Returns hit first-half profits at Quercus

Quercus has recorded a 10.9% rise in turnover to £10.2m for the six months to end June 2013... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2013-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Powers returns to William Heinemann to publish The Overstory

American novelist Richard Powers is publishing a new novel, The Overstory, with William Heinemann. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Print Units Up 3% in First Half of 2017

Unit sales of print books rose 3% for the first six months of 2017 compared to the first half of last year at outlets that report to NPD BookScan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quarto Hopes for Better Second Half

In an announcement released yesterday in the U.K, the Quarto Group said it will report lower than expected results for the first half of 2017, but that it expects business to improve in the second half of the year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Open Book closes as library centralisation and cuts hit

A government move to offer library supply contracts to foreign firms has spelled the end for the 27-year-old Open Book Company, with six roles affected and the wider trade outraged. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Irish market returns to fortune

A print recovery in the past two years has somewhat slowed in 2017, with the Irish market sporting a bestseller-shaped hole. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Roberto Saviano returns to Pan Mac with two novels

Italian investigative journalist and writer Roberto Saviano is returning to Pan Macmillan to publish his first two novels, about children's gangs patrolling the streets of Naples for the mafia. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science?

It is an industry like no other, with profit margins to rival Google – and it was created by one of Britain’s most notorious tycoons: Robert Maxwell. By Stephen BuranyiIn 2011, Claudio Aspesi, a senior investment analyst at Bernstein Research in London, made a bet that the dominant firm in one... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus to publish handwriting expert Emma Bache's first book

Quercus has bought graphologist and psychotherapist Emma Bache’s first book, Reading Between the Lines, an "enlightening and entertaining" guide to what our handwriting says about us. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: Grisham Hits the Beach—and #1

John Grisham heads to the beach for the first time in his novelistic career as his latest, 'Camino Island,' set around a popular bookstore in a sleepy Florida resort town, hits #1 in Apple's iBooks store. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Screenwriter Mark Illis' first children's book to Quercus

Quercus Children's Books has acquired author and screenwriter Mark Illis' first children's book, The Impossible, and its sequel.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Facebook is only half in’: Creators doubt Facebook’s commitment to original programming

Facebook wants shows, and publishers are happy to comply -- but question whether this is just another short-term "product test" for the company. The post ‘Facebook is only half in’: Creators doubt Facebook’s commitment to original programming appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2017-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How digital upstart Charlotte Agenda makes local news profitable

The local news publisher has focused on lifestyle coverage, diversifying its revenue and making itself a destination for local brand dollars. The post How digital upstart Charlotte Agenda makes local news profitable appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2017-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marketing: Anatomy of a St. Martin’s Hit Built on the Goodreads Platform

In a BookExpo presentation, Goodreads explicated a publisher's elevation of a title to 'Times' bestseller status using the platform's amplification. The post Marketing: Anatomy of a St. Martin’s Hit Built on the Goodreads Platform appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookExpo 2017: The Little Press on the Prairie Returns to New York City

The South Dakota Historical Society Press is hoping that lightning will strike twice at BookExpo: this year, the small press is promoting "Pioneer Girl Perpectives: Exploring Laura Ingalls Wilder," edited by Nancy Tystad Koupal, 150 years after Wilder’s birth on February 7, 1867. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookExpo 2017: ‘Empire’ Writer Returns to Her Texas Roots: Attica Locke

Attica Locke—writer and producer of the Fox hit show "Empire"—is also the author of four acclaimed novels. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus celebrates authors at Café de Paris

Pianist James Rhodes, comedian Bill Bailey, actor Greg Wise and TV presenter Katie Piper were among the Quercus authors appearing at an evening for booksellers hosted by the publisher at London cabaret venue Cafe de Paris. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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James Rhodes' mental health memoir signed by Quercus

Quercus is publishing a new book from concert pianist James Rhodes next year exploring mental health. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tough Higher Ed market hits Cengage revenues

Cengage’s adjusted revenues stood at $1.5bn for the fiscal year 2017, down 10% from the prior year, the company has told investors, ahead of posting its annual report later this month. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bertelsmann reports 7% rise in group profit

Bertelsmann, which has a 53% stake in Penguin Random House, has reported 7% rise in group profit in its first quarter to almost €200m.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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No, ebooks aren't dying. But their domination has hit a speed bump

It wasn't so long ago that book publishers and bookstore owners were quailing about the coming of ebooks, like movie theatre owners at the dawn of the television age. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2017-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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