Profile goes D2C with three new websites

Profile Books has launched three new "fully responsive" consumer-facing websites which will enable readers to purchase both print and ebooks directly from Profile. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Revue, Twitter Test Newsletter Subscription Option Directly via Publishers’ Profiles

Twitter acquired newsletter publishing platform Revue in January, allowing it to continue to run as a stand-alone service, and the two companies began testing a way to integrate their respective platforms Thursday. Revue said in a tweet that all of its creators can begin enabling people to... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2021-08-19 22:40:00 UTC ]
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Bookselling Profile: Brazos Bookstore

Brazos was established in 1974 by Karl Killian primarily as an art and architecture bookstore. Through his efforts, it developed a reputation as a literary haven in Houston. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-08-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookselling Profile: Reads & Company

In 2006, Jason Hafer and Paul Oliver opened Wolfgang Books in Phoenixville, Pa. They opened Reads & Company in May 2019. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-07-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookselling Profile: Homer Bookstore

The Homer Bookstore is the oldest continually operating bookstore in Alaska, and one of the few places to buy new books within several hundred miles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-06-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookselling Profile: Hipocampo Children’s Books

In the months since Hipocampo Children’s Books has reopened to in-person browsing, a group of pre-teens and teens have made the space a regular stop on their wanderings through the Rochester, N.Y., neighborhood where it opened two years ago. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-05-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Profile turnover up 7% after 'healthy' year

Profile Books has reported a "healthy" financial year for the 12 months to end of March 2020, with a turnover of £12.2m, up 7% on the previous year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-27 22:15:55 UTC ]
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Virtual library 'a wake up call' for sector over promised national website

The free provision of e-books for children by Oak National Academy has been branded a "wake up call" for a sector still awaiting its long-discussed shared website for all public libraries. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-21 04:54:52 UTC ]
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Bookshop website makes £500,000 for indies

Indie-focused retail site Bookshop.org has now made more than £500,000 for stores in just over a month since its launch. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-08 05:04:07 UTC ]
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Wellcome and Profile to publish Mosse's 'timely' exploration of carer role

Wellcome Collection and Profile Books will publish An Extra Pair of Hands by Kate Mosse, her own "deeply personal" story of finding herself, in middle age, caring for her relatives.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-12-02 21:14:32 UTC ]
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Pearson creates new division focused on D2C relationship building

Pearson has created a new direct-to-consumer division, hiring senior talent from Warner Bros to help lead it.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-18 06:07:40 UTC ]
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Wellcome Collection and Profile pre-empt Sowemimo's 'illuminating' title

Wellcome Collection and Profile Books have acquired Decolonising Healthcare, a "vital, eye-opening history of race and health", by Dr Annabel Sowemimo. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-05 22:55:27 UTC ]
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CUP launches HE textbook website

Cambridge University Press has brought its higher education textbooks together on a new, tailor-made website. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-23 15:57:44 UTC ]
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Profile Books joins Facebook boycott

Independent publisher Profile Books, including imprints Serpent’s Tail, Viper Books and Souvenir Press, has joined the global Facebook advertising boycott led by by the advocacy group Stop Hate for Profit, withdrawing all Facebook and Instagram advertising with immediate effect. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-04 21:25:31 UTC ]
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Children's news website apologises to JK Rowling over trans tweet row

The Day faced legal action from author after implying that her comments on gender harmed trans peopleA news website aimed at British schoolchildren has agreed to pay an unsubstantiated amount after it implied that JK Rowling’s comments on gender caused harm to trans people.The Day, which is... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-07-23 16:33:19 UTC ]
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New Shaun Bythell bookshop title for Profile

Profile Books will publish Shaun Bythell's Seven Kinds of People You Find in Bookshops in November.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-08 23:31:01 UTC ]
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Faber and Profile to publish two new Alan Bennett Talking Heads monologues

Faber and Profile Books are to publish two new Alan Bennett "Talking Heads" monologues, to be published together under the title Two Besides.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-22 11:52:59 UTC ]
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This Website Makes It Easier to Buy Anti-Racist Books From Black-owned Bookstores

In the weeks since the May 25 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, books about anti-racism have consistently topped bestseller lists. Many of these books have been purchased from the likes of Amazon and Barnes & Noble. To try and funnel some of these sales to Black-owned bookstores... Continue reading at AdWeek

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Profile buys material physics book after 'hard-fought' auction

Profile Books will publish an exploration of condensed matter physics, The Physicks of Dirt by Felix Flicker.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-28 18:10:41 UTC ]
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Aligning the User Data That Websites and Apps Collect With What Consumers Expect

With the California Consumer Privacy Act now the law, digital media companies are reevaluating their online data collection policies and the procedures Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

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Profile Books to publish 'much needed' celebration of British farm produce

Profile Books will publish a new book by Ned Palmer, author of A Cheesemonger's History of the British Isles. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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