VitalSource Teams with edX

EdX, the nonprofit online learning initiative, has selected the VitalSource Bookshelf e-textbook platform to distribute publisher content for its massive open online learning courses (MOOCs). \ Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Navy SEAL wrote 'No Easy Day' after being pushed out of SEAL Team 6

A group of Special Ops veterans released its own ebook, 'No Easy Op,' suggesting 'No Easy Day' author Matt Bissonnette wrote his book in part due to ‘bad blood’ with his former unit. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Short Books teams up with S&S US

UK indie Short Books has teamed up with Simon & Schuster US imprint, Atria Books, to ... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Curtis Brown and Foyles team up for author 'Discovery Day'

Aspiring authors are being given the chance to pitch their novels to a panel of agents at a new... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Parragon Books teams with Nickelodeon

Parragon Books has acquired master publishing rights in the UK for Nickelodeon UK children's... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New roles across senior team in Pan Mac restructure

Pan Macmillan has restructured its senior management team, appointing Jeremy Trevathan (pictured... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weinstein Books Rises, Again, With New Team

It might not have had as many lives as your average cat, but Weinstein Books has gone through more than a few reincarnations. The publishing unit tied to Bob and Harvey Weinstein was unveiled in 2001, when the independent film-producing brothers were intent on creating a mini–media empire,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Piccadilly teams up with New Look

Piccadilly Press is launching an advertising campaign in the changing rooms of high-street... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Guardian and Sainsbury's team up in HCB campaign

A campaign for The Power of Three by H L Dennis, the first book in the Secret Breakers series... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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B&N, Microsoft team up for digital biz

Barnes & Noble Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are teaming up to create a new Barnes & Noble subsidiary that will house the digital and college businesses of the bookseller and include a Nook application for Windows 8.The companies said Monday that they are exploring separating those businesses... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes & Noble, Microsoft team up on Nook, college businesses

An infusion of money from Microsoft Corp. sent Barnes & Noble Inc.'s stock zooming Monday, as the software giant established a way to get back into the ebooks business. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC hires two for marketing team

HarperCollins has made two new hires to its marketing team in a bid to build stronger direct-to-... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bounce expands sales team

Bounce Sales & Marketing is expanding its sales team to offer special services to larger... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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B&N expands international content team

Barnes & Noble has grown its international content team, as the US bookseller seeks to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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V&A teams with Vintage for Designer Classics

Vintage Classics is working in association with the Victoria & Albert Museum to re-issue... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-01-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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RH expands digital team

Random House is extending its digital team, and has promoted Dan Franklin, current digital editor... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Man Booker teams up with iBookstore

Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Wed, 28/09/2011 - 08:45 The Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011 is to host an event at the Apple Store in Covent Garden, London, as it links up with the iBookstore. Shortlisted authors Carol Birch, Patrick deWitt and A D Miller will take part in the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ingram, SBS Worldwide Team Up

U.K.-based logistical company SBS Worldwide is teaming with Ingram to offer a new service that will enable Ingram’s publishers to better track their books across the world. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Magazines restructures senior management team

Hearst Magazines UK has appointed Anna Jones as acting COO and Matt Salmon as group commercial director, after concluding the business review triggered by the merger of NatMag and Hachette Filipacchi. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2011-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House promotes within sales team

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Tue, 20/09/2011 - 14:30 Random House Group UK has made a series of promotions within its UK sales department, with changes at group level as well as at Ebury and Transworld. Deputy group sales director Ed Christie will now also be leading the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House teams restructure for digital

Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Tue, 13/09/2011 - 15:47 Random House has made a series of promotions, including several to entirely new roles, in its group digital, operations, strategy and commercial teams led by deputy director c.e.o. Ian Hudson. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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