W H Smith profits expected to top £100m

Analysts have predicted profits at W H Smith will top the £100m mark when the high street... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
News tagged with: #high street

Other news stories related to: "W H Smith profits expected to top £100m"


Bookshop Heroes share top bookselling tips

Some of our inaugural Bookshop Heroes — the best individual booksellers in the UK and Ireland — share the skills that are key to running a bookshop.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-05 16:20:56 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #bookshop #individual booksellers


Osman's debut novel announced as W H Smith Book of the Year

Richard Osman's debut crime novel The Thursday Murder Club (Viking) has been named W H Smith's Book of the Year for 2020.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-05 01:31:10 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #debut novel #w h smith #book of the year #debut crime #richard osman


Lee and Andrew Child's The Sentinel stands guard in top spot

Lee Child's 25th Jack Reacher title The Sentinel (Bantam), written with his brother Andrew, has gone straight to the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, with 55,751 copies sold. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-03 03:50:06 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #andrew child #lee child


RELX Group Remains the World's Top Publisher

The world’s largest publisher did it again in 2019, with revenue of $5.64 billion. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-10-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #largest publisher #top publisher


Fry, Bonham Carter and Bailey Smith to narrate Rundell's anthology

Stephen Fry, Ben Bailey Smith and Helena Bonham Carter are to narrate the audio edition of The Book of Hopes: Words and Pictures to Comfort, Inspire and Entertain (Bloomsbury), edited by Katherine Rundell.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-29 19:07:20 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #audio edition #stephen fry


The Thursday Murder Club boomerangs back to the top spot

Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club (Viking) has bounced back into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 28,756 copies through Nielsen BookScan's Total Consumer Market. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-26 19:38:08 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #nielsen #nielsen bookscan #bounced back #richard osman


Cynthia Leitich Smith Named Winner of the 2021 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature

News and Events Photo by Christopher T. Assaf World Literature Today, the University of Oklahoma’s award-winning magazine of international literature and culture, today announced Cynthia Leitich Smith as the winner of the 2021 NSK Neustadt Prize... Continue reading at World Literature Today

[ World Literature Today | 2020-10-20 23:56:14 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #publishers weekly #literature award #harpercollins #award-winning author #literary community #silver medallion #nsk winners #literary merit #authors selects #esteemed panel #highly respected #lit fest #held virtually #neustadt family #kathy neustadt


Arsène Wenger's story guns into top spot amid strong book sales

Arsene Wenger's My Life in Red and White (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) has immediately lifted the trophy in the UK Official Top 50, scoring the number one spot with 35,297 copies sold in its launch week. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-19 21:24:07 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Sweet Cherry scoops 10 Dick King-Smith titles

Sweet Cherry is to publish 10 of Dick King-Smith's titles, with the centenary of the author's birth upcoming in 2022.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-15 06:25:31 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #sweet cherry


Amazon Charts: Hinch and Osman hold firm at the top

Mrs Hinch's This is Me (Michael Joseph) and Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club (Penguin) have once again claimed the Amazon Charts' Most-Sold top spots in Non-Fiction and Fiction respectively.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-14 03:51:16 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #richard osman #michael joseph #amazon charts #mrs hinch


Mrs Hinch sweeps into second week in the top spot

Mrs Hinch's memoir This is Me (Michael Joseph) has dusted off a second week in the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 25,983 copies in its first full week on sale. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-12 18:35:40 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #memoir #michael joseph #mrs hinch #full week


Personal Space: Maggie Smith on Her Shift in Artistic Practice

On this episode of Personal Space: The Memoir Show, Sari Botton interviews Maggie Smith, whose inspirational memoir, Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change, is published by Atria/One Signal Publishers. In the book, Smith intersperses bits of memoir — about moving forward after... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-10-09 08:48:58 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #memoir #literary hub #maggie smith #personal space #inspirational memoir #memoir show #moving forward


Amazon Charts: Hinch winches into the top

Mrs Hinch's This is Me (Michael Joseph) has jumped straight to the top of the Amazon Charts' Most-Sold: Non-Fiction top 20 in its first week on sale. The cleaning influencer's memoir earned the "all ears" tag, meaning it was more listened to on Audible last week than read on Kindle. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-07 08:08:06 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #memoir #michael joseph #mrs hinch #amazon charts


Smith lands Instagrammer's guide to planning for Ebury

Ebury Press editorial director Emma Smith has acquired Happy Planning, a "practical guide for those who like to prep" from Charlotte Plain, a.k.a. Instagrammer Princess Planning. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-02 13:17:37 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #practical guide


Hachette Children's signs two from Penguin publicist Kate Gilby Smith

Hachette Children’s Group has acquired two middle-grade fiction titles by debut author Kate Gilby Smith, to be published on the Orion Children's Book imprint.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-02 10:02:53 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #hachette #fiction titles #debut author #children's book #book imprint #orion children #hachette children


Amazon Charts: Partridge flies back to the top

Robert Galbraith's Troubled Blood (Sphere) has held the Amazon Charts' Most-Sold: Fiction number one for a second week running, while Alan Partridge's From the Oasthouse (Audible) ousted Brian Masters' Killing for Company (Cornerstone) from the top of the Most-Sold: Non-Fiction chart. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-29 21:57:14 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #non-fiction chart #company cornerstone #alan partridge #week running #fiction number #robert galbraith #amazon charts


ALA Releases List of Top 100 Most Banned and Challenged Books

'The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian' topped the ALA's list of the most banned and challenged books between 2010-2019. The list was released to coincide with the start of Banned Books Week, which runs through October 3. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #part-time indian #challenged books


Troubled Blood strikes the charts top spot

Robert Galbraith's fifth Cormoran Strike title, Troubled Blood (Sphere), has gone straight to the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 64,633 copies in its first week on sale. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-22 21:59:56 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #robert galbraith


Bookstat chart: Osman on point as Thursday Murder Club rockets to the top

Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club (Penguin) has charted top of the Bookstat e-book top 10 in its second week on sale, rising from third to score an across-formats double, after its hardback claimed the UK Official Top 50 number one through Nielsen BookScan's TCM.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-16 21:50:09 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #e-book #hardback #nielsen #nielsen bookscan #hardback claimed #bookstat chart #charted top #richard osman


Thursday Murder Club hits charts top spot for a second week

Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club (Viking) has renewed its membership to the UK Official Top 50 number one spot for a second week, selling 34,485 copies in its first full week on sale. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-15 16:20:32 UTC ]
More news stories like this | All news stories tagged with: #richard osman #full week