Concerns about a lack of women in the topmost positions at major trade publishers have come to the fore after the announcement that Little, Brown c.e.o. Ursula Mackenzie is departing her role. Mackenzie will become chairman of the company on 1st July, with David Shelley taking over the c.e.o. position, before she steps down altogether at the end of 2016. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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MPs rejected a government move to relax Sunday Trading laws in the House of Commons yesterday, meaning the biggest shake up of retail law in 20 years will not go ahead. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The novelist has called Kamila Shamsie’s campaign for a pledge to publish only female authors in 2018 ‘a ridiculous idea’Lionel Shriver has called her fellow novelist Kamila Shamsie’s suggestion of a year publishing only women “rubbish”.Shamsie made the provocative call last year, citing gender... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The arguments for and against the relaxation of Sunday Trading laws have ramped up ahead of a key vote on the proposal in the House of Commons today. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author Lionel Shriver has said literary prizes just for women are "problematic", while calling International Women's Day "creepy" at an event to mark the occasion. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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http://www.thebookseller.com/news/baileys-renews-women-s-prize-fiction-sponsorship-323395Kate Atkinson and Hanya Yanagihara are among the 20 longlisted authors for the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction, announced today. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In late 2014, the South Dakota Historical Society Press published Laura Ingalls Wilder’s pre-Little House memoir, intended for adults, Pioneer Girl. Surprising even the press, the lavishly detailed and heavily annotated tome became a runaway best-seller, with more than 140,000 sold. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2016-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If Saturday night’s speech by Bernie Sanders was any indication of his approach to Sunday’s presidential debate, the upcoming clash with Hillary Clinton could be the most interesting and fully-joined of the Democratic campaign season. Sanders went hard at Clinton over her campaign’s financing,... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-03-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The raucous Republican primary debate gave Fox News its second largest audience ever on Thursday. Nielsen data show an average of 16.9 million viewers tuned into the 11th meeting of the contenders for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination held at the Fox Theatre in Detroit. Only the first... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has signed Swell, a new book from swimming enthusiast Jenny Landreth. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Baileys has confirmed sponsorship for 2017 for the Women's Prize for Fiction following an initial three-year partnership. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc. has had a string of acquisitions and launches aimed at young women over the past year, from HelloGiggles to homegrown startups Mimi and Motto. Like the publishing giant itself, the Gen Y strategy reflects the awareness that young people aren’t all alike. So each site targets audiences... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-02-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More magazine, which began publishing in 1997 and billed itself as "the magazine for women of style and substance," is shutting down, publisher Meredith Corp. announced Thursday. In a statement, the... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2016-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Revenue in Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade division rose 1%, to $164.9 million, in 2015, but its net loss increased to $7.1 million from $2.9 million in 2014. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Media Society to stage event as Johnston Press acquires i and Trinity Mirror launches a new title amid continuing decline in newspaper readershipJust after the Independent stops publishing its newsprint version, the Media Society is staging a panel debate, Is this the end of print?The final... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"It's a great time to be marketed to as a woman," said Jonathan Adams, chief digital officer, Maxus Americas.If most women wouldn't measure an era in those terms, exactly, it's true that nearly every month publishers roll out a digital media product aimed at them and the marketers that sell to... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2016-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Photographer Glenna Gordon captures the lives of remarkable women self-publishing romance novels and other stories in northern Nigeria. The post The Subversive Women Who Self-Publish Novels Amid Jihadist War appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2016-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A group of antitrust scholars gathered online at the Truth on the Market blog for a symposium titled: The Apple E-Books Antitrust Case: Implications for Antitrust Law and for the Economy. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The book trade is aiming to put books at the heart of Valentine's Day, with publishers unveiling a range of campaigns reflecting that there is a light and a dark side to the day. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Head of kidspot.com.au and former editor of New Idea to replace Helen McCabe at helm of the country’s most popular magazineThe new editor-in-chief of the nation’s most popular magazine, the Australian Women’s Weekly, is Kim Wilson, a former editor-in-chief of New Idea.Wilson, whose appointment... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bookseller is seeking the book trade’s views on whether the UK should leave the European Union ahead of the nation’s referendum vote. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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