• Indies fear for THE
    Thu, 12/04/2007 - 15:12

    Independent booksellers fear that wholesaler THE may get pushed out of the market regardless of a decision over its controversial merger with Bertrams. The Office of Fair Trading last week opted to refer the acquisition of Bertrams by THE's parent Woolworths to the Competition Commission after a survey carried out via the BA, in which more...

    Betrams | Graeme Neill | THE | woolies

  • Borders retreats to the US
    Fri, 30/03/2007 - 15:03

    The Borders Group sent shockwaves through the book industry last week with the surprise announcement that it is pursuing "strategic alternatives" for the majority of its international operations, including in the UK and Ireland.

    The chain is looking to its US superstores as the "key to future growth", following...

    Borders | Graeme Neill | Retail | US

  • Blue Door acquires two from Croatian thriller writer

    Blue Door has bought UK and Commonwealth rights to two books from a Croatian thriller writer.

    Publisher Patrick Janson Smith bought rights to Sorry and You by Zoran Drvenkar from Carol Janeway and Suzanne Smith at Knopf. An international trade paperback of Sorry will be published in October 2011, coinciding with Knopf's...

    Blue Door | Graeme Neill | Patrick Janson Smith | Rights deal

  • Usborne buys The Adjusters

    Usborne has bought world rights to a "Stepford Kids-style thriller" by Waterstone's Children's Book Prize nominated author Andrew Taylor.

    Senior fiction editor Sarah Stewart bought rights to one book from Catherine Pellegrino of Rogers, Coleridge & White. The Adjusters will be published in summer 2012....

    Childrens | Graeme Neill | Rights deal | sarah stewart | Usborne
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