To Tango, Flamenco and Samba: Penguin Random House Merger with Santillana

The Penguin Random House deal to absorb Santillana's trade lines has serious implications for the Spanish-book market, but the outlier in the deal is Brazil. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Penguin's Great Ideas series returns

Penguin is to relaunch its non-fiction Great Ideas series after a decade's hiatus, with a new selection of 20 pocket-sized titles, featuring bespoke cover designs. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-04 02:20:41 UTC ]
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Bookstat chart: Third week at the top for Rankin's House of Lies

Ian Rankin's In a House of Lies (Orion) has spent a third week running as the Bookstat e-book number one. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-30 06:45:44 UTC ]
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Mackesy and Adeola prints mark Penguin's 85th anniversary

Penguin is marking its 85th anniversary by selling a range of fine art prints from Charlie Mackesy, Dapo Adeloa and others, with all profits going to the National Literacy Trust. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-29 15:16:15 UTC ]
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Amazon Charts: In a House of Lies hits the roof for a third week

Ian Rankin's In a House of Lies (Orion) has claimed the Amazon Charts' Most-Sold: Fiction number one spot for a third week, as Mary L Trump's Too Much and Never Enough (S&S) holds the Most-Sold: Non-Fiction top spot. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-29 08:22:22 UTC ]
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Penguin Classics Science Fiction review – a fresh look at brave new worlds

Sci-fi preconceptions are challenged by little-known marvels from James Tiptree Jr, Angélica Gorodischer and othersThe border between science fiction and mainstream literature is more permeable than booksellers or publishers would have us think. Double Booker prize-winner Margaret Atwood’s... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-07-27 06:00:46 UTC ]
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Penguin Business acquires survival guide from 'serial entrepreneurs' Cole and Miller-Cole

Penguin Business will publish The Business Survival Kit by Byron Cole and Bianca Miller-Cole. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-26 12:02:42 UTC ]
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Bookstat chart: Rankin's House party continues

Ian Rankin’s In a House of Lies (Orion) has taken out a mortgage in the Bookstat e-book chart number one spot, reigning for a second week running. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-22 19:28:58 UTC ]
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Frankfurter Buchmesse: Four German Houses Sign on Together

In digital sessions this week, organizers of Frankfurter Buchmesse have described elements of the online trade show for October. The post Frankfurter Buchmesse: Four German Houses Sign on Together appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-07-17 16:27:26 UTC ]
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S4 Capital Hopes to Raise $126 Million to Further Expand Through Mergers

Martin Sorrell's S4 Capital proposed a new share offering today in hopes of raising $126 million (or 100 million euros) to further its expansion through mergers and acquisitions. The disclosure was made as part of S4 Capital's latest trading update where the company, which houses digital media... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2020-07-15 20:58:21 UTC ]
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Penguin Business pre-empts Permission to Speak by Hollywood speech coach

Penguin Business has pre-empted Permission to Speak by Samara Bay, a dialect and speech coach in Hollywood.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-02 08:04:22 UTC ]
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Black Writers' Guild tells UK publishing how to get its own house in order

The Black Writers' Guild has issued an open letter, signed by writers including Dorothy Koomson, Malorie Blackman, Candice Carty-Williams, David Olusoga and Bernardine Evaristo, telling British publishers it is "deeply concerned" they are "raising awareness of racial inequality without... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-14 19:50:25 UTC ]
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Penguin Business commissions second book from authors of The Squiggly Career

Penguin Business will publish You Coach You, a second book by Sarah Ellis and Helen Tupper, authors of Sunday Times bestseller The Squiggly Career.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-11 19:52:38 UTC ]
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Vietnam’s Liberal Publishing House Wins IPA’s 2020 Prix Voltaire

Liberal Publishing House–specializing in politically charged content that Hanoi has tried to suppress–wins the IPA's highest honor. The post Vietnam’s Liberal Publishing House Wins IPA’s 2020 Prix Voltaire appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-06-03 11:35:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Press to publish Goodwin on England and identity

Penguin Press is to publish Matthew Goodwin's latest book This England: Nation, Identity and Belonging. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-28 18:27:54 UTC ]
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Penguin Classics boldly goes into science fiction

Penguin Classics is to launch a new series of world science fiction "to challenge stereotypes about the genre". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-05-28 09:00:55 UTC ]
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Schrank Named to Head Astra Publishing House

Backed by Thinkingdom Media Group, Astra Publishing House has launched a new adult division, which will join children's publishing divisions Boyds Mills & Kane and minedition in the new company. Former Holt head Ben Schrank is publisher and COO of APH. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
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In Elisabeth Thomas’s ‘Catherine House,’ an exclusive university harbors sinister secrets

With its cultlike fixation on control, it’s clear from the outset that something is deeply wrong with Catherine House. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2020-05-15 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Coronavirus Worklife: South Africa’s Imagnary House Weathers Lockdown

'We saw all bookstores closed' in South Africa's lockdown, says Brad Harris, children's book publisher at Imagnary House. The post Coronavirus Worklife: South Africa’s Imagnary House Weathers Lockdown appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-05-12 16:04:47 UTC ]
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Boston-based Cengage and McGraw-Hill drop merger plans

Both boards unanimously approved the termination of the merger, announced in May 2019 and originally expected to close in early 2020. Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2020-05-04 15:05:34 UTC ]
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Cengage Announces a Termination of Its McGraw-Hill Merger Agreement

The two major educational publishers announced an all-stock merger a year ago, but ran into regulatory issues and criticism around market dominance and pricing. The post Cengage Announces a Termination of Its McGraw-Hill Merger Agreement appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-05-04 13:19:39 UTC ]
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