Shareholders have voted to change Quarto’s by-laws to allow the publisher to borrow more money from the bank. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marcus Leaver has resigned as chief executive from the Quarto Group with immediate effect. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Less than a week after Laurence Orbach returned to the Quarto Group as executive chairman, Marcus Leaver resigned as CEO of the publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quarto’s dramatic boardroom takeover last week was partly motivated by a major shareholder’s concern over the publisher’s debt, The Bookseller has been told. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In a dramatic move, Quarto's founder Laurence Orbach has been re-appointed as executive chairman of the illustrated publisher following a shareholder revolt, six years after he was ousted as chairman and chief executive of the company. The group also appointed fellow shareholder Chuk Kin Lau of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Week in Libraries, May 18, 2018: Among this week's headlines, the Senate votes to save net neutrality; How climate change is threatening libraries; Education Week looks at the ranks of our school librarians. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After being ousted as chairman from the Quarto Group in 2012, Laurence Orbach has engineered a returned to the illustrated book publisher where he is now chairman. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstore sales rose 3.5% in March over March 2017. Despite the March gain, bookstore sales were still down 2.8% in the first quarter of 2018 compared to the first period of 2017. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The California State Teachers Retirement System, which carries a huge amount of stock market clout as the state’s second largest public pension fund, recently had some very harsh words for Facebook, one of its largest investments. In an op-ed published Wednesday in the Financial Times, Aeisha... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber & Faber has acquired To Provide All People, a "powerful virtuosic 'film-poem'" by prize-winning poet, novelist and playwright, Owen Sheers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At the annual general meeting of Hachette’s parent company Lagardère, shareholders refused to appoint the candidates proposed by activist hedge fund Amber Capital and instead re-appointed Xavier de Sarrau as chairman of its supervisory board. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jennifer Egan's novel 'Manhattan Beach,' the story of a female diver at Brooklyn’s Navy Yard during WWII, has been chosen as the book for "One Book, One New York," an annual contest to decide on a book that will be read by the entire city. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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School librarians are unable to buy the range of books they want due to budget cuts, meaning children are not getting access to non-fiction and diverse titles, library professionals have told The Bookseller. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As some publishers try to clean up rogue online advertising, the platform has been slow to act on complaints. Time for regulationOne of the ways Facebook has been able to get away with some pretty questionable behaviour over the years is that exploiting users’ data is an abstract problem that... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pupils in primary and secondary schools are falling behind their peers because of an increasing “word gap” in their vocabulary, according to new research from Oxford University Press (OUP). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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About 18,000 customers were without power Thursday evening as powerful winds caused outages and downed trees, officials said. Crews were working to restore power in 34 neighborhoods, including Fairfax, Los Feliz, Exposition Park, Brentwood and Hyde Park, said Deborah Hong, a spokeswoman for the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Publishers has acquired world rights to a book about sport and race from former journalist Derek A Bardowell following a six-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The number of Bologna Children’s Book Fair attendees totalled 27,642 last month, up 3% from 2017, according to the organisers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Quarto Group's sales declined marginally by 1.4% to £152.5m last year, however, its operating profits plunged 58% to £7.2m. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sales at the Quarto Group fell less than 1% in 2017 compared to 2016, and profit fell more substantially, declining 57.6% to $7.2 million. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Children’s has acquired the UK and Commonwealth rights to Full Disclosure, a “powerful” YA novel by 18-year-old debut author Camryn Garrett. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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