Written By: Lisa Campbell Eleven Waterstone's stores will close by the end of this week. The outlets are spread across the UK and are mostly in locations where more than one Waterstone's store currently exists. Staff at the affected Waterstone's stores have now entered into a period of consultation, but may be redeployed to other locations. Current stock at all 11 outlets will be removed and "where possible" recycled. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Foyles is a finalist in the Customer Innovation of the Year category at the Oracle Retail Week Awards. The retailer is shortlisted for its "digital shopping service" Foyles Book Search . Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faced with a difficult comparison to last year's third quarter, sales at Simon & Schuster fell 11% in the third period ended September 30, 2014, compared to the same period last year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Walliams' Awful Auntie (HarperCollins) retains pole position at the top of the official UK Top 50 for a record-breaking sixth week selling another 31,012 copies in the seven days ending 1st November. Volume sales were down 13% week on week but the bestseller has yet to sell less than... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House UK is to close its Penguin Benelux and France and Penguin Germany offices, putting up to six roles at risk of redundancy, as part of a restructure of its international and group companies’ sales teams. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Four Colman Getty’s managing director Liz Sich will retire at the end of 2014 after 18 years at the company. She will continue her association with the agency on a consultancy basis. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones looks set to give its Christmas trade an added boost with the opening of two new branches between now and December 25th. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: new Richard Ford, how music was captured, and classic children's books get gnarly. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary agent Andrew Wylie has said he believes the era of publishers cowering and giving in to Amazon is at an end, comparing the online retail giant to terror group ISIS. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Given that links appear to be more clickable when shared on Facebook, online publishers have scrambled to become savvy gamers of Facebook’s News Feed, seeking to divine the secret rules that push some stories higher than others. But all this genuflection at the altar of Facebook’s algorithms may... Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2014-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Detective Hercule Point and butler Jeeves joined guests at a sleepover event in Waterstones’ flagship store on Saturday (26th October). Altogether 19 guests spent 12 hours overnight in the bookshop at an event organised after the company hit the headlines when an American tourist got locked in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In this week's roundup of books generating interest around the globe, we look at the latest novel by Icelandic author Sjon, which won Best Icelandic Novel of the Year in 2013; a debut from a Swedish criminologist; the German bestseller by Robert Seethaler, 'A Lifetime;' and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week, Gaiman tackles Hansel and Gretel, plus more locked-room mysteries than you can shake a stick at. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After an American became accidentally locked inside a Waterstones location after it closed, the UK book store chain is inviting contest winners to stay the night. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones Piccadilly is to host a sleepover this Friday (24th October), following an incident last Thursday night (16th October) where a tourist got locked in Waterstones in Trafalgar Square. Waterstones is running a competition on the Airbnb website for 10 guests to win the chance to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Nazarene Publishing House and its trade imprint, Beacon Hill Press, will shut down on December 1 due to “shifting cultural circumstances including changes in the church” that have caused declining revenues and financial instability for the press. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones patron David Willis tweeted at the Twitter account for the company, alerting them that he was locked inside one of their stores. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Atavist Books, a multiplatform book company formed by media mogul Barry Diller, chairman of the IAC/InterActiveCorp, film producer Scott Rudin, and former Picador publisher Frances Coady in September 2012, will shutter at the end of the year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: the must read "Limonov," the crazy life of William Cushing, and the third of four titles in Stiefvater’s Raven Cycle. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Recent news that Amazon is getting into bricks and mortar retail, with plans for two California pop-up stores, has gotten people in publishing talking. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In this week's roundup of books generating interest around the globe, we look at a Spanish novel that became an unexpected buzz title at the Frankfurt Book Fair; a lauded Swedish journalist's stab at crime fiction; and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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