Waterstones Blackpool will reopen after a member of staff was killed by a falling shop sign. A Waterstones spokesperson told the Blackpool Gazette: “Waterstones Blackpool will reopen again after repair works to the building that will be undertaken shortly. We will confirm the date of reopening once these are underway.” Margaret Sheridan, a bookseller at the shop, was killed last month after being hit by a falling sign. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette’s Pride Network is holding an event at Waterstones’ flagship Piccadilly store during the run-up to Pride in London featuring 17 of the publisher’s LGBTQ+ authors. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-22 12:13:58 UTC ]
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Hallie Rubenhold brings humanity, dignity and sympathy to five poor women who met their end in Victorian London. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-05-17 16:48:04 UTC ]
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A Waterstones bookseller has been given a suspended prison sentence after stealing more than £11,000 from the retail chain by tampering with its loyalty cards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rachel Held Evans, progressive Christian author of ‘A Year of Biblical Womanhood’ and other well-received titles, passed away on May 4, according to her husband. She was 37. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hampshire police investigate intimidation of Springwatch presenter and familyThe broadcaster and wildlife campaigner Chris Packham has revealed he and his family received death threats days after dead crows were strung up outside his home in an escalating row about shooting birds.He also... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld will publish a leading researcher on near-death experiences Professor Bruce Greyson, m.d. of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, as part of a major deal at auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Boy at the Back of the Class by Onjali Q. Raúf (Hachette Children’s Books) is the winner of this year’s overall £5,000 Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, beating off competition from other category winners Tomi Adeyemi, Lauren Ace and Jenny Løvlie. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sir Elton John will take part in a one-off signing event at Waterstones Piccadilly this autumn, as part of a "global event" publication for his autobiography, Macmillan has revealed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Collection of short pieces, which has been in the works for more than a decade, takes stock of The Snowman author’s lifeRaymond Briggs is one of the UK’s most beloved children’s authors, the creator of characters from The Snowman to Fungus the Bogeyman. But in his forthcoming book Time for... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In an extract from his memoir, Waterstones founder Tim Waterstone describes the early days of the chain's creation. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors and illustrators including Tomi Adeyemi, Sophie Anderson, Jessica Love and Onjali Q. Raúf are on the shortlist for this year’s Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, which is now in its fifteenth year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones is to split its centralised buying functions into two roles, aimed at resolving the disconnect between what is ordered by the chain and what is then sold through. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With a dual-track structure for booksellers and publishers, the Scottish Book Trade Conference on February 26 will feature workshops as well as discussion. The post Scottish Book Trade Conference Preview: Waterstones’ Daunt, Nielsen’s Bohme appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-02-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cuts follow recently announced redundancies at HuffPost and BuzzFeedVice has announced plans to sack 250 staff, as a wave of job cuts affecting the digital media industry continues to hit companies around the world amid questions over the sustainability of ad-supported online publishing.Almost... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Women’s lifestyle website The Pool is reportedly in crisis talks, with staff yet to receive their January wages. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Steven Cooper, previously a member of the events team at Waterstones head office, has joined Hodder as publicity manager, initially to cover publicity director Veronique Norton’s parental leave. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A difficult relationship with his father was one of the factors which pushed Tim Waterstone to succeed in establishing the bookshop chain that bears his name, the retail entrepreneur has revealed in an extract from his forthcoming memoir, published in the Daily Mail. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Reporter says every member of the news team received a letter about redundancies on Tuesday morningThe Australian arm of BuzzFeed will have to cut 11 staff as a global downsizing strategy targets 200 of the digital publisher’s international workforce.BuzzFeedOz news reporter Alice Workman said... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Online publisher announces job losses to shore up finances as Verizon unveils plan to sack 800 workersBuzzFeed has announced plans to lay off hundreds of staff, as digital media firms struggle to turn a profit while dealing with the same financial issues that have plagued traditional publishers... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After the recent reorganization of Crown that Penguin Random House unveiled, the company has made some additional changes and promotions in the unit. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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