Dial has proven a venerable example of survival among the fickleness of the book biz. Now, under editorial director Whitney Frick, the press is entering a new stage of life nearly a century after it was founded. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
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[caption id="attachment_162389" align="alignright" width="270"] John Yedinak[/caption] John Yedinak, CEO of Aging Media Network, jokingly refers to himself as a college dropout who went to work with his “really smart brother,” George, to try and make his own business work. Yet the company the... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-03-10 15:10:55 UTC ]
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John Murray publisher Mark Richards is co-founding a new publishing company with Diana Broccardo, commercial director of Profile Books, called Swift Press. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-09 04:45:37 UTC ]
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The 2020 University Press Redux conference, organised by Cambridge University Press and ALPSP, and due to take place 17th-18th March, has been cancelled “in light of the unprecedented, ongoing and unpredictable developments around the novel coronavirus”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-06 05:06:06 UTC ]
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Independent publisher Comma Press and Manchester Literature Festival have been awarded grants from the Greater Manchester Culture Fund. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-05 07:22:17 UTC ]
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Seven Dials has acquired the "explosive" story an ordinary man who went to Syria as an international volunteer to fight alongside the Kurdish YPG against ISIS. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-04 14:20:59 UTC ]
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Book Riot picks 30 exciting small press books published in 2020, from 25 different publishers, that we can't wait for you to read. Continue reading at Book Riot
[ Book Riot | 2020-02-27 11:36:43 UTC ]
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Publisher Frances Pinter has taken a newly created role as executive chair of the Central European University Press in Budapest, Hungary. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-26 08:37:20 UTC ]
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Independent publisher Riverdale Avenue Books has acquired the assets of Circlet Press, an independent small press focused on science-fiction and fantasy works with sex-positive erotic themes. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier Books have revealed promotions for Sophie Orme (pictured) and Claire Johnson-Creek in the editorial team taking place with immediate effect. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-25 19:44:22 UTC ]
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Souvenir Press will reissue Julia Cameron’s “bestselling guide to creativity” The Artist’s Way. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-25 11:08:46 UTC ]
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Manilla Press has unearthed its “pioneering” zero-waste UK campaign for climate action manifesto The Future We Choose. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-25 07:40:21 UTC ]
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The History Press will publish historian Ghee Bowman's debut non-fiction book, The Indian Contingent, for the 80th anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-24 19:33:46 UTC ]
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The three senior employees recently fired from their jobs at Wayne State University Press have been re-hired, but their attorney is not ruling out litigation against the university for discrimination, retaliation, and due process claims. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-24 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The Small Press of the Year Award returns for a second year: last year the overall award was won by Bath-based publisher Wild Things Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-21 11:25:57 UTC ]
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Andersen Press is publishing Cane Warriors by Alex Wheatle, a "visceral" historical novel about the real-life slave uprising against British plantation owners in Jamaica in 1760 known as Tacky’s War. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-21 07:47:08 UTC ]
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New Bonnier Books UK imprint Manilla Press is publishing the first work of non-fiction by The Tattooist of Auschwitz (Zaffre) author Heather Morris in a new two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-20 15:35:55 UTC ]
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Wayne State University Press remains embroiled in controversy since the firings of three senior employees. The president's office has assumed oversight for the press, and interim director Tara Reeser is stepping down. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-18 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Watchdog says Daily Telegraph cartoon conveys offensive stereotypes about Middle Eastern men but is justified in the public interestA cartoon published in a News Corp newspaper which conveyed offensive stereotypes about Middle Eastern and asylum seeker men did not breach press standards because... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-02-17 05:58:27 UTC ]
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Penguin Press publicity director Rosie Glaisher is retiring next week after 32 years at the company. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-17 01:56:32 UTC ]
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Wayne State University president M. Roy Wilson informed his colleagues Friday that the press' interim director, Tara Reeser, will now report to WSU's chief of staff in the president's office rather than to the dean of libraries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-14 05:00:00 UTC ]
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