Putnam signs with Richards and Broccardo's start-up Swift Press

Swift Press, the newly founded publisher of Mark Richards and Diana Broccardo, is gearing up for its autumn launch with The Upswing by Robert Putnam. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-04 15:33:01 UTC ]
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History Press French subsidiary enters reorganisation

The History Press' subsidiary in France, Editions Alan Sutton, is entering a process known as... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Flambard Press to close

Twenty-year-old poetry specialist Flambard Press is being wound down following the loss of its... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Launches Nexus 7 Tablet Starting at $200

Google took a cue from Amazon's Kindle Fire announcing the Nexus 7 tablet optimized for content from Google Play including books, games, TV shows, movies, apps, and magazines. Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2012-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cambridge University Press ends printing after 400 years

More than 400 years of printing under the Cambridge University Press name is to end, with... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Ford: Why writing is an act of optimism

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Ford talks about his new novel "Canada," his memories of the late Raymond Carver, and how art makes life.    Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Phaidon Press up for sale

Art and cookery specialist Phaidon Press is up for sale, with owner Richard Schlagman looking for... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline re-signs Doherty

Headline has re-contracted with historical crime author Paul Doherty, signing new frontlist... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stork Press buys Polish award-winner

Stork Press has acquired 21.37 by Mariusz Czubaj, winner of the High Calibre Award for the best... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline fires up Tinder Press

Headline is set to grow its literary fiction publishing with the launch of a new imprint,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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History Press to look at First World War in 'whole new light'

The History Press has signed The First World War in 100 Objects by battlefield specialist Peter... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Friday Project signs up paramedic's tale

The Friday Project has signed UK rights to Paramedico: Around the World by Ambulance by Benjamin... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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OMG MJ signs diet book

Michael Joseph has acquired Six Weeks to OMG, a dieting title which has already been a self-... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S sign Sam Warburton books

Welsh rugby captain Sam Warburton has signed a two-book deal with Simon & Schuster. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK bookseller Waterstones to start selling Kindles

The UK's biggest bookstore chain has announced that it will start selling Kindles alongside other digital services from Amazon. Waterstones stores will let Kindle owners digitally browse books in-store and link up with special offers, tying into the chain's plans for substantial renovations that... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Accent Press acquires celeb bake book

Accent Press is publishing a celebrity baking title, with a foreword by "Great British Bake... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital focus for Policy Press

The Policy Press (TPP) has revealed plans to increase its digital focus as the popularity of e-... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Soho Press Pushes Forward Under Hruska

Soho Press, an independent publisher with a full-time staff of nine, is made up of a band of fiercely loyal book lovers. The press was taken over by publisher Bronwen Hruska in 2010.Juliet Grames, Soho’s senior editor, said, about working with her: “For our first 25 years we were a quality... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Curious Fox signs first fiction titles

Raintree has acquired the first titles for its fledgling fiction list, Curious Fox, from Fiction... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Taunton Press Promotes EVP/CFO Tim Rahr to President

Enthusiast consumer publisher Taunton Press taps Tim Rahr as its new president. Rahr, who has served as executive vice president and chief financial officer with Taunton since 2005, succeeds Sue Roman. These changes are effective immediately. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2012-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Knockout Start For Lookout Books

Emily Smith, executive director of Lookout Books, has been in and out of the office more in the past few months than she has been in years, thanks to the success of her imprint’s very first release, a collection of new and previously published work from a 75-year-old master of the short story,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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