In a major shake-up of senior management at Orion, David Young is to retire as Orion c.e.o. at the end of this year, followed by major new roles for David Shelley, Katie Espiner, who joins from HarperCollins as Orion's m.d, and Jon Wood. There is promotion too for Charlie King at Little, Brown, but there is no place in the new Hachette regime for current Orion General m.d. Lisa Milton. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette UK has appointed Saskia Bewley to the newly-created role of diversity and inclusion manager. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Louise Sherwin‐Stark, joint managing director of Hachette Australia and New Zealand, has been appointed as chief executive. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Her debut novel was rejected by publishers multiple times before winning the Desmond Elliott Prize. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2018-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette has scooped five nominations for the McIlvanney Prize Scottish crime book of the year, with HarperCollins securing three nods. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debut novel We That Are Young takes £10,000 award after early struggles to find a publisherPreti Taneja’s debut novel We That Are Young, a reimagining of King Lear set in contemporary India that was rejected by multiple major publishers as commercially unviable, has won the £10,000 Desmond... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Business has signed a new book about Sky and Rupert Murdoch's empire in a "major" acquisition. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant users in the United States and Canada will be able to download a free “Stephen King Library” onto their smart speaker platforms beginning today. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-12 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
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stephen King, a man who is no stranger to the top of any bestseller list, saw 'The Outsider,' his latest, take the #1 spot in Apple's iBooks store last week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Biteback managing director Iain Dale is stepping down in June after a decade with company "to concentrate on his broadcasting career", while author and former SAS soldier Andy McNab is taking on an advisory role to "guide Biteback into next stage of growth". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette managed a virtual clean sweep at the 10th annual CrimeFest awards, taking four of the six categories, with YA writer Patrice Lawrence and debut novelist Helena Duggan among the winners. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette UK’s sales are up 1.4% in the first quarter of 2018, spurred on by Michael Wolff's January bestseller Fire and Fury (Little, Brown Book Group). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bare Lit, the literary festival showcasing writers of colour, is partnering with Hachette UK for its 2018 edition. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For Mental Health Awareness Week, we spoke to Jonny Benjamin MBE about his debut memoir The Stranger on the Bridge (Bluebird). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Britain’s first black chief constable, Michael Fuller, is publishing a memoir with Kings Road Publishing imprint 535. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Erik Pordes explains how developments in papermaking in China and the recent move towards more ecological policies are having a big effect on paper prices. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Agent Zoe King is leaving The Blair Partnership after seven years to join A M Heath. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After Facebook's news feed changes, publishers are not changing their strategies on the platform, or they're trying to focus more on other social channels. The post Digiday Research: Majority of publishers aren’t worried about Facebook’s algorithm changes appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2018-04-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Matt Wright, who has been running Hachette UK's distribution business as managing director, is being promoted to c.e.o. of Hachette UK Distribution. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A treatise on making moral decisions in an immoral age–or the excuses of a man Donald Trump calls a "slimeball" who "always ends up badly and out of whack"–the new James Comey book is from Macmillan, which published 'Fire and Fury' earlier this year. The post Macmillan’s Second Major Political... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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