Online retailer Wordery has suspended its Express Delivery offer after poor service from embattled courier Yodel. Will Jones, co-founder of the website, has told The Bookseller he was “disappointed” not to be able to offer customers the next day delivery service, which only launched in August, and which he described at the time as “market-leading”. Jones said he was forced to axe the service after poor customer feedback on deliveries from Yodel. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Online retail giant Amazon has cut back its pioneering drone delivery team, but says it will still have a Prime Air presence in the UK. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-09 16:20:14 UTC ]
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In an open letter published on the company's website, PRH UK c.e.o. Tom Weldon has expressed confidence in the industry's prospects on entering a third lockdown, and revealed Penguin Random House UK is donating a further 15,000 more books to communities most affected by the coronavirus... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-12 10:23:48 UTC ]
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Here’s a heartening update to a terrible story: In November, Allegheny County Jail came under fire for instituting a draconian policy banning its incarcerated population from receiving physical books in the mail, only giving them access to 263 pre-approved eBooks on prison-owned tablets. Now,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-12-03 17:31:58 UTC ]
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Poets House, the poetry library in lower Manhattan founded in 1986, has suspended operations indefinitely, due to budgetary issues caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, Lee Briccetti, the executive director of Poets House for more than 30 years, will retire in 2021. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-11-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights has opened an inquiry into the issue of freedom of expression, in part seeking to address if hate speech law is in need of an update. It is inviting interested parties to contribute written evidence by 6th December. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-11-09 10:54:37 UTC ]
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AS AN EXPRESSIVE MEDIUM, video games have a strange way of reducing central concepts of modernist art and theory to basic operational elements. The technical specifications of “point of view” that have preoccupied novelists since the turn of the 20th century are crudely literalized within game... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2020-10-31 17:00:02 UTC ]
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Hay Festival director Peter Florence has been suspended from his role pending the outcome of a grievance procedure from a member of staff, the festival has confirmed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-10-26 01:39:15 UTC ]
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It feels as if we’re at a critical moment regarding discussion of free expression in the UK and the US. #cancelculture has been trending on Twitter; a letter signed by major literary figures warns of ‘rising censoriousness’; individuals are being stripped of titles and posts. With so much... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-15 10:13:11 UTC ]
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Elliott Advisors, owner of Waterstones and Barnes & Noble, has bought Wordery, the online bookselling division of U.K. wholesaler Bertrams. Aurelius, which owns Bertrams, said it was "reviewing its strategic options" for the wholesaler. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The world's largest exhibitions organizer, London-based Informa plc, outlined on Thursday morning a series of emergency actions it's taking to alleviate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its events business, which drives nearly two-thirds of the company's overall revenues. Noting that the... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-04-16 18:02:14 UTC ]
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Amazon is to close six of its warehouses in France, after a court ruling stopped the delivery of non-essential items during the pandemic. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-15 21:29:21 UTC ]
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The bookselling website Hive has reinstated its home delivery service following the re-opening of Gardners.com. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-06 09:35:20 UTC ]
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Gardners has announced it has reinstated its home delivery service, after temporarily closing last week due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-04-02 23:03:27 UTC ]
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Starting this week, Washington D.C.’s Kramerbooks & Afterwords Cafe is using Postmates, an app largely used for food delivery, to get books in the hands of readers in the D.C. area. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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• Tom Kerr: ‘We have been left with no other choice’• Cork racecourse becomes coronavirus testing centre The Racing Post, the sport’s trade newspaper, will “temporarily suspend” publication of its print edition from Friday, leaving a number of its journalists “temporarily stood down” while the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-03-25 17:30:32 UTC ]
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As many of us transition to working from home in this unprecedented situation, we recognize that you may not be receiving your print copy of Ad Age. We would like to offer you the option to redirect your copy of Ad Age to your home so you can continue to enjoy the magazine in print. To change... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2020-03-24 16:45:00 UTC ]
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Amazon has temporarily paused accepting shipments from third-party sellers to its warehouses for products including books owing to the coronavirus outbreak. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-18 10:59:48 UTC ]
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“We’re going to operate like a pizza takeout place,” one independent bookstore owner said. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-03-18 03:53:05 UTC ]
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Hachette is offering independent booksellers a 5% discount off of MSRP for any title that is sold and delivered to customers in their local community by staff or courier. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-17 04:00:00 UTC ]
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This morning, both the Chief Librarian of the Brooklyn Public Library and the President of the New York Public Library released statements announcing that they would be cancelling public library programs for the rest of March, in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19 and encourage social... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-03-12 16:51:47 UTC ]
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