Publication Date: Mon, 25/07/2011 - 14:47 Search Press has appointed Linda Ayres as business development manager in the UK. Ayres began her role at the arts and crafts publisher on 1st July. She was previously sales director for Australian Consolidated Press. Her main priority will be to introduce and develop the Search Press brand into new areas, beginning at the NEC Autumn Gift Fair this year. She will be based at home in Birmingham. The publisher said it "welcome[d] her and her expertise at selling into markets that are sometimes outside the normal craft radar". read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Among the most deeply credentialed juries in the literary award year, the Cundill History Prize's panel for 2018 goes to work at a time when history's lessons are badly needed. Chair Mark Gilbert quotes LP Hartley: 'The past is another country: they do things differently there.' The post... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tramp Press, a small independent house in Ireland, has a winner in Mike McCormack's 'Solar Bones,' later published by Canongate in the UK and Soho Press in the States. McCormack has won the International Dublin Literary Award. The post The €100,000 International Dublin Award Highlights Ireland’s... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has appointed Nicola Hill to the newly created role of group director for consumer marketing and publicity. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Founder W. Paul Coates looks back at 40 years in independent book publishing, for which he feels a great deal of gratitude. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House's inhouse live events team, Penguin Live, has appointed Zoe Middleton from the Wellcome Collection to be its head of marketing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dr Magdalena Skipper, currently editor-in-chief at Nature Communications, has been given the editor-in-chief role at flagship journal Nature, becoming its first woman editor. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Indigo Press, launched by the MILD group in October, has announced its first title will be about the ousting of Robert Mugabe. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The Week in Libraries, April 27, 2018: Among the headlines this week, changing the narrative on university press publishing; FSU says it will bail on its "unsustainable" Elsevier contract; and, is open access making a difference yet? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The University Press of New England’s Board of Governors has voted to close the press at the end of 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan are launching their third “Search for a Bestseller” competition to find a promising first-time writer. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The adult literacy campaign Quick Reads is wrapping up after 12 years due to lack of funding, The Bookseller can reveal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Poet Sam Hamill, the founding editor of poetry publisher Copper Canyon Press, died on April 14 at his home in Anacortes, Wash., after a series of health complications. He was 74. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The former director of the Feminist Press is launching Dottir Press, an independent publishing house that will specialize in books on women's issues. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Paris Review has appointed a new editor, Emily Nemens, following the resignation of Lorin Stein last year amid allegations of sexual misconduct. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Madeline McIntosh has been appointed c.e.o. of Penguin Random House US, with Allison Dobson named her successor as president, Penguin Publishing Group. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The independent publisher, founded in 2014, has agreed to acquire what it termed “a substantial portion of [the] worldwide intellectual property rights” of Parragon. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The nonfiction publisher had revenue top $6 million for the second year in a row and saw a number of frontlist titles sell better than expected. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Studio Press, part of Bonnier Publishing UK, will this summer publish a title to tie-in with "So Awkward", a CBBC series about three socially awkward teenage girls. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oxford University Press has revealed a 12.6% median gender pay gap, lower than the national average of 18.4%. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The MILD Group has appointed Alexander Spears as sales and marketing manager at The Indigo Press, the new publishing house that launched in October. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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