The prince shown printing presses and an edition of the Guardian from 1987 during visit to St Bride FoundationWith Catherine Mayer’s biography about him being serialised in the Times, probably the last thing Prince Charles wants to do is learn about publishing, particularly newspapers. But he proved a dab hand at printing during a visit to the St Bride Foundation near Fleet Street on Thursday.The heir to the throne was shown a number of old printing presses and what is thought to be the last hot metal edition of the Guardian from 29 June 1987, in the years when Monkey was just a twinkle in some designer’s eye (and the prince had yet to write his so-called “black spider memos” to ministers which the Guardian is battling to have released). Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Waterstone's is cutting orders it makes on new titles from March to reduce its number of returns. The book retailer contacted suppliers this week asking them to reduce initial orders by about 20%. Publishers were asked to cancel existing pre-orders so that new orders... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NewPage Paper and Verso--the largest makers of coated paper and the subject of merger rumors last year--are b Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2011-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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