Booksellers are hoping that the release of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child later this month will offset the negative impact economic uncertainty has had on footfall following the Brexit vote. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Historically slow to innovate their products and their editorial for the digital age, a trio of UK regional news publishers is this week taking its titles to iOS tablets and mobiles in their original form. Archant of the east of England is debutin ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cosmopolitan topped 115,000 digital subscribers last month, making it the first Hearst title to break 100,000 and perhaps marking renewed reason for hope among magazine publishers. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A last-minute addition to the University Press of New England list has become the fastest-selling book in the Hanover, N.H., university press consortium’s 42-year history and its first book to hit Amazon’s top 10. World War II Remembered isn’t even published by one of its regular distribution... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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J.K. Rowling, whose Harry Potter fantasy book series became a global publishing phenomenon, is writing her first novel for adults but the title and plot are still a closely-guarded secret. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2012-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown is publish J K Rowling’s first novel for adults worldwide in the English... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author JK Rowling announces she plans to publish her first adult novel, which will be "very different" to the Harry Potter books she is famous for. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2012-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has reported a 43% hit on its publishing arm, which includes its UK national newspapers, reducing the unit's operating income to $218m (£138m) as it was hit by multimillion-pound costs relating to the phone-hacking scandal at the News of the World. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2012-02-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK retail sales returned to negative like-for-like growth last month, in what was described as... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The team behind the successful book Change the World for a Fiver has launched a free newspaper... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The earnings of German book retailer Thalia's parent group Douglas Holding will be hit by the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Print book sales have “remained tough”, hit by consumer caution and growing ebook... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Liverpool is the latest city to suffer library cuts as the council announced three locations will... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Christmas 2011 will be "tough" for many on the high street, a leading retail analyst... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A few days after Amazon announced that the Steve Jobs biography was its top-selling book of 2011 (combined print and ebook sales), the book debuted on bestseller charts around the world, including the three countries highlighted this month. Steve Jobs was #3 in France and the Netherlands, and... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oxford University Press will be releasing its 300th Very Short Introduction title in January 2012... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There may be no greater indication of how things have changed in corporate publishing than the results of an informal PW search for sleeper hits of the year from major publishers. We annually round up sleepers from indie publishers for a late summer feature, but we have not made a regular habit... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazons Kindle Fire tablet is reportedly launching in the UK in January. Know Your... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The British Retail Consortium has labelled November sales growth "the worst for six months... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Although the staff at Melville House originally envisioned David Graebers new book as a short work on the economy, it just kept growing until Debt: The First 5,000 Years, a now 550-page comprehensive work on the impact of financial issues on people, was eventually published this past summer.... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stoking the excitement, or the anger, of sports fans can be highly effective. Just ask FSG, which has a sleeper hit on its hands after reaching out to Michigan Wolverine football fans for its book about former head coach, Rich Rodriguez. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-11-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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