Rodale Cuts 40 More Staffers

Department heads, director-level staffers among those laid off as turbulence continues at the health and wellness publisher. The post Rodale Cuts 40 More Staffers appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'

[ Folio Magazine | 2016-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HBG Staffers Stage Walkout Over Woody Allen Memoir

Three days after Grand Central Publishing announced that it would publish the director's forthcoming memoir, employees at the imprint and at other Hachette Book Group divisions have staged a walkout in protest of the acquisition. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Louis Sachar returns to wacky Wayside School more than 40 years after ‘Sideways Stories’

“It was a challenge to see if I still had Wayside School inside me,” the author says. It turns out, he did. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-02-26 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Louis Sachar returns to wacky Wayside School more than 40 years after ‘Sideways Stories’

“It was a challenge to see if I still had Wayside School inside me,” the author says. It turns out, he did. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-02-26 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers: Don’t Cut Corners on CCPA Compliance

The California Consumer Privacy Act is officially in effect, but many publishers and vendors still aren’t taking preparations seriously, as the Attorney General's office won’t begin enforcement for another six months. Some will take a last-minute, band-aid approach, doing the bare minimum to... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2020-01-21 16:05:21 UTC ]
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'In 24 hours, people gave us £40,000': how readers rescued a small press

Galley Beggar Press was facing ruin after the collapse of The Book People, but the public has supplied Christmas magic of a kind I don’t usually buy intoIf a novelist had submitted a story to my publishing company about someone losing £40,000 one day and then regaining it the next, thanks to the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2019-12-19 17:31:08 UTC ]
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Johnson to pledge to cut business rates in bid to revive high street

The government will announce cuts to business rates in the Queen’s Speech today (19th December) in a bid to revive the high street. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-19 04:26:38 UTC ]
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Gannett: ‘Frontline’ reporting jobs will be last to get cut

Newspaper chain GateHouse and USA Today publisher Gannett recently combined to become the largest newspaper publisher in the U Continue reading at ABC News

[ ABC News | 2019-12-08 16:55:55 UTC ]
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Bettany wins HQ and Gransnet prize for women writers over 40

Jane Bettany has won HQ and Gransnet's writing prize for unpublished women writers aged over 40.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-06 01:51:32 UTC ]
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Dover Cutting Jobs as Part of Restructuring

Dover's decision to restructure its frontlist is being accompanied by layoffs that parent company LSC Communications said are needed to align its costs structure. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Flowers In the Attic’ Is Still In Bloom At 40

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of V.C. Andrews’s series-launching blockbuster this year, Gallery Books is planning a social media campaign and a new trilogy by Andrew Neiderman, who continued the series after Andrews’s death in 1986. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Scribe staffers get 'reading day' for 1000-page Russian epic

Scribe UK staff are taking a reading day on 7th November, the anniversary of the Russian Revolution, to celebrate and immerse themselves in a 1000-page translated epic: The Eighth Life by Georgian novelist Nino Haratischvili. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-30 10:49:04 UTC ]
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HMH Will Cut Workforce by 8%

As part of a financial update released last week, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt said it plans to eliminate about 8% of its workforce in another effort to align its operations with its business objectives. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Number of Self-Published Titles Jumped 40% in 2018

The number of books self-published in the U.S.in 2018 jumped 40% over 2017, according to Bowker’s annual survey of the self-publishing market. More than 1.6 million books were self-published last year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales Up, Loss Cut in Q1 at Scholastic

Led by a strong performance in its trade division, revenue at Scholastic rose 7% in the first quarter ended August 31, 2019, over the comparable period in fiscal 2019. The net loss was cut to $58.5 million, from $61.3 million in last year’s first quarter. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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AALBC Cuts Buy Links to Amazon

After years as an Amazon affiliate, the African American Literature Book Club, an online portal dedicated to black books, literacy and a wide variety of book-related services, is severing most of its commercial ties to the online retailer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
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How Activision Blizzard Is Using Nielsen to Cut Through Faulty Esports Numbers

As esports experience massive growth and are thrust into the mainstream, statements like "League of Legends had more viewers than [major sporting event]" become more common. Various esports events have been credited with dwarfing The NBA Finals, the Champions League and even the Super Bowl.... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2019-09-05 20:28:29 UTC ]
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10 Rejected Book Covers That Almost Made the Cut

We’re back with our rejected book cover series, where designers walk us through the process and show us the book covers that could have been. (For previous entries in this series, see here and here.) What kind of planning and thought goes into the cover design process, and what beautiful art... Continue reading at Electric Literature

[ Electric Literature | 2019-08-30 11:00:07 UTC ]
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Cutting Print: Making It Work When Publishing Days Must Go

When a large U.S. newspaper cuts print publication days or curtails home delivery, headlines may scream media apocalypse. But for Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2019-08-27 15:09:04 UTC ]
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Serena Williams fronts the new Essence (which is cutting frequency)

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[ Advertising Age | 2019-08-20 14:54:00 UTC ]
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