Laura Venning joining The Reading Agency in the newly created role of impact research manager. Venning will lead on developing a framework to help the charity assess the impact of reading for pleasure and reading for information, in a post funded by the Peter Sowerby Foundation. Venning comes to The Reading Agency from Booktrust, where she has been leading their work to provide evidence about the impact of their programmes. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thirty-three year Ingram veteran Kent Freeman has been named chief strategy officer and will be succeeded as chief operating officer at the company's VitalSource division by Pep Carrera. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kalem Literary Agency remembers legendary Spanish literary agent Carmel Balcells and her contributions to international authors, writing and agenting. The post On Carmen Balcells: Remembering the Role of a Literary Agent appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chair of book publisher Penguin Random House UK and Wikipedia founder take up their roles with immediate effectGuardian Media Group has appointed Baroness Rebuck, the chair of book publisher Penguin Random House UK, and Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales to its board.They join other high profile... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2016-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tech and culture journalist Molly Flatt will join The Bookseller as associate editor of FutureBook. She succeeds Porter Anderson, who has moved to Publishing Perspectives as editor in chief. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Most recently associate editor of FutureBook, Porter Anderson will join international publishing trade magazine Publishing Perspectives as editor-in-chief. The post Porter Anderson Joins Publishing Perspectives as Editor-in-Chief appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Fickling Books has hired Bella Pearson to the newly created role of publishing director, beginning 11th April. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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“The way people buy books today is completely different from how they bought them five or 10 years ago,” Martin Lindstrom says. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The rise of digital media has introduced new job functions to the magazine world—and triggered the demise of others. The post Trending Now: New Roles in Magazine Media appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tavani will join Putnam on February 8, after 15 years with Ballantine Bantam Dell. At BBD he worked with such authors as Justin Cronin and Steve Berry. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Actress Olivia Williams will be one of the five judges of the 2016 Man Booker Prize for fiction, the UK's leading book award. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2015-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton is strengthening its fiction department by appointing Curtis Brown's Emma Herdman and promoting two people. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Neill Denny, former editor-in-chief of The Bookseller, is joining BookBrunch, where he will work alongside editor Nicholas Clee. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With "Marvel's Jessica Jones" receiving rave reviews, the comic book company's next Netflix show, "Marvel's Luke Cage," steps up with the casting of a major actress, Sonia Braga, in the role of Soledad Temple, the mother of Rosario Dawson's character Claire. Dawson's Claire is slated to have an... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Seven new publishers are joining the Independent Alliance following the closure of Faber Factory Plus. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Touchpress is to present its new digital strategy at the FutureBook Conference with head of marketing Tom Williams to join a panel on the new publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Microsoft is taking a novel approach to marketing its research projects with a series of free sci-fi short stories.The “Future Visions” anthology, available as a free ebook, includes stories from eight prominent science fiction authors, along with a short graphic novel and original... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2015-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anna Derkacz is joining HarperCollins as sales director for fiction, non-fiction and Avon in the New Year to cover the maternity leave of Laura Fletcher. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Neal Price is joining Canongate as sales director, following 11 years as sales director for Faber. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fiona O’Donoghue has joined The Reading Agency as the charity’s commercial and business director. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debate about the future of the academic book will rage across the UK this week, with widespread support among publishers, academics, booksellers and librarians for the first Academic Book Week. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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