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First Xmas dozen for UK IndieBound
UK independent booksellers have adopted the US ABA's IndieBound marketing program, with the release of the first dozen titles to be supported in a Christmas catalogue.
Jones leaves Kinokuniya to found Novel Concept
Steve Jones has announced his resignation as general manager of Kinokuniya Bookstores of Australia to start his own marketing and business consulting business Novel Concepts. Jones' fi...
UK trade abandons 'findabook' website
The UK's Booksellers and Publishers Associations have called a halt to plans to develop a joint book recommendations website after concerns over costs.
Bowker acquires UK's Book Marketing Ltd
Bowker, the parent company of WBN's publisher Thorpe-Bowker, has acquired UK-based research firm Book Marketing Limited (BML). BML will sit alongside Bowker's PubTrack Consumer business. ...
UK to press ahead with 'bookaholics' marketing plan
Despite some vocal opposition (read the comments in the linked story fromt he Bookseller), the UK's Booksellers and Publishers Associations are continuing with plans to use 'Bookaholism' as the centra...
'Bookaholism' UK marketing plan gets a cool reception
The concept of "bookaholism" was unveiled as the new-cross industry initiative at this year's UK Book Industry Conference -- but judging by the comments at the Bookseller, it's not getting w...
Put more work into fewer books, conference told
Delegates at a US publishing get-together have been told that the way for them to survive the current climate is to publish fewer books but to work harder on promoting them.
Let the blurb trading begin
While authors who are personal friends, or who share the same agent or publisher, have often written blurbs for each others' books, a newly established company is formalising blurb-trading for a fee.
Are female authors being 'chick-litted' by cover design?
In this blog piece for the Guardian, Diane Shipley argues that: 'Publishers are now adding chick lit-style covers to any book written by a woman, whether it fits the genre definition or not.'
Blockbuster authors feel the annual heat build
As the Christmas season approaches, blockbuster novelists the world over begin to feel the deadline pressure, reports the Boston Globe.
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