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And Other Stories launches in US

Publication Date: Thu, 11/04/2013 - 09:00

Independent publisher And Other Stories has teamed up with Consortium Distribution to launch a list in the US for the first time.

And Other Stories started up in the UK two years ago, and its books include Deborah Levy's Man Booker Prize-shortlisted Swimming Home.

From autumn 2013, Consortium will distribute its...

And Other Stories | Consortium | Home | Independents | International | Joshua Farrington | Publisher
Trade gears up for J K Rowling launch

Publication Date: Mon, 13/08/2012 - 08:20

Little, Brown says it has designed a unified international marketing campaign for J K Rowling's "truly global" The Casual Vacancy, as booksellers gear up for a dynamic launch at the end of next month.

LB marketing director Charlie King said: "We've been speaking to the sales and marketing teams in...

Brown | high street | Home | indies | J K Rowling | Lisa Campbell and Charlotte Williams | Little | Publisher | Retail
New hardback plans for Pushkin Press

Publication Date: Mon, 30/07/2012 - 08:10

Pushkin Press titles are to be published in hardback for the first time, as new owners Adam Freudenheim and Stephanie Seegmuller prepare to release autumn gift editions as well as their first acquisitions for publication in 2013.

Former Penguin staffers Freudenheim and Seegmuller bought literature in translation specialist Pushkin...

Adam Freudenheim | book news | Charlotte Williams | Home | indie | Publisher | Pushkin Press | Stephanie Seegmuller
Faber launches YA online community

Publication Date: Mon, 23/01/2012 - 07:59

Faber has set up a "social media hub", The Spark, for teenagers interested in getting involved with Faber's young adult publishing.

The Facebook page has launched with an acting project based around The Glimpse by Claire Merle. The book will be published in...

Charlotte Williams | Faber | projects | Publisher | The Spark | Todays Picks | YA
Barnsley: Amazon and WHS key performers for HC

Publication Date: Thu, 03/11/2011 - 16:14

Amazon and W H Smith are HarperCollins' strongest players in bookselling, its c.e.o. has claimed.

Victoria Barnsley was speaking after the publisher's parent NewsCorp reported its third quarter results, for the three months to 30th September, overnight. NewsCorp has not stripped out HarperCollins' results since early last...

amazon | Graeme Neill | HarperCollins | Home | Publisher | Victoria Barnsley | W H Smith
Half-year review 2011: an overview

Publication Date: Fri, 08/07/2011 - 12:20

A royal wedding, an Arab Spring and the death of Osama bin Laden; it has been a momentous first six months of 2011 across the world stage. No less so for the UK book trade: there has been the inaugural World Book Night, the sale of Waterstone's and the demise of British Bookshops, to name just a few events.

There is a continuity...

Charts | Flagship Feature | Home | Philip Stone | Publisher | tom tivnan
Oxford dictionaries get digital makeover

Publication Date: Mon, 08/02/2010 - 07:05

Oxford University Press has given its dictionaries a digital boost, offering individual customers and institutions an additional online package with any purchase from its 40-strong range.

Oxford Dictionaries Online and Oxford Language Dictionaries Online will be available from June. Access will be the same regardless of which version of...

Catherine Neilan | dictionaries | digitisation | OUP | Publisher
Readers Digest UK could be cut adrift by parent

Publication Date: Tue, 02/02/2010 - 14:59

Readers Digest UK could go into administration unless its pension deficit problem is resolved, its parent company has confirmed.

The UK company has become embroiled in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of its parent company after a deal to rescue the US entity was frowned on by the UK Pensions Regulator. Reader's Digest UK has previously...

International | Publisher | Readers Digest | Readers Digest UK | Todays Picks | Victoria Gallagher
Urbantopia aims to give hope to minority voices

Publication Date: Thu, 21/01/2010 - 08:45

A new publishing house will bring out books featuring individuals from ethnic minorities in a bid to help children "identify" with characters.

Ola Laniyan-Amoako was "inspired" to start her own company after reading an article on The Bookseller's website in which HarperCollins m.d. Amanda...

Anna Leach | independent | Publisher | Urbantopia. book
'Canoe Man' looks for publisher

Publication Date: Mon, 17/08/2009 - 07:21

John Darwin, the so-called 'Canoe Man’ who faked his own death to claim £250,000 in insurance and pension payouts, is attempting to profit from his crimes by writing a book while in prison, according to reports. The Sun reports that Darwin is secretly plotting to make a "MILLION pounds" from his crimes after...

Canoe Man | Philip Jones | Publisher