RIP Carolyn Reidy. CEO Simon & Schuster. Publishing legend
Carolyn Reidy, the CEO of “Big 5” publisher Simon & Schuster died today. I’m...
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Category: USA
Mapping the new normal: USA’s Books-A-Million re-opens bookstores with curbside pick-up, staff in PPE, telephone experts, and cosmetic cases in beautiful floral prints
America’s second-largest bookstore chain, Books-A-Million, is readying for Mother’s...
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Bookstore re-openings promise to be tortuous as these examples from Germany and USA show
In various parts of the world lockdown is slowly being eased, and as a low-risk business,...
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Publishers Weekly launches #BooksAreEssential social media campaign to support the industry. But essential to who?
In times of crisis we often have to make difficult choices, redefine our priorities, and make...
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San Diego Comic Con cancelled as coronavirus tightens its grip on the publishing calendar
Scheduled for July 23-26, the 2020 San Diego Comic-Con has become the latest publishing event...
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USA’s Book Expo America finally does the right thing. BEA cancelled until 2021. Promises automatic refunds
We can save until another day the debate over why it took Book Expo America so long to face up to...
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“Ebooks are the heroes of the crisis. Libraries have halted the purchase of physical books and are switching all purchasing to digital” – BISG report on Covid-19’s impact on publishing
Publishers Weekly’s report on the Book Industry Study Group (BISG) video chat (April 9) about the...
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The Big 5 are out of Book Expo America but BEA says the show will go on as a New Yorker dies every 6 minutes from the coronavirus. BEA, end this obscene farce now
As the week ended Hachette joined Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins and Penguin...
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Industry News Round-Up 26 March 2020
A round-up of key industry news in these challenging times. Apologies if the linked reports for...
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3 of the Big 5 vote with their feet as New York fights for survival. BEA shrugs its shoulders
Not here to regurgitate the horrific scenes unfolding in New York, on course to surpass Italy as...
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PublishDrive the first US-based aggregator to offer ebooks, audiobook and POD distribution
This past week the indie-friendly aggregator PublishDrive became the first in the US to offer...
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Book Expo America postponed – but only until July. What planet are they on?
As news came in this evening (GMT) that Book Expo America had postponed the May event it seemed...
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