R.J. Julia to Manage New Wesleyan Bookstore

R.J. Julia Booksellers has reached an agreement with Wesleyan University to manage the school’s new bookstore when it opens late next spring in downtown Middletown, Wesleyan’s hometown in Connecticut. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Management buyout brings fresh blood to the top at Midas PR

A management buy-out at Midas Public Relations has seen new shareholders buying into the business, while a focused expansion into film and TV is planned for the company. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Campaign to Promote Physical Bookstores Launched

A number of industry members have gotten together to form Love Your Bookstore, a campaign aimed to help draw attention to all physical bookstores as the holiday shopping season begins. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Coates joins RCW as foreign rights manager

Sam Coates is to join literary agency Rogers, Coleridge and White as foreign rights manager, working alongside department head Laurence Laluyaux. Coates joins on 22nd October, having worked at Penguin Random House for five years, most recently at Vintage. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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DK Restructures U.S. Management

DK is reorganizing its North American leadership structure, according to a letter from Mary Marotta, senior v-p, to staff. Among the changes is the appointment of Carol Stokke as the head of the sales team. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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California Bookstores Make a Full Recovery after Wildfires

Affected booksellers attributed some of the recovery to loyal customers and community support, but they also cited the Book Industry Charitable Foundation (Binc)’s key role. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Folio Literary Management Acquires Harold Ober Associates

Folio Literary Management, LLC, has acquired Harold Ober Associates, a full-service literary agency founded in 1929 that has represented some of the literary titans of the 20th century, including F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Agatha Christie and J.D. Salinger. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rebecca Smart Named DK Managing Director

Rebecca Smart will join DK as its managing director in January after spending the last four years in the same position at Ebury Publishing, a nonfiction imprint of Penguin Random House UK. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Julia Posen steps down from Walker Books

Julia Posen, executive vice president and commercial director at the Walker Books Group, is stepping down after eight years with the company to pursue new opportunities. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Six-Month Bookstore Sales Down 1%

A 5.3% increase in June bookstore sales over June 2017 was not quite enough to offset a soft start to the year and bookstore sales finished the first half of 2018 with sales down 1.0% compared to a year ago. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former manager pens Kurt Cobain biography for Trapeze

Trapeze is publishing a biography of Kurt Cobain by his former manager, Danny Goldberg, coinciding with the 25th anniversary of the Nirvana frontman's death. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Rundown: With today’s video strategies, publishers are managing their risk

With their latest forays into long-form and TV, digital publishers are taking a far less risky approach to video. The post The Rundown: With today’s video strategies, publishers are managing their risk appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Job Opening: Key Account Manager at the Frankfurt Book Fair New York

Book publishing job opening: the Frankfurt Book Fair's New York office is hiring a Key Account Manager to work with customers in the US and Canada. The post Job Opening: Key Account Manager at the Frankfurt Book Fair New York appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anechoum joins Europa Editions as international rights manager

Emanuela Anechoum, formerly rights manager at Blake Friedman, is joining Europa Editions UK and US in the position of international rights manager. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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May Bookstore Sales Up $4 Million

Bookstore sales rose from $741 million last May to $745 million in May 2018, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau, an increase of 0.5%. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Behind the Counter at America’s Smallest Indie Bookstores

A small shop on sleepy Main Street with books warmly displayed from floor to ceiling. That's indie bookselling for you, right? Hardly. The realities of day-to-day business are vastly more complex and challenging. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Business management tools: A how-to guide for media companies

Today’s consumers expect access to content, whenever and however they want, putting media and publishing companies under extreme pressure to meet this demand cost-effectively. Faced with diminishing revenues from traditional advertising and subscriptions they must find new ways to drive revenue... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dubery leaves Bertrams amid management restructure

Bertrams’ new owner Aurelius has installed a new management team four months after buying the wholesaler. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mexican Booksellers and Digital Sales Infrastructure: Managing Metadata

Encouraged to 'exchange opinions, push yourself to create a network,' Mexico's booksellers at the CONTEC conference were challenged to adopt digital sales systems' support for retail. The post Mexican Booksellers and Digital Sales Infrastructure: Managing Metadata appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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