Major imprints ‘confident’ they can meet schools minister Nick Gibb’s challenge to inspire children with sets of canonical novels at ‘minimal cost’Classic novels such as Great Expectations, Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre should be available in secondary schools for all pupils to read, according to schools minister Nick Gibb, who has challenged the UK’s publishers to make 100 classic titles available to schools at low prices.Speaking at the Publishers Association’s conference this week, Gibb revealed the Department for Education has been looking into how to provide more sets of classic novels for schools. “We want every pupil to have the chance to be taught and read a wide range of literary classics which can inspire a lifelong love of reading,” said Gibb. “Access to these wonderful novels shouldn’t be the preserve of the few. I want every secondary school to have a stock of classics such as Great Expectations, Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre so that whole classes across the country can enjoy them together.”Access to these wonderful novels shouldn’t be the preserve of the few Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2015-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with:
#classic novels
#great expectations
#jane eyre
#low prices
#wide range
#lifelong love
#secondary school
A global publishing approach can take many forms. For Parragon Publishing, which started in the late 1980s as a conduit to get books into U.K. supermarket chains, the key is tailoring content that can roll out across borders in one fell swoop. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#parragon publishing
#late 1980s
#supermarket chains
#fell swoop
HarperCollins is attempting to help readers live out their Fifty Shades of Grey-inspired... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#fifty shades
Guardian Books is to publish a title by the newspaper's columnist The Secret Footballer.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#guardian books
#secret footballer
Six titles from indie publishers plus three from self-published writers, have been longlisted for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#self-published titles
#polari longlist
#indie publishers
#self-published writers
Simon & Schuster has snapped up a two-book deal from self-published author Jamie McGuire in a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#ss snaps
#simon schuster
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Highly-respected media and entertainment executive William G. Tompkins, Jr. has been named president and chief executive officer of the National Newspaper Publishers Association, a federation of more than 200 Black-owned ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#named president
Andrew Hodder-Williams has been appointed to the role of publishing director at Lion Hudson.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#lion hudson
Despite a troubled print advertising market, publishers still believe in the power of glossy paper and ink: They launched 114 magazines in the first half of 2012. That puts the year roughly on par with 2011, when 111 new titles appeared during the same period, according to online database... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#local advertising
#american media
#advertising side
#ad dollars
#ad pages
While there has been some grumbling in the industry about the ethics and logistics when literary agents start acting as publishers, many firms are now offering a suite of services in this area. Only a handful of agencies are actually publishing titles by their clients through in-house divisions,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#publishing titles
Labour shadow culture minister Dan Jarvis has called for the government to create a cross-... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
Oxford University Press is the first publisher to announce it will be releasing a title... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
In the fight between Apple, Amazon, the government, and publishers to set prices for electronic books, independents were overlooked. Now, they're banding together and voicing complaints. Continue reading at The Atlantic
[ The Atlantic | 2012-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#set prices
#electronic books
Bloomsbury has completed the purchase of creative publishers Applied Visual Arts Publishing (AVA... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
A report into boys’ reading has found that three out of four UK schools are worried about... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#uk schools
Education publishers have given mixed reactions to news leaked last week (20th June) that... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#education publishers
#mixed reactions
#news leaked
News Corp. board backs splitting company's entertainment and publishing businesses Continue reading at MarketWatch.com
[ MarketWatch.com | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#publishing businesses
The vice-president of the European Commission, Neelie Kroes, has backed a call by European... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#european commission
#reduced vat
The chiefs of Europe's publishing houses will meet today (26th June) in Brussels at a round-... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#publishing houses
Carlton Publishing Group arts imprint Goodman, which launched in 2009 and is headed by chairman... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |
According to a new study by the Pew Research Center, 62 percent of respondents didn't know whether or not their local library had ebooks. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with:
#ebook offerings
#local library