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More layoffs at Borders US
Borders US has laid off an unspecificed number of employees at its Ann Arbour headquarters.
Octopus to cut staff and frontlist by 30%
UK-based illustrated nonfiction publisher Octopus has announced that it will cut staff by 30% and will reduce frontlist publishing by about the same amount from 2012.
Wiley redundancies: correction
Further to last week's story about a number of redundancies at John Wiley & Sons, Wiley has issued a clarification that the job losses will only affect its Wiley-Blackwell division. 'Wiley-Bl...
Wiley confirms local redundancies in STM division
John Wiley & Sons has confirmed three positions in its Melbourne office have been made redundant. The redundancies are the result of a plan to centralise the marketing and exhibitions...
Lonely Planet confirms staff changes
Lonely Planet has confirmed it has made some changes to its print and digital teams. ‘We have been very open saying we are moving from traditional book publishing to a multi-media t...
100 made redundant at Penguin UK
Penguin UK is to make about 100 people redundant from its London office, about 10% of its workforce, the largest cuts seen among the top UK publishers.
Massive redundancies for German bookseller
Germany's second largest bookselling chain DBH is to make some 600 booksellers redundant across its three main businesses, Hugendubel, Buch Habel and Weltbild. 'The cuts are aimed at retaining the com...
Perseus lays off 20, will cut title output in 2010
Citing sluggish consumer sales and inventory cutbacks at retailers, the Perseus Books Groups had laid off approximately 20 people and will reduce its list by about 100 titles in 2010. Read the re...
Over 100 jobs saved at CUP
More than 100 jobs under threat at Cambridge University Press (CUP) have been saved, the company has announced. Employees were furious at the firm’s plans to axe 133 jobs from its famous print...
Up to 650 jobs go at Waterstone's
UK book chain Waterstones is set to lose up to 650 branch staff as it opens a new 'hub' distribution warehouse.
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