Trade leaders have warned Theresa May needs to “urgently” come up with a Plan B after MPs rejected the government’s Brexit deal in an historic defeat last night. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Nearly 200 industry members gathered October 31 at the Random House Building in New York City to pay tribute to Oscar Dystel. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Glasgow Women’s Library and the Wigtown Book Festival are among the organisations receiving funding for the first time from Creative Scotland. The two groups join a number of other literature and publishing organisations awarded regular funding for the period covering April 2015 to March... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Patrick Rothfuss is the author of the mega-bestselling novels The Name of the Wind and The Wise Man's Fear, and is currently hard at work on The Doors of Stone, the final volume in his epic fantasy trilogy The Kingkiller Chronicle. In the latest episode of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy he discusses... Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2014-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lynda Bellingham’s fiction publisher Simon & Schuster has paid tribute to her as a “vibrant” woman who leaves “a truly wonderful literary legacy”. The British actress died yesterday (19th October) aged 66, after a battle with colon cancer. She wrote the novel Tell Me Tomorrow for Simon... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon Johnson is to leave HarperCollins UK after seven years with the business as its group managing director. Johnson is to leave on an unspecified date in the future after what HarperCollins said would be a “thorough handover”. An internal announcement was made this week by HarperCollins UK... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Post-Taliban, a nascent publishing industry has emerged in Afghanistan, with hundreds of titles being published in Dari, Pashto, Uzbek and English. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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September was a bad month for the Publishers Weekly Stock Index, with only two of the 13 companies on the PWSI seeing an increase in their stock prices. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A mood of optimism marked the Bookseller Childrens Conference, with sales up 10% and editors pronouncing themselves keen to experiment and push the digital envelopeThe Purcell Room on Londons South Bank was awash with positivity on Thursday, as the Bookseller Childrens Conference celebrated a... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Kindle is now a 'proud sponsor' of Downton Abbey. And it suits, as the show's story arc reflects the current dynamic in the publishing business. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A higher proportion of the UK population reads books on a weekly basis than in France or Germany... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lou Anders, editorial director and art director of Prometheus's Pyr imprint since its inception 10 years ago, will be leaving the company. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BISG award-winner Judith Appelbaum reflects on changes in the industry and explains why the lack of statistics on self-publishing is misleading us all. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tech-savvy South Korean publishers were out in force at the Beijing Book Fair (27th–31st... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Standards are like plumbing: they are only noticed when they don’t work. And like plumbing, retrofitting a 200-year-old structure—legacy publishing—with new metadata standards to improve commerce in the digital age is, at best, a complex process. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With stock prices rising at eight companies and falling at five, the Publishers Weekly Stock Index rose 5.5% in August, beating the increase in the Dow Jones Industrial Average by more than two percentage points. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The transformation of Penguin Random Houses’ editorial operations began in earnest today with the announcement of the creation of the Penguin Publishing Group. The new unit, which will house all of Penguin’s adult imprints, will be headed by Madeline McIntosh, currently president of U.S.... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For an ebook distributor to succeed in a developing market they need to adapt to methodologies, in particular payment mechanisms, already prevalent in that market. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book industry chiefs have taken the plunge on the Ice Bucket Challenge craze, showering the Motor... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More prominent individuals from Scotland's book trade – including BookSource m.d.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penske Media Corp., the Los Angeles-based publishing company founded by automotive heir Jay Penske, is acquiring Fairchild Fashion Media's trade magazines from Conde Nast Publications.The sale includes Women's Wear Daily and Footwear News, according to a statement today from the companies."This... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2014-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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