Strong festive footfall despite Covid but indies concerned lockdown may follow

Indie bookshops are reporting strong trading this Christmas despite the Covid-19 surge, though there is concern they could face a fresh lockdown after the festive period. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-23 03:34:21 UTC ]
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Hamish Hamilton bags 'lacerating' Eggers follow-up to The Circle

Hamish Hamilton is to publish The Every, a "hilarious and horrifying" follow-up to The Circle by Dave Eggers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-21 22:04:32 UTC ]
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When Can I Go Back to School? Self-published lockdown story lands major publisher

‘Gentle, honest’ book, written by Anna Friend in response to her seven-year-old son’s worries, wins five-figure deal with ScholasticA self-published children’s picture book that was written to help the author’s son deal with being kept home from school during lockdown has been snapped up by a... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2021-02-20 07:00:25 UTC ]
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WI16: Indies Look Back While Charting the Future

Winter Institute 16 kicked off yesterday as a virtual gathering of booksellers. Inspired by such high wattage speakers as Barack Obama and Amanda Gorman, booksellers celebrated their past while charting their future. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld lands 'visionary' Portas on post-Covid business

Transworld Publishers has acquired Rebuild: How to do Business Better by retail guru Mary Portas, a "visionary toolkit for how to weather the post-pandemic storm in business". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-18 15:35:50 UTC ]
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Covid diaries: Caoimhe Fox

Pre-Covid, I held the impression that working from home was a luxury of the suburban homeowner. Mature folk who start the day with freshly squeezed juice followed by a relaxing morning at the helm of a mahogany desk. When I occasionally worked from home, I used to feel like an imposter and the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-18 05:55:22 UTC ]
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Europa gets Midas touch for Perrin's Italian lockdown hit

Europa Editions UK is working with Midas for the first time to launch the paperback of Italian lockdown sensation Fresh Water for Flowers by French writer Valérie Perrin in June. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-17 01:07:55 UTC ]
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Oxford publishing groups launch post-lockdown working survey

Three Oxford-based groups of publishing workers are launching a survey to explore the experience of working from home and how work patterns might change after lockdown.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-16 17:30:43 UTC ]
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‘Remarkable Adaptability’: Children’s Publishing in the Time of Covid

With 2021 well underway, Publishers Weekly spoke with the heads of several children’s publishing divisions to see how the industry weathered the storm of last year, and to discuss what comes next in the midst of persistent uncertainty. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins donates 50,000 books to Covid-19 support projects

HarperCollins is donating 50,000 books to organisations supporting families during the Covid-19 crisis, including titles by Michael Morpurgo, Ant Middleton and David Walliams. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-11 05:16:31 UTC ]
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15 new books to get from your local indie this week.

Is there anything better than (safe, socially distanced, double masked, sanitized) browsing at your local indie? I was having the crumbiest day the other day, and I passed by my local bookstore (the Greenlight on Flatbush, if you know it) as I was running errands. Well, I couldn’t not go in.... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-02-09 13:30:25 UTC ]
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Allen Lane signs Covid-19 account from Pulitzer winner Wright

Allen Lane has signed an "all-encompassing" account of the Covid-19 crisis from Pulitzer Prize-winner Lawrence Wright. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-08 21:21:35 UTC ]
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Scribe to publish analysis of Sweden's Covid-19 strategy

Scribe has acquired The Herd, an "in-depth analysis" of Sweden's Covid-19 strategy by Swedish journalist Johan Anderberg.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-08 20:21:32 UTC ]
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This North Carolina indie bookstore just got a Super Bowl-sized publicity boost.

Yesterday’s slate of Super Bowl commercials can be divided into two heavily-overlapping camps: cringey pop-culture nostalgia garbage fronted by stars you hoped were better than that, and expensive “unify the divided country through capitalism” garbage fronted by stars you hoped were better than... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-02-08 16:56:30 UTC ]
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Mastering the Art of the Lockdown Book Recommendation

My sister always goes to the same bookshop in Oxfordshire, where she lives. There she seeks out a young bookseller with a shock of black hair from within the stacks. He once recommended her a list of books, and she loved every single one; she’s been returning to him ever since. During lockdown,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2021-02-08 09:49:32 UTC ]
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Lebanon: Calls for Investigation Follow Publisher Lokman Slim’s Murder

Leaders of Frankfurter Buchmesse and the Börsenverein, supported by the Independent Publishers Association, condemn the killing. The post Lebanon: Calls for Investigation Follow Publisher Lokman Slim’s Murder appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2021-02-08 05:43:34 UTC ]
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Indie Bookstores Embrace E-Commerce...and It Pays Off

After a year spent pivoting out of necessirty, booksellers now see online sales as a permanent part of their business model. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Librarians flourish in lockdown with roll out of digital community activities

The government, local authorities and heads of schools have recognised the value of librarians since the first lockdown, according to representatives of library associations. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-04 23:06:43 UTC ]
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Power to the Peepal: Leeds-based indie enjoys reward of second major award win

Peepal Tree Press is behind the dark, magical realist novel that scooped the £30,000 Costa Book of the Year last week, with The Mermaid of Black Conch by Monique Roffey putting a new spotlight on a small publisher that has consistently supported international Caribbean writing for 35 years. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-04 21:20:53 UTC ]
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Gallic Books acquires Carey's 'magnificent' lockdown drawings

Gallic Books has acquired B: A Year in Plagues and Pencils, a collection of "lockdown drawings" by Edward Carey. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-03 02:35:57 UTC ]
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The Sun and BookTrust in campaign to bring books to kids in lockdown

The Sun on Sunday and children's reading charity BookTrust are launching a new campaign, Books For Kids, asking readers to send in their old children’s books so they can be pulped and turned into new ones, "bringing the joy of reading to more families during lockdown". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-02 17:33:21 UTC ]
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