and Asif Khan, director of the Scottish Poetry Library, has done likewise with women poets. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Jaipur Bookmark professional publishing program this year had Norway as its Country Partner and a visit from the Frankfurter Buchmesse's Juergen Boos. The post Issues and Debate at India’s 2019 Jaipur Bookmark Program: Freedom to Publish appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bookseller's Assocation has warned Amazon is "gaming the system" and branded the business rates regime "unfair" yet again after it emerged the online retail giant paid £63m in business rates despite recording £8bn in UK sales. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W F Howes has signed BAFTA-winning actor Will Poulter to voice The Wall, a new novel by John Lanchester. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Our Castle by the Sea by Lucy Strange (Chicken House) is January’s Independent Booksellers’ Children’s Book of the Month, chosen by the Booksellers Association’s children’s bookselling group. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The executive chairman of the Booksellers Association has called for positivity in the year ahead as he says booksellers are bucking the trend of high street closures. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French group Vivendi has announced that it has agreed to buy Editis, France's second largest book publisher, from Grupo Planeta of Spain for €900m. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Storm Keeper’s Island by Catherine Doyle (Bloomsbury Children’s) is this winter’s Independent Booksellers Children’s Book of the Season. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The decision of Amazon-owned website AbeBooks.com to withdraw from Hungary, the Czech Republic, South Korea and Russia has reportedly sparked an international protest of antiquarian booksellers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Booksellers Association (BA) has revealed it will not run a centralised variation of Civilised Saturday in 2018 following feedback with its members. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Booksellers Association is launching an indie Children’s Book of the Month promotion following on from last year’s Children’s Book of the Season campaign. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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