S&S president hails 'magnificent year' in staff briefing

Simon & Schuster president and c.e.o. Carolyn Reidy has discussed the “phenomenal” sales of Bob Woodward’s Fear, the fastest selling audiobook in the publisher’s history, whilst acknowledging the booming backlist sales and the UK big-hitters in a staff newsletter heralding a "magnificent" year.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wonder Is the Best Kids’ Book of the Year

The book that has moved me most in the past year is Wonder by R.J. Palacio. It’s the fictional story of August Pullman, a 10-year-old with a very different-looking face—the result of a chromosomal abnormality and an illness—and his journey from the nest of homeschooling to the wilds of middle... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2012-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daily Press Publisher Elected President of Southern Newspaper Publishers Association

The publisher of the Daily Press has been elected as president of the Southern Newspaper Publishers Association. Digby A. Solomon - president, publisher and CEO of the Daily Press Media Group since 2007 - was chosen to lead the industry association, ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marjorie Scardino steps down as Pearson CEO after 15 years

Marjorie Scardino, chief executive of Financial Times publisher Pearson, is stepping down at the end of 2012 and will be replaced by John Fallon, chief executive of Pearson's international education division. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Campaigners hail 'u-turn' over Manchester Central Library

The Friends of Manchester Central Library are celebrating what they hail "a u-turn" by... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lancaster wins SLA School Librarian of the Year 2012

Adam Lancaster has been named the SLA School Librarian of the Year 2012, receiving the award this... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Casual Vacancy 'fastest-selling book' in UK in three years

J K Rowling's The Casual Vacancy has become "the fastest-selling book in the UK in three... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Posen new vice-president and commercial director at Walker

Walker has appointed Julia Posen to the newly-created position of executive vice-president and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Twitter Co-Founders' New Site, Medium, Will Open to Public in New Year

Twitter co-founder Evan Williams shares more details about his new publishing platform. Continue reading at AllThingsD

[ AllThingsD | 2012-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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25 years of asking, Where's Waldo?

Popular children's book character Waldo will soon be spotted in a lot more places around the world as his 25th anniversary kicks into gear.Where's Waldo? He won't be difficult to find once the 25th anniversary kicks off for the bespectacled, and beloved, children's book character. England will... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Newspaper Jobs Shrink 40% In 10 Years

While plenty of industries have shrunk over the last couple years, few have been hit as badly as newspaper publishing, which was already contracting before the economic downturn began. Since then, economic woes have simply reinforced the long-term tr ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PA half year: Fiction ebook sales increased 188%

Sales of digital fiction books increased by 188% in value terms in the first half of the year,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-reader numbers 'set to rise 70%' this year

Publishers are readying themselves to respond to an explosion of e-reading devices in the UK in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W&N to publish 100 years of New Statesman

Weidenfeld & Nicolson will publish a celebration of the New Statesman magazine’s 100th... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Manchester marks fifty years of Clockwork Orange

An exhibition to mark the 50th anniversary of the Anthony Burgess novel A Clockwork Orange opens... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Daily Lays Off a Third of Its Staff

The Daily, News Corp.’s attempt to create a digital newspaper for the iPad age, is laying off nearly a third of its staff. The publisher plans to tell its workers today that it will fire 50 of its 170 employees, according to people famili ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2012-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Denise Mina wins Crime Novel of the Year

Glaswegian writer Denise Mina has won the Theakston Old Peculier Crime Novel of the Year award... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After Great Year, Scholastic Tries For Encore

Fiscal 2012 was a good year made great by The Hunger Games,” Scholastic chairman Dick Robinson told analysts in a conference call last Thursday to discuss results in the year ended May 31, in which sales rose 14%, to $2.15 billion, and net income jumped from $39.4 million to $102.4 million. The... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brain Quest Celebrates 20 Years of Challenging Kids

For two decades, Brain Quest’s curriculum-based question-and-answer game has entertained kids – lots of them. Workman, which launched the line in 1992, reports sales of close to 37 million copies of Brain Quest editions for children at the pre-K through seventh grade levels. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Conde Nast shakes up corporate sales staff

Magazine publishing giant Conde Nast shook up its corporate sales staff Wednesday by placing digital advertising boss Josh Stinchcomb over sales for print, digital, mobile, video and marketing services. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eason to launch e-reader 'this year'

Eason is to launch its e-reader later this year, the Irish bookseller has revealed, as it... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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