The Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction is seeking a new sponsor, following the conclusion of an "open-ended" arrangement with an anonymous donor which has funded the prize for the past three years. Prior to that, the prize, which was set up in 1999, was supported by the BBC. The winner's announcement and dinner in 2015 will be hosted by the Blavatnik Family Foundation, headed by US philanthropist Len Blavatnik. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ben Freeman, organiser of London event, says: ‘Everyone realises the internet hasn’t killed the record industry or the publishing industry – just changed it’A fair celebrating the future of physical objects in media – from books and magazines to records and cassettes – will debut in London this... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Half a dozen publishers who attended this year's Yale Publishing Course shared their international publishing challenges. Do you have answers for them? The post International Publishing Leaders Seek Answers at Yale appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Boris Johnson is to write a biography of William Shakespeare for Hodder & Stoughton for October 2016. The publisher has confirmed the deal, which was reported in the Sunday Times to have been done for £500,000. The newspaper reported that Johnson’s advance was almost seven times his salary... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apply by July 31st to be a Frankfurt Book Fair Business Club Ambassador. In exchange for promotion you receive a free pass and added benefits. The post Frankfurt Book Fair Business Club is Seeking Ambassadors! appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The motorsports niche publisher, David Bull Publishing has hired Broadwater & Associates to arrange the sale of the company. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Lucy Beresford is launching an initiative to create a library at one of the London shelters for domestic violence charity Refuge. Beresford said: “I'm launching an initiative called Refuge for Books, asking all my friends in the publishing world to send me a copy of a book for Refuge.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary agency Johnson & Alcock has acquired Fox Mason, the literary agency set up by Ben Mason in 2010, for an undisclosed sum. Johnson & Alcock is taking on the liability for Mason’s 20 authors as well as his employee Becky Thomas, who joins Johnson & Alcock as an associate... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is looking for aspiring writers of children’s films and TV shows for its new writing forum. The competition is part of the BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Forum, a long-running initiative which was created to give a platform to undiscovered... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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About a month ago, The Onion posted an article to its Facebook page with the headline, "Complete Idiot Forgot to Shave Area Between Nose and Mouth." The complete idiot, you might have guessed, sports a mustache. The Facebook post has more than 13,000 "likes," nearly 2,200 shares and reams of... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc., the magazine publisher spun off from Time Warner Inc., is seeking around 450 million pounds ($685 million) for the London headquarters of its U.K. unit, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.The company appointed broker Eastdil Secured to sell the Blue Fin building,... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Cape has acquired a book of short stories by Daisy Johnson at auction. Editorial director Alex Bowler signed UK and Commonwealth rights to two books by Johnson from Jack Ramm at Eve White Literary Agency. Johnson is a 24-year-old prizewinning graduate of Oxford University’s Fiction... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson (W&N) will be the masthead sponsor of this year’s inaugural London Book & Screen Week. The sponsorship will give W&N exclusive branding across all online and print collateral for London Book & Screen Week, as well as mobile branding in the form of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The owner of the Independent Bookseller of the Year 2014 is seeking a business partner to help grow her thriving business. Sheila O’Reilly from Dulwich Books in London is looking for a passionate book lover who already knows the publishing and bookselling industry to join her business in the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The British Sports Book Awards will have a headline sponsor for the first time this year, following a deal with luxury pen-maker Cross. Held on 3rd June at Lord's Cricket Ground, this year's awards will give out prizes for categories including autobiography of the year, biography of the year,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book printers Clays Ltd is sponsoring a UK-wide promotion for The Folio Prize, taking in libraries, bookshops and social media. Clays has backed a publicity push that has recruited 100 independent booksellers to spotlight the shortlisted titles, while, in partnership with The Reading Agency,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oxford University Press (OUP) is sponsoring an African literacy conference in South Africa this September. The conference is organised by the Reading Association of South Africa (RASA), a literacy group, in association with the International Literacy Association (ILA) and the International... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Plum Johnson has won the C$25,000 RBC Taylor Prize, one of Canada’s top literary awards for nonfiction for her memoir, 'They Left Us Everything.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shadow culture minister Chris Bryant faces off against former home secretary Alan Johnson in the shortlist for political book of the year at the Paddy Power Political Book Awards 2015. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Since Tumblr first introduced in-stream sponsored posts in Spring 2013, more than 300 paid advertisers have gotten on board. The brand publishers contribute to an ecosystem of content creators and users who have posted more than 98.4 billion items, at an average rate of 83.3 million posts a day.... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2014-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oxford University Press has partnered with Emerge Education, an "accelerator" for education technology start-ups. The Emerge Education accelerator programme aims to improve educational outcomes worldwide by supporting innovative solutions and ideas from start-up companies. It offers ed-tech... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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