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Bloomsbury's Farrar to make London return

Publication Date: Mon, 16/07/2012 - 08:12

Bloomsbury has appointed Kathleen Farrar to the role of Bloomsbury Group sales and marketing director, with effect from 1st January 2013.

In a message to staff, executive director Richard Charkin said Farrar will have direct responsibility for all sales and marketing teams in the UK and USA, and will oversee the group's print and...

Bloomsbury | Charlotte Williams | Global | Kathleen Farrar | Richard Charkin | sales and marketing director
Big players slip as emerging markets rise

Publication Date: Mon, 25/06/2012 - 09:00

The top 10 publishers in the world had their lowest combined market share last year in the Livres Hebdo/Bookseller ranking of publishing’s top 50 groups since the annual listing first appeared in 2007.

The ranking, researched by Rüdiger Wischenbart Content & Consulting, shows that publishing’s top 10 groups...

Global | International | publishing | tom tivnan
In depth: global publishing ranking

Publication Date: Fri, 22/06/2012 - 14:24

The biggest global publishers have seen revenue shrink year on year, the latter half of the world’s top 50 publishers have been boosted by sales in emerging markets, while revenue from trade books has declined sharply. Those are some of the overall trends in the Livres Hebdo/The Bookseller annual ranking of global publishers, researched...

feature | features | Flagship Feature | Global | In Depth | publishing
Amazon Q4 defies analysts

Publication Date: Fri, 30/01/2009 - 08:20

Amazon has announced fourth quarter sales exceeding analysts' estimates, with revenue rising 18% to $6.7bn (£4.69bn) and net income increasing 9% to $225m (£157m) in the period to 31st December 2008. For the full year, earnings rose 36% to $645m (£451m), with revenue rising 29% to $19.17bn (£13.4bn).

The...

amazon | Anna Richardson | Financial | Global | Retail | US
Oz authors battle copyright review

Publication Date: Fri, 30/01/2009 - 05:19

Australian authors are up in arms about a government review of the country's copyright laws.

According to the Guardian, in an impassioned response to the review, the Booker prize-winning author Peter Carey argued against making any changes.

"As long as we have a territorial copyright our publishers have a...

Anna Richardson | Australia | Copyright | Global | Peter Carey
Viz launches Manga imprint

Publication Date: Thu, 29/01/2009 - 23:16

San Francisco-based manga publisher Viz Media is launching Haikasoru, an imprint dedicated to publishing Japanese science fiction and fantasy in English translation.

In what Viz claims to be a first in North America, the new imprint will be directed by noted science fiction author Nick Mamatas, reports Publishers Weekly.
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Anna Richardson | Global | Graphic novels | Manga | Media | US | Viz Publishing
Authors try to rescue Book World

Publication Date: Thu, 29/01/2009 - 23:00

Historians Robert Dallek and Sean Wilentz and author-essayist Barbara Ehrenreich are among the more than 100 writers who have signed an open letter asking the Washington Post not to shut down its stand-alone Sunday Book World section.

"Few forums besides Book World introduce so many readers to so many...

Anna Richardson | Book World | Global | Media | US
Post closes Book World

Publication Date: Thu, 29/01/2009 - 08:17

The Washington Post has confirmed it is killing its literary supplement Book World as a separate section and moving its coverage of books and publishing elsewhere in the paper.

According to the newspaper, coverage will be shifted to the Style section and a revamped Outlook section, and it will publish about three-...

Anna Richardson | Global | Home | literary reviews | Media | US | Washington Post
More snubs for Canadian book fairs

Publication Date: Thu, 29/01/2009 - 07:16

Random House of Canada is pulling out of Reed Exhibitions' new autumn exhibition, the Toronto Book Fair, following a previous decision not to attend BookExpo Canada in June.

Random House senior vice-president Tracey Turriff said the company had attended a presentation about the plans for the show, and "a number of challenges...

Anna Richardson | BookExpo Canada | Canada | Global | Toronto Book fair
Palin could tell story in book

Publication Date: Thu, 22/01/2009 - 08:12

Sarah Palin may be ready to tell her story in print. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the former Republican vice-presidential candidate apparently has enlisted the help of superstar Washington attorney Robert Barnett, who has brokered book deals for such political A-listers as President Barack Obama, former president Bill Clinton...

Anna Richardson | Barack Obama | Global | Robert Barnett | Sarah Palin | US