The soft sell

After acquiring a trio of titles by Man Booker winner Paul Beatty, Oneworld has unified the writer’s backlist with a Civil Rights Movement-infused aesthetic. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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What's Selling at Loganberry Books

Located in the Cleveland suburb of Shaker Heights, Loganberry Books offers a diverse selection of books, spanning new, used, and collectible volumes. Bookseller Lorraine Angus talked about a crop of titles, recently published and backlist, selling well this fall. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rare Tintin art sells for $1.2m in HK

A rare drawing of comic book adventurer Tintin has sold for 9.6 million Hong Kong dollars ($1.2m; £0.8m) at an auction in Hong Kong. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2015-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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3M Sells Library Business to Bibliotheca; ProQuest Buys Ex Libris

3M has sold its North American and global library businesses—including 3M Cloud Library, 3M’s upstart ebook lending service—to global library solutions company Bibliotheca. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Funny best-selling kids' author Andy Griffiths in New Zealand

More popular here than JK Rowling, No 1 children's author Andy Griffiths is in New Zealand meeting fans and signing books to promote his much-loved Treehouse book series. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2015-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What's Selling at Inklings Bookshop

Emily Ring, manager and event coordinator at Inklings Bookshop in Yakima, Wash., shares her enthusiasm for some of her favorite children's books from the fall harvest. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Axel Springer sells off Russian media assets to comply with new law

German publisher joins other media companies faced by 20% ownership limitThe German media group Axel Springer has sold off its media assets in Russia to Artcom Media, a division of the Russian-based publishing group ACMG run by Alexander Fedotov. The assets include the Russian editions of Forbes... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson will not sell PRH stake until 2017

Pearson is to keep its stake in Penguin Random House until at least 2017, its c.e.o. John Fallon has said. The company owns 47% of the publishing company, with the other 53% owned by Bertelsmann. In an interview with Bloomberg TV Fallon said it was “unlikely” that Pearson would exercise its... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wordery founders sell 49% stake to Connect Books

Connect Books has bought the remaining 49% stake in Wordery to become the sole owners of the retailer. Wordery – an online bookseller – was established in October 2012 as a joint enterprise between Connect Books, which owned a 51% stake, and former Book Depository IT director Will Jones and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep sells to major publisher

Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin’s self-published bestseller to get traditional edition with Penguin Random HouseThe Swedish author of this summer’s surprise self-published hit, a bedtime story that promises to “make anyone fall asleep” using positive reinforcement techniques and plenty of yawns, has... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Globe Business sells books division in management buy-out

B2B content company Globe Business Media Group has sold its portfolio of law books to a management-led team for an undisclosed sum. The buyers of the division, Globe Law and Business, are a consortium led by Jim Smith, a publisher who spent a number of years on the board of Lexus Nexus. Sian... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Secret Garden colouring book sells 3m copies in China

Laurence King Publishing’s adult colouring book Secret Garden by Johanna Basford has sold 3 million copies in China since the book was published there on 1st June 2015, the publisher revealed at Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) today (27th August). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Secret Garden colouring-in book sells 3m copies in China

Bestseller in global craze for adult versions of children’s favourites scores dazzling success in the People’s RepublicThree million copies of Johanna Basford’s adult colouring book Secret Garden have been sold in China in less than three months, its publisher has announced, dubbing Beijing the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hawkins has biggest-selling Amazon ebook of 2015

Paula Hawkins’ The Girl on the Train (Transworld) is Amazon.co.uk’s biggest selling ebook of 2015 so far, the retailer has revealed. The list of top 20 ebooks of the year is dominated by female authors, with E L James’ Fifty Shades of Grey companion novel, Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as told by... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Homeless South African Sells Books and Reviews In Lieu of Begging

Johannesburg's Philani Dladli was homeless when he decided to sell books he found and read, offering them on a sliding price scale based on his own review. The post Homeless South African Sells Books and Reviews In Lieu of Begging appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 65-Storey Treehouse fastest selling book in a decade

Too many children's books are boring and do not treat their audience with respect, according to best-selling author Andy Griffiths. Continue reading at The Sydney Morning Herald

[ The Sydney Morning Herald | 2015-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson sells Economist Group stake

Publishing group Pearson says it has agreed to sell its 50% stake in the Economist Group for £469m. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2015-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson sells Economist Group stake for £469m

Existing shareholder Exor increases its holding from 4.7% to 43.4% to become the largest single shareholder in the publishing groupPearson has sold its 50% stake in the Economist Group, publisher of the Economist newspaper, to existing shareholders for £469m in cash.The deal, a fait accompli... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-08-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tickets for Waterstones Pratchett event sell out fast

Tickets for Waterstones Piccadilly’s midnight opening for the launch of Terry Pratchett’s final Discworld novel The Shepherd’s Crown have sold out, only hours after going on sale.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Soft Second Quarter for Regnery

Sales at its Regnery Publishing fell from $5.6 million in last year's second quarter to $4.5 million in the period ended June 30, 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH sells Bookworld to Booktopia

Penguin Random House Australia has sold its online book retailer Bookworld to Booktopia, bringing together Australia’s two largest online book businesses. The terms of the deal have not been disclosed. Booktopia, which will this year reach AUS$90m in sales according to its c.e.o., expects to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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