Restructuring at PRH -meaningful, or musical chairs?
In the wake of the Court debacle that led to Markus Dohle’s long-overdue resignation, the...
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Category: Publishing Brief
About that nonsensical GBP 7,000 ($8,450) median earnings for UK authors…
When I put pen to paper to write a book there is no guarantee I will earn a single penny from it....
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About That Englishman In New York Who Turned The Page On Barnes & Noble…
And somehow Daunt magically beat the ogre at its own game and apparently, they will all live...
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Markus Dohle was past his expiry date. The industry will be stronger for his moving on
After all, the man has not died. These aren’t forgive-and-forget obituaries where we...
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“We know just how and where our audience is accessing content in today’s ever-changing landscape.”
Paraphrasing Jessica Cruel’s comment as Markus Dohle might have put it: “We know just...
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US print sales fall another 6% as the Q1 declines continue into Q2
Perhaps the man with most cause for concern will be James Daunt, the Atlantic-straddling CEO of...
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A reprinted 1934 book going viral on BookTok sends an unequivocal message to publishers sitting on backlists and to publishers who still think the internet is the enemy of reading
A BookTok clip about Cain’s Jawbone has had 4.2 million views, gained over 1 million likes, has...
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From Pandemic Panic to Pandemic Accommodation – global book fairs adjust to the New New Normal as Sharjah becomes world’s largest book fair
Sharjah this month eclipsed the mighty Buchmesse as the world’s largest book fair, taking the...
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Podcastle attracts $7 million in fresh funding for its AI-driven podcast production platform
The same AI tools that make the podcast market so exciting are of course also applicable to...
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Bloomsbury acquires video streaming service, saying “streaming is a core strand in our strategic growth plans”
“Streaming has been gaining considerable institutional traction and, as a logical outcome of...
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Hachette acquisition of Workman is a Pandemic-era consolidation tale where backlist is the key
Pre-2020 a publishers’ backlist wouldn’t have been a selling point, and backlist not a keyword a...
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As Pandemic Y2 unfolds, rethinking analogue approaches and embracing digital opportunities needs to be at the heart of 2021 publisher-think
The same historically unsound accounting logic pervades the subscription debate, where many...
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