The Bookseller survey: working during a second lockdown

With most of the British Isles going back into lockdown over the past few weeks, The Bookseller is inviting people from across the trade to share their thoughts and experiences. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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BEA 2015: Celebrating Hijuelos—His Work Lives On

The sudden death of Oscar Hijuelos at age 62 in October 2013 was a shock to the literary world. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers welcome Amazon tax change

Booksellers have welcomed the news that Amazon is to start booking sales made to customers in the UK through its UK branch instead of through Luxembourg, though some say they remain "cautious" about the development. The online retailer brought its new arrangements, which means it will be taxed... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending May 22, 2015

Amazon opened its second campus store. Both Books on Broadway in Costa Mesa and Babbitt's Books in Normal, Ill., found new owners and will stay open. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline deal for 'captivating' debut by Waterstones bookseller

Headline has acquired an “utterly captivating debut novel” by an “exciting new talent” who works at Waterstones. Commissioning editor Emily Griffin bought British Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, to The Second Love of My Life by Victoria Walters from Hannah Ferguson at Hardman &... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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D2C Bookselling Is Not Easy…But Here Are Two Options

Direct-to-consumer bookselling is growing and innovative thinking is helping. Two solutions that are appealing: BitLit ebook bundling and Penguin Hotline. The post D2C Bookselling Is Not Easy…But Here Are Two Options appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will Self's 'amanuensis' to publish memoir of working for the novelist

Matthew De Abaitua’s Self & I covers the six-month period he spent reading, drinking and rolling ‘special cigarettes’ as assistant to the Booker-shortlisted author in the early 1990sFrom an interview involving shooting whisky bottles and smoking “special” cigarettes to an attempt to take a... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookseller McKenna Jordan Joins Minotaur as Consultant

St. Martin's imprint Minotaur Books has hired McKenna Jordan, owner of Murder By the Book in Houston, Tex., as a dedicated outside publishing consultant. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Freelance With A Family: Advice On Making It Work From One Of America's Top Rock Critics

Jessica Hopper on how she kept her creative dream job—and her family—thriving.In the early '90s, then-ninth-grader Jessica Hopper started putting out a fanzine to write about her favorite bands in Minneapolis. She turned that into assignments for local publications like City Pages, and then... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2015-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Endless buys majority stake in The Works

Endless has acquired a larger stake in The Works, after buying executive chairman Anthony Solomon's stake, and is to open 30 new stores this year as part of its growth programme for 2015. Endless, a venture capitalist company which also owns a stake in The Book People, is now a majority... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending May 15, 2015

The country's oldest bookstore, the Moravian Book Shop in Bethlehem, Pa., which has been open for 270 years, is adding a second location in Allentown; Pioneer Works in Brooklyn is opening a new bookstore, its first. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers, Librarians Push for Passage of USA Freedom Act

The Campaign for Reader Privacy has pressed for the passage of the bi-partisan USA Freedom Act of 2015, a bill it says will "restore some privacy safeguards to the government’s surveillance activities." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending May 8, 2015

Indie bookstore openings continue to outweigh closings with two new stores slated to open in the D.C. area, and another store in South Carolina prepping to open its doors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will Indigo change the future of bookselling?

Canadian bookstore giant Indigo hopes to expand into the US. But its stores will be like no other bookstore in the US: part bookstore, part 'cultural department store.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two Booksellers, 13 Bookstores, Six Days! A Road Trip Photo Essay

Two Massachusetts booksellers take advantage of Children's Institute 3's California location to take a bookstore tour of the California coast. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending May 1, 2015

As indie bookstores get ready to celebrate Saturday’s Independent Bookstore Day—and Authors for Indies Day north of the border in Canada—new stores in NOLA and Berea, Ohio, are preparing to open. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Knopf Working to Ensure ‘City on Fire’ Catches Fire

Knopf is putting lots of marketing muscle behind "City on Fire," a 900-page first novel by Garth Risk Hallberg, for which the publisher is building bookseller interest well before its October pub date. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How one publisher is working around Facebook’s pre-roll ad ban

Publishers are ambivalent about uploading their video to Facebook’s native player, as the social network has yet to reveal how it will enable them to monetize that video. While most publishers are playing by the rules, one publisher isn’t waiting around, though. NewsBeat Social, a Portland,... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2015-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookings deadline for Bookseller Industry Awards

Table and seat bookings for The Bookseller Industry Awards will close in one week’s time (Tuesday 5th May 2015 at 5pm). There are a very few tables and seats left for the event, which takes place at the Hilton Park Lane on May 11th. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookselling Roundup, Week Ending April 24, 2015

This week, U.K. chain Waterstones introduced a watch that consumers can use as a reading device; Vermont mini chain Phoenix Books announced a new store for Rutland; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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VIDEO: India's tough market for booksellers

One of India's most influential publishers tells the BBC that it's 'very hard' to make money in the Indian book industry. Continue reading at BBC World

[ BBC World | 2015-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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