Evan Schnittman, who joined Hachette Book Group in 2012 in the newly created role of chief marketing and sales officer, will leave the publisher December 12. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette UK has launched a new diversity initiative, a creative writing hub called The Future Bookshelf, to make publishing more accessible for writers who feel they aren’t well represented by the industry. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette and Penguin Random House have earned 11 shortlistings each in the British Book Awards’ Books of the Year awards, with Pan Macmillan garnering three nods and Faber and HarperCollins both winning two nominations. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wattpad and Hachette Book Group have inked a deal to produce 50 audiobooks using Wattpad's content. The first titles created under the deal will become available this summer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette, in partnership with startup Novel Effect, has created an app that relies on voice recognition technology to sync music and sound effects to text, as it's read aloud from select picture books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins’ audio director Jo Forshaw is leaving next week after eight years with the company. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary agent Rebecca Ritchie is leaving Curtis Brown after five years to join A M Heath. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philip Jones reflects on Hachette's acquisition of Bookouture and what it means for both parties. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookouture, the U.K.-based digital publishing company that had a number of titles hit high on Amazon's Kindle ebooks bestselller list in 2016, has been acquired by Hachette U.K. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette UK has acquired independent ebook publisher Bookouture, just four years since it was founded in 2012 by former Harlequin/Mills & Boon marketing executive Oliver Rhodes. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette will publish a children's book by Dermot O’Leary about a Ninja Cat called Toto. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Booksellers Association (BA) this week warned Treasury chief secretary David Gauke that planned increases to business rates bills this April will result in many booksellers’ businesses being “absolutely crippled”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber’s consumer marketing director Matt Haslum is leaving the business after four years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Books Ireland has acquired Why Can’t Everything Just Stay the Same? (and other things I shout when I can’t cope), the first book by screenwriter, playwright and actor Stefanie Preissner, to publish in autumn 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tim Barton is to step down from his role as managing director of Oxford University Press’ academic division in September. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Publishers Association (PA) and the Independent Publishers Guild (IPG) have welcomed prime minister Theresa May's speech yesterday (17th January) confirming the UK will be leaving the single market. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French publisher La Martinière has bowed to staff demands to part with its children and young adult books chief Béatrice Decroix, a week after more than 100 staff walked out in protest over working conditions in the division. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group has bought the publishing rights to the Care Bears brand. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sarah Manning, formerly an agent at United Talent Agency, is joining the Bent Agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Livre has acquired a majority stake in a London-based mobile app company, Brainbow Ltd, the firm behind the brain-training app Peak. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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