Select committee hears of librarian job loss toll

Research by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) has... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Job Moves: July 28, 2014

At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Bridgett Paradise has been named senior v-p of human resources and chief people officer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Job Moves: July 25, 2014

Abigail Naqvi has joined Bloomsbury as the head of academic marketing for the Americas. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Pearson Cutting 4,000 Jobs as First-Half Sales Decline

Pearson Plc (PSON), the publisher of the Financial Times, said today it will have cut a total of about 4,000 jobs in the two years through 2014 and reported a sales decline of 6.5 percent for the first half. The cuts are equivalent to about 10 perc ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

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Comixology now offers DRM-free comic backups, but only from select publishers

When Amazon purchased Comixology, it was a herald of change: iOS users lost the ability to purchase comics in-app, Android users were gifted with a new purchasing system and, now,the digital book seller is going DRM-free. Sort of. Comixology CEO... Continue reading at Engadget

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Job Moves: July 24, 2014

After over nine years years at Penguin, Beth Parker, associate publicity director of Gotham and Avery books, has left the company to start her own company, Beth Parker PR. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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A Loss for Amazon

Amazon sales in the second quarter rose 23%, to $19.34 billion, in line with analysts' expectations, but the net loss of $126 million was deeper than expected. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Job Moves: July 23, 2014

At Portfolio, Sentinel, and Current, Jacquelynn Burke and Margot Stamas have been promoted to senior publicist. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Job Moves: July 22, 2014

Marie Florio has been promoted to director of subsidiary rights for the Simon & Schuster Publishing Group. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Job Moves: July 21, 2014

Jenna Pocius has joined little bee books as associate editor. Pocius was previously assistant editor at Bloomsbury Publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Job Moves: July 18, 2014

Penny Makras will be joining the Harper marketing team on July 21 as a senior marketing manager. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Job Moves: July 16, 2014

Kelli Chipponeri has been promoted to editorial director, children's, at Chronicle Books Children’s Publishing. Chipponeri joined the company in 2010 as executive editor. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Job Moves: July 14, 2014

Cambridge University Press has appointed Mandy Hill as the new managing director of academic publishing, taking over for Richard Fisher, who will be leaving in December after 30 years at the Press. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Job Moves: July 10 2014

Teresa Zampino has joined Penguin Random House International Sales & Marketing as Penguin Group marketing manager, international. She was previously at Hachette Book Group. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Job Moves: July 9, 2014

At Norton, Elizabeth Riley has been promoted to senior publicity director. Rachel Salzman and Erin Lovett have also been promoted to publicity directors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Job Moves: July 8, 2014

Becky Green has been promoted to v-p, director, children’s retail sales, Random House Children’s Books. She was previously the division's v-p. national accounts. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Job Moves: July 7, 2014

Ann Lawson has been appointed head of Publishing Technology’s ingentaconnect division. Prior to joining Publishing Technology, Lawson spent seven years at EBSCO Information Services where she served most recently as senior director. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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For Librarians, It’s Viva Las Vegas

In temperatures nearing 110 degrees, librarians gathered in Las Vegas (June 26–July 1) for the 2014 American Library Association Annual Conference. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ALA 2014: Librarian by Day, Novelist by Night

Three librarians with novels published in 2014 gathered at ALA Vegas on Saturday afternoon to share their experiences as authors navigating the library world and vice versa. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Independent titles slash losses by almost a third

Evgeny Lebedevs publishing company boosted by digital and cut-price i, as Evening Standards free strategy also pays offThe Independent, Independent on Sunday and 20p stablemate i slashed losses to less than £12m last year and are on track to fall below £5m this year. Continue reading... Continue reading at The Guardian

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