Waterstones Camden to close over lease dispute

Waterstones is seeking alternative premises for its Camden branch after failing to agree a new lease with the landlord, forcing it to close at the end of the month. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Barefoot Books' Oxford studio to close

Publisher Barefoot Books has told business associates it will close its Oxford studio at the end of the month. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philly’s Locust Moon Store Closes; Returns as Comics Press

Philly’s Locust Moon comics store will close but continue its publishing program and its annual comics festival. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brazil’s Prestige Publisher Cosac Naify to Close

Disagreement between business partners leads to the sudden closure of Brazilian publishing house Cosac Naify and an uncertain future for 1,600 titles. The post Brazil’s Prestige Publisher Cosac Naify to Close appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children's 'elegant fable' wins Waterstones Book of the Year

Children’s book The Fox and the Star by aPenguin cover designer Coralie Bickford-Smith has beaten Harper Lee and Paula Hawkins to be crowned The Waterstones Book of the Year 2015. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones’ Buy Books for Syria campaign surpasses half-way mark

Waterstones has hit the half-way point in its Buy Books for Syria campaign, having raised £500,000 through book sales to help those affected by the conflict in the Middle East. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones' hub wins Supply Chain Excellence Award

Waterstones has won recognition for its “transformation of the hub” at the European Supply Chain Excellence Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Conde Nast Closes Details Magazine

Details magazine will cease publication after the December/January issue, Conde Nast said on Wednesday.The magazine, founded in 1982 and acquired by Conde Nast in 1988, averaged paid and verified circulation of 560,212 in the first half of the year, up from 524,791 a year earlier, according to... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2015-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SilverDell Bookshop closes but events arm expands

SilverDell Bookshop is to close after 15 years operating as a bookshop and ice cream store in Kirkham, Preston, but its owner Elaine Silverwood is set to continue as a freelance events organiser. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones reveals 'richly diverse' Book of the Year shortlist

The shortlist for the Waterstones Book of the Year 2015 has been revealed, featuring a list that would  "not have been produced by an algorithm,” the chain's m.d. James Daunt has said. The eight-strong selection nominated by Waterstones booksellers across the UK encompasses four novels, three... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Behind closed doors at DPSE: Publishers’ 5 biggest headaches

At this month’s Digiday Publishing Summit in Barcelona, Digiday and ConvertMedia gathered some of the brightest minds in publishing, put them behind closed doors, and let them have an honest and open conversation about what they’re dealing with these days. Spoiler alert: mobile, ad blocking, and... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2015-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones Piccadilly to host illustration exhibition

Waterstones Piccadilly will later this month host an exhibition of children’s illustration featuring artwork from artists such as Lucy Cousins and children’s laureate Chris Riddell. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones Begins Pulling Amazon Kindle From Its Shelves

According to reports in The Bookseller, many Waterstones bookstores have removed the Amazon Kindle from their shelves because of poor sales of the device. The post Waterstones Begins Pulling Amazon Kindle From Its Shelves appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebook Sub Service Oyster Closing Shop, Google Takes Its Talent

Oyster, one of the first and most prominent ebook subscription services, is shutting down, with much of its team moving on to Google Play Books. The post Ebook Sub Service Oyster Closing Shop, Google Takes Its Talent appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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E-Book App Oyster Is Closing Shop As Google Hires Its Cofounders

Oyster, an ebook subscription service inspired by Netflix and Spotify, is shuttering—and Google has scooped up its top execs.Oyster, the ebook subscription service and would-be Amazon competitor, is calling it quits. In a blog post published Monday, the Oyster team announced that, in the coming... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2015-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google snaps up staff from Oyster's soon-to-close ebook service

Oyster's experiment with a Netflix-like subscription service for ebooks appears to be coming to a close... at least, in its current form. The startup is warning customers that it will shut down its all-you-can-read service over the course of seve... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2015-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins to close Authonomy

HarperCollins is to close its Authonomy online community for aspiring writers, which has been live since 2008. The site has worked by inviting users to submit manuscripts online, with submissions ranked by users and the best-ranked considered for publication by HarperCollins. Authors found by... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authonomy writing community closed by HarperCollins

The peer-review site for budding authors, which generated publishing contracts for some of its members, is to close at the end of SeptemberAuthors are mourning the closure of Authonomy, the online community for would-be writers set up by HarperCollins seven years ago as a way to source new... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones to open three storey shop on Tottenham Court Road

Waterstones is set to open a new three storey bookshop on London’s Tottenham Court Road in October. At 7,000 sq foot, the shop will be the largest Waterstones to open in the capital since the Oxford Street Plaza branch in 2009 and will stock the largest selection of new fiction titles in London... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Saltaire Bookshop to close after takings drop to £2 a day

Saltaire Bookshop will close in six months unless local customers rally to support it, its owner has said. The independent, based in the World Heritage site of Saltaire in West Yorkshire, tweeted last week: “Six month countdown begins today - unless we start getting more customers x.” Owner... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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