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Hilco confirms HMV will continue books offer

Publication Date: Fri, 12/04/2013 - 09:23

A new-era HMV will continue to sell books, restructuring company Hilco has confirmed.

Former Waterstones employee Michael Neil will also remain as the chain’s commercial director.

Hilco announced last week (5th April) that it had bought 141 of the 230 HMV stores, including 25 previously earmarked for closure, in a deal...

Borders | Flame Tree Press | Hilco | HMV | Home | Lisa Campbell | Michael Neil | Pan Macmillan | Retail | Valco Capital Partners | Waterstones
Red Ken at radical booksellers fair

Publication Date: Fri, 12/04/2013 - 09:21

Ken Livingstone will announce the winner of the Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing at the inaugural London Radical Booksellers Fair in May.

The fair has been organised by the Alliance of Radical Booksellers to showcase “the depth and breadth of radical publishing and bookselling in the UK”.It will take place at...

Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing | Home | Ken Livingstone | Lisa Campbell | London Radical Booksellers Fair | Prizes
Book sales fall 6% at W H Smith

Publication Date: Thu, 11/04/2013 - 10:16

Book sales at W H Smith dropped 6% like-for-like in the six months to 28th February, according to the company's latest half-yearly financial results. However its range of Kobo e-readers and accessories saw a "strong performance", the company said.

W H Smith Group profit-before-tax increased 5% to £69m, even though...

digital | e-books | e-readers | Financial | Home | Kobo | Lisa Campbell | Results | Retail | W H Smith
Authors campaign to save Venice's bookshops

Publication Date: Thu, 11/04/2013 - 09:30

British novelist Michelle Lovric and Strega Prize-winner Tiziano Scarpa are among a large group of authors backing a campaign to save Venice's bookshops.

There have been several recent losses due to rising rates and rents.

Around 100 authors have signed a manifesto with ideas to save bookshops in the city and at a public...

Authors | City of Readers | Home | Independents | International | Lisa Campbell | Michelle Lovric | Mondadori | Retail | social media | Tiziano Scarpa | Venice
Film rights sold for Bologna hit

Publication Date: Mon, 08/04/2013 - 08:45

The film rights to YA debut novel Half Bad by Sally Green have been snapped up by Fox 2000, hard on the heels of the book’s acquisition at the Bologna Book Fair.

The book, by Warrington-based Open University student Sally Green, was signed by Puffin editorial director Ben Horslen two days before Bologna and confidently...

Bologna Book Fair | children's | film | Fox 2000 | Half Bad | Lisa Campbell | Media | Sally Green
Postage hike hits indies' margins

Publication Date: Mon, 08/04/2013 - 08:30

Independent booksellers are concerned the latest changes to postal charges will have a further negative impact on their businesses this year. Business rates increased by 2.6% this month, and Royal Mail changed its postal pricing at the same time.

Royal Mail began charging 30p more for a first-class parcel weighing up to 750g to...

David Ford | Home | Independents | Lisa Campbell | post office | Retail | Royal Mail | Saltaire Bookshop
Hilco poised to rescue HMV stores

Publication Date: Fri, 05/04/2013 - 09:35

Restructuring firm Hilco is reportedly poised to save 130 HMV-branded stores and 2,500 jobs in a £50m deal.

Sky News has reported that the move to save the stores could be finalised as early as this morning (5th April) and could see HMV emerging from administration as a newly-formed UK company.

Hilco bought HMV’s...

HMV | Home | Lisa Campbell
S&S brings author Faulkner to commuters

Publication Date: Thu, 04/04/2013 - 16:50

Simon & Schuster has partnered with CBS Outdoor to bring its author chef Lisa Faulkner’s recipes to commuters on the London Underground.

CBS Outdoor will show 2010 MasterChef winner Faulker creating dishes for commuters as part of its Commuter Kitchen project.

Exclusive videos will appear on CBS Outdoor UK’s...

CBS Outdoor | Commuter Kitchen | Home | Lisa Campbell | lisa faulkner | London Underground | Marketing | Simon & Schuster
Fiction rules 2012 e-book sales

Publication Date: Thu, 04/04/2013 - 09:30

A new report on the e-book market in 2012 shows the continuing dominance of fiction, with fiction titles taking more than double the market share digitally than in print, with non-fiction and children’s titles only slowly beginning to make headway.

The report, published by Nielsen entitled “Understanding the E-book...

digital | e-books | e-reader | e-reading | fiction | Lisa Campbell | Understanding the E-book Consumer Today
HC and Hachette UK refine agency model

Publication Date: Wed, 03/04/2013 - 16:00

HarperCollins and Hachette UK are the first UK publishers to introduce a refined agency model with Amazon.co.uk.

The online giant removed the text indicating that HC and Hachette UK's e-book prices were "set by publisher” today after concluding negotiations with the publishers following the European Commission ruling...

agency model | amazon | Apple | digital | e-books | European Commission | Hachette | Hachette UK | HarperCollins | Holtzbrinck | Home | Katie Allen | Kindle | Lisa Campbell | Philip Jones | Simon & Schuster