Lisa Campbell | The Bookseller

Burke and Rentzenbrink to leave Waterstones

Publication Date: Thu, 22/03/2012 - 10:24

Waterstones’ publisher liaison manager Simon Burke is leaving the chain and its publisher liaison manager Cathy Rentzenbrink is also moving on to become the director of Galaxy Quick Reads.

Rentzenbrink, who joined Waterstones as a Christmas temp in 2002 and undertook a variety of roles, was most recently appointed publisher...

Home | Lisa Campbell | moves | People | Quick Reads | Waterstones
Blackwell and Bertrams in bid for £1.25m uni deal

Publication Date: Thu, 22/03/2012 - 10:03

Blackwell and Bertrams will go head-to-head with two other library supply services to bid for a contract worth a potential £1,250,000 to supply Coventry University students with complimentary textbooks come September.

In what is thought to be the first tender of its kind in the run-up to tuition fee hikes of up to £9,000...

academic | Bertrams | blackwell | Coventry University | Home | Lisa Campbell
S&S acquires two more Dork Diaries

Publication Date: Thu, 22/03/2012 - 08:00

Simon & Schuster has acquired the fifth and six books in its “most successful young fiction series of 2011” the Dork Diaries series.

Jane Griffiths, editor at S&S, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding Canada) in two books authored by Rachel Renee Russell, from Angharad Kowal at Writers House UK.
As...

Dork Diaries | Lisa Campbell | Rights deal | Simon & Schuster
BA calls for nominations for IBW Book Award

Publication Date: Wed, 21/03/2012 - 15:01

The Booksellers Association is calling for publishers to nominate titles for the Independent Booksellers' Week Book Award 2012.

The IBW Book Award is the only award chosen by UK independent booksellers and their customers, giving publishers what the BA calls a “prime opportunity to promote key titles into the...

BA | Booksellers Association | Home | Independent Book Week | Independent Booksellers Week Book Award | Independents | Lisa Campbell | Prizes | Retail
Four in ten shops to shut, Deloitte predicts

Publication Date: Wed, 21/03/2012 - 09:50

Four in ten shops will shut and property portfolios will reduce by 30-40% in the next five years as customers increasingly turn to online shopping over bricks and mortar, according to a report released this morning (21st March).

To remain competitive, chain stores will have to shrink the number of shops they have on the high street as...

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Ingram to distribute CUP Stateside

Publication Date: Wed, 21/03/2012 - 08:00

Cambridge University Press has moved its US warehouse and fulfillment operations under the management of Ingram Content Group as the academic publisher strives to save costs and prepare for the “unpredictable future” of the transition to digital.

CUP has always used its own warehouse in New York state to ship its books,...

Cambridge University Press | Ingram | International | Lisa Campbell
Watermark lands at King's Cross

Publication Date: Tue, 20/03/2012 - 10:30

The first Watermark bookshop in Europe has opened in the new London King's Cross concourse with 7,000 books available for sale across the 1,100 sq ft shop.

Former Waterstones Islington manager Farah Taylor has taken charge of the shop as its manager and buyer and has employed 10 staff, who are all "from the book trade and...

Bookshops | Lisa Campbell | Retail | watermark
WHS to run events for 1,000 children

Publication Date: Tue, 20/03/2012 - 08:30

Schoolchildren will be encouraged to cash in their World Book Day vouchers by visiting W H Smith stores as part of a partnership between the National Literacy Trust and retail landlord British Land.

British Land has committed £35,000 to fund projects in four communities close to its retail assets in Glasgow, Speke, Rotherham...

British Land | Caroline Sence | Home | Lisa Campbell | National Literacy Trust | Rachel Russell | Retail | WH Smith | World Book Day | Young Readers Programme
E-books not yet a main resource for students

Publication Date: Mon, 19/03/2012 - 08:20

Fewer than one in ten students purchase e-books, while 88% of undergraduates still use printed books and lecturer handouts, academic publishers and booksellers have been told.

Yesterday, delegates at the Bookseller Association's Academic, Professional and Specialist group conference at the Walton Hall Hotel in Warwickshire heard...

academic | booksellers | digital | e-books | Home | Lisa Campbell | professional | publishers | students | undergraduates
Works revamps book range

Publication Date: Mon, 19/03/2012 - 08:10

The Works is enhancing its retail experience around books, creating genre sections, themed window and in-store displays, and increasing the percentage of books it offers to over half of its product range. The chain also plans to continue to grow its estate.

Andrea Bennett, buying director at The Works, said the company had a series...

chain | displays | high street | Lisa Campbell | Retail | shopping experience | The Works