PW Notables of the Year: Margaret Atwood

The septuagenarian Canadian author has, this year, become a cultural icon, as well as Canada’s best-known author—and 'The Handmaid's Tale' has become a backlist sensation. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twitter Co-Founders' New Site, Medium, Will Open to Public in New Year

Twitter co-founder Evan Williams shares more details about his new publishing platform. Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2012-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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25 years of asking, Where's Waldo?

Popular children's book character Waldo will soon be spotted in a lot more places around the world as his 25th anniversary kicks into gear.Where's Waldo? He won't be difficult to find once the 25th anniversary kicks off for the bespectacled, and beloved, children's book character. England will... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Newspaper Jobs Shrink 40% In 10 Years

While plenty of industries have shrunk over the last couple years, few have been hit as badly as newspaper publishing, which was already contracting before the economic downturn began. Since then, economic woes have simply reinforced the long-term tr ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PA half year: Fiction ebook sales increased 188%

Sales of digital fiction books increased by 188% in value terms in the first half of the year,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-reader numbers 'set to rise 70%' this year

Publishers are readying themselves to respond to an explosion of e-reading devices in the UK in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W&N to publish 100 years of New Statesman

Weidenfeld & Nicolson will publish a celebration of the New Statesman magazine’s 100th... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Manchester marks fifty years of Clockwork Orange

An exhibition to mark the 50th anniversary of the Anthony Burgess novel A Clockwork Orange opens... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Denise Mina wins Crime Novel of the Year

Glaswegian writer Denise Mina has won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After Great Year, Scholastic Tries For Encore

Fiscal 2012 was a good year made great by The Hunger Games,” Scholastic chairman Dick Robinson told analysts in a conference call last Thursday to discuss results in the year ended May 31, in which sales rose 14%, to $2.15 billion, and net income jumped from $39.4 million to $102.4 million. The... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brain Quest Celebrates 20 Years of Challenging Kids

For two decades, Brain Quest’s curriculum-based question-and-answer game has entertained kids – lots of them. Workman, which launched the line in 1992, reports sales of close to 37 million copies of Brain Quest editions for children at the pre-K through seventh grade levels. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eason to launch e-reader 'this year'

Eason is to launch its e-reader later this year, the Irish bookseller has revealed, as it... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-10 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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Mail commercial chief John Teal to leave after 25 years

Mail Newspapers group advertising director John Teal is to leave the newspaper publisher in the autumn after 25 years. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2012-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Engage wins sports book of the year

Engage: The Fall and Rise of Matt Hampson has won the British Sports Book Awards Sports Book of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WHS sees sales drop but 'confident' for next year

W H Smith has reported a like-for-like sales decrease of 3% across the group in the last quarter... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Six-year Google Books spat ends

Google has struck a deal to digitise French books, ending a six-year legal battle. Continue reading at BBC World

[ BBC World | 2012-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Printed book sales slump to nine-year low

As temperatures soared across the UK, printed book sales slumped to their lowest level in nine... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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2011 a 'transition' year for Quercus

Sales and profit at Quercus dropped 22% in 2011 but the company grew sales of its non-Stieg... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Magazines offloads Coast and Psychologies after seven years

Hearst Magazines UK is selling Coast and transferring its licence to publish Psychologies in the UK to Kelsey Publishing, the Kent-based publisher that acquired several IPC magazines in 2010. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2012-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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