Some agents and publishers who chose not to roll over their London Book Fair bookings from 2020 have reported struggling to get tables at next year’s event, with organisers admitting there is now a waiting list amid high demand and construction works at the Olympia venue. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 14/07/2011 - 16:41 Waterstones head of books Toby Bourne has left the bookseller with immediate effect today (14th July). read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Wed, 06/07/2011 - 08:01 Waterstones childrens range buyer Claudia Mody is to join The Book People as a buyer for Red House it's children's consumer-facing book club. Mody will start on 1st August at The Book People. Seni Glaister, chief executive... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 30/06/2011 - 13:28 J K Rowling's agent Neil Blair has left the Christopher Little Literary Agency, setting up a new company, The Blair Partnership. Rowling is moving with Blair, having "terminated her association" with the Christopher... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 28/06/2011 - 11:38 Waterstones commercial director Michael Neil and operations director Roger Childs have left the bookseller today (28th June) with immediate effect. Neil joined the company from book wholesaler Bertrams earlier this year and... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Tue, 28/06/2011 - 08:25 Kirsten Grant, campaigns director at Puffin, will leave Penguin at the end of the month to become a freelance children's marketing specialist. Grant has 15 years of experience in the children's market and has been involved in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Although Barnes & Noble lost $74 million in the fiscal year ended April 30 and BN.com had negative EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) of $204.6 million, executives said they remain confident that the company's online/digital arm is on track to become a... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Richard Gingras, who acted as CEO of the Salon Media Group for the past two years, is leaving the company to join search giant Google as global head of news products. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
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Written By: Bookseller Staff Publication Date: Fri, 17/06/2011 - 14:12 Women dominate the first-ever The Bookseller Rising Stars, an annual listing which highlights the people who will shape the British book trade. Two-thirds26 of 39 entriesof Rising Stars 2011 are women. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Publication Date: Mon, 13/06/2011 - 08:55 Emma Henderson's Orange-shortlisted Grace Williams Says It Loud and the latest novel by American thriller writer Dennis Lehane have been picked for the summer season of "The TV Book Club". Returning on Sunday 26th June on More 4, with repeats on Channel... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Thu, 09/06/2011 - 09:19 Private equity firm Najafi Companies is reportedly in discussions to buy Borders in America. The Wall Street Journal said "people familiar with the matter" said the firm, which usually makes investments of $1bn or less, is in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Thu, 09/06/2011 - 15:38 Attendance at the London Book Fair in April was up 7% from 2009, the nearest comparable year, according to figures released by Reed Exhibitions. The 2011 fair welcomed 24,802 visitors, up from 23,096 in 2009, with US visitors... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Thu, 26/05/2011 - 08:47 Random House Digital director Fionnuala Duggan is to leave the publisher for digital learning company CourseSmart, where she has been appointed managing director for international. The California-based company, which provides... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Thu, 26/05/2011 - 13:52 Press Books m.d. John Bond is leaving HarperCollins by the end of June "following a mutual agreement" between himself and HC c.e.o. Victoria Barnsley. The division, which comprises Fourth Estate and HarperPress, will be run by... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Gayle Feldman Publication Date: Tue, 24/05/2011 - 09:41 Responses to Amazon.com's hire of Laurence Kirshbaum as publisher have varied from worried to fear of a "dampening" effect on competition among delegates at the BEA conference. Word that started to spread Sunday night was... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Thu, 19/05/2011 - 12:59 Three Random House Group titles have been picked for the first Fiction Uncovered promotion, which also includes two from indie Portobello. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 13/05/2011 - 08:15 Hachette Distribution managing director Simon Davidson has "left the company", having joined in September 2009. Hachette UK chief operating officer Chris Emerson will assume direct responsibility for Hachette Distribution... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Mon, 09/05/2011 - 08:50 Pearson, Blackwell and Jamie Oliver are a few book trade names to make it onto the Sunday Times Rich List 2011. Vincent Cowdray and the Pearson Family were jointly in at number 64, with the family up £165m on last years figure.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 26/04/2011 - 12:21 Blackwell c.e.o. Andrew Hutchings has been made redundant as part of an "internal team restructure" at the company. The academic bookseller is dispensing with the role of c.e.o. to continue its intentions to increase "local... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Mon, 18/04/2011 - 15:17 Templar's long-serving sales and marketing director Ruth Huddleston is to leave the company at the end of April. Huddleston said: "After 21 years building up Templar, I'm moving on. It feels like it's time for a change." She... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 14/04/2011 - 09:24 Supply chain consolidation is "inevitable", as the increase in sales of digital books will mean fewer physical books sold and more trade going online, London Book Fair delegates were told. read more Continue reading at The Bookseller
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