RBI Sells Reed Construction Data, RSMeans

Reed Business Information has been relatively quiet since divesting or closing big chunks of its publishing business in the aftermath of the recession, but the company made more significant M&A moves this week. RBI announced it's sold a 51 percent stake in Reed Construction Data to Warburg Pincus, a New Y Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

[ Folio Magazine | 2014-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In Frankfurt: Spain’s New Translation Grants and Market Data

Ramping up activities for its 20201 turn as Frankfurt's Guest of Honor, Spain launched expanded translation funding and presented book market statistics at the fair. The post In Frankfurt: Spain’s New Translation Grants and Market Data appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-10-18 07:33:50 UTC ]
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To Sell More Books, S&S Hits the Road

The S&S Selects PrePub Tour sends authors of books due out next season from Simon & Schuster’s five adult imprints across the country to schmooze with literary tastemakers around the country. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Report: Private equity firm eyes Tech Data for potential $5 billion acquisition

Private equity firm Apollo Global Management LLC is potentially interested in buying Tampa Bay's largest public company, according to a Tuesday report from Reuters. New York-based Apollo has approached Clearwater-based Tech Data Corp. (NASDAQ: TECD) with an offer to acquire the company for... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2019-10-16 01:08:24 UTC ]
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Rare Harry Potter Book Sells for Lots and Lots of Galleons: Critical Linking, October 13, 2019

An awesome daily roundup of the most interesting bookish links from around the web. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2019-10-13 10:30:06 UTC ]
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In ‘Targeted,’ data is the precious coin of the realm of digital robber barons

A Cambridge Analytica whistleblower on the ruthless visionaries who traffic in our information. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2019-10-11 13:20:00 UTC ]
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Atwood's The Testaments sells more than 250,000 copies in UK, says Vintage

Margaret Atwood's The Testaments (Chatto & Windus) has sold more than 250,000 copies in the UK across all formats, Vintage has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-08 23:30:20 UTC ]
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Debut YA by Member of Chippewa Tribe Sells in Seven-Figure Deal

'The Firekeeper's Daughter' by Angeline Boulleywas acquired by Tiffany Liao at Henry Holt Books for Young Readers after a 12-bidder auction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Feminism, cyber warfare and politics feature at sell-out Cliveden Literary Festival

The Cliveden Literary Festival returned for a third time last weekend with Ian McEwan, Howard Jacobson and Elif Shafak among the authors taking part in a busy event that saw speakers discuss topics from feminism to Russian spies, cyberwarfare and conspiracy theories to secrets of the universe.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-30 13:22:16 UTC ]
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Susanna Clarke's 'perfectly constructed' new novel goes to Bloomsbury

Susanna Clarke's next two books will be published by Bloomsbury globally, 15 years after her bestselling debut Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-30 07:52:21 UTC ]
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EBay CEO resigns as company considers selling assets

EBay CEO Devin Wenig is stepping down from his position as the San Jose-based e-commerce company considers selling some assets and appoints an interim leader, the company announced Wednesday morning. Wenig, who also held the title of president and was a director of the company, had been with... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2019-09-25 15:54:56 UTC ]
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EBay CEO resigns as company considers selling assets

EBay CEO Devin Wenig is stepping down from his position as the California-based e-commerce company considers selling some assets and appoints an interim leader, the company announced Wednesday morning. Wenig, who also held the title of president and was a director of the company, had been with... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2019-09-25 15:52:24 UTC ]
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Area man attempts to sell self-published book to 50 bookstores in 50 days, learns lesson along the way.

As reported in The Republic, Columbus, Ohio’s Mason Engel had already tried to get his self-published reboot of Orwell’s dystopian classic, 1984, into the hands of New York literary agents—like, right into their actual hands. After reaching number one in Amazon’s dystopian fiction category,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2019-09-25 15:11:55 UTC ]
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Selling to the Grown-Ups (shelftalker)

Adding an adult section to a children’s bookstore has been a profitable investment. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-25 12:00:09 UTC ]
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Caroline Criado Perez's gender data gap 'exposé' takes £25k Royal Society Science Book Prize

Feminist campaigner Caroline Criado Perez’s "exposé" on the gender data gap, Invisible Women (Chatto & Windus), has scooped the £25,000 Royal Society Science Book Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-23 14:17:51 UTC ]
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The Testaments smashes records to sell 103k in first week

Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments (Vintage) has soared into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, with 103,177 print copies sold in its first week on sale.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-17 01:57:31 UTC ]
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Paul Abbassi, "Data Guy", to deliver keynote at FutureBook Live 2019

Paul Abbassi, formerly known as the "Data Guy", is the second keynote speaker to be announced for FutureBook Live 2019, The Bookseller’s annual publishing conference. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-16 17:02:07 UTC ]
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The Essence of media: people, data and automation together

WPP's Essence has made its name as Google's digital media agency - with a culture that's more like a tech company than a traditional buying shop. And now its global CEO has been picked to transform parent company Group M. So how much does Essence's rise point the way to the future? Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2019-09-04 12:54:23 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Children's Books bags two more from Simmons and Reed

Bloomsbury Children’s Books has scooped two more “comedy gold dust" adventures from writer Jo Simmons and illustrator Nathan Reed. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-29 01:32:06 UTC ]
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Senators Question Education Publishers’ Data Collection Practices

An August 12 letter, signed by three senators raised concerns that the data harvested and maintained by digital educational publishers today “could pose a serious risk to students, parents, and educational institutions" if "stolen, collected, or sold without their permission or knowledge.” Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-08-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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More than 'story, bonking, story': why you've never heard of Australia's best-selling authors

In pushing the romance genre aside, Australia’s publishing industry sent its most successful writers to pursue their careers abroadNalini Singh is trying to convince me to read a love story starring bears. The tiny author is tucked up under a huge scarf in a cafe on a freezing August day in... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-08-17 22:00:54 UTC ]
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