WEEK 29 MARCH – 04 APRIL, 2021 WHAT HIT THE SHELVES LAST WEEK? β HIGHLIGHTS *From now on this will be the format I will use to post Notes on Publishing, more Instagram and LinkedIn friendly. I hope you all enjoy it.
OPEN WATER BY CALEB AZUMAH NELSON. ‘πππ πππππ πππππ ππππ πππ ππππ ππππ πππππππ πππ ππ ππππ, ππππ πππ ππ π πππ, ππππ πππ ππ ππ, πππππππ πππππππππ ππ’π ππππππ ππ πππ π ππ ππππ πππ π πππππππ ππππ ππ ππππππ, πππππ πππ ππππππππππ, ππππππππ ππ ππππ πππ πππππ.’ THE STORY: Open Water is an intense and honest love story between … More BOOK REVIEW: OPEN WATER
WEEK 15-21 FEBRUARY, 2021 WHAT HIT THE SHELVES LAST WEEK? β HIGHLIGHTS ON PUBLISHERS & AGENCIES β’ Bonnier Books has reported an increase in sales in several of its branches during 2020, including its UK and Germany publishers. (Read The Bookseller article.) ON (GENERAL) PUBLISHING, BOOKSHOPS & FAIRS β’ Publishers are facing struggles when exporting … More NOTES ON PUBLISHING
WEEK 01-07 FEBRUARY, 2021 WHAT HIT THE SHELVES LAST WEEK? β HIGHLIGHTS ON PUBLISHERS & AGENCIES β’ Bonnier Books UK has taken legal actions against Haysmacintyre LLP, its former accountants. The firm has been sued for not performing appropriate audit procedures of their financial statements between 2013 and 2016, when the controversial Richard Johnson was … More NOTES ON PUBLISHING
WEEK 25-31 JANUARY, 2021 WHAT HIT THE SHELVES LAST WEEK? β HIGHLIGHTS ON PUBLISHERS & AGENCIES β’ Profile Books has reported a 7% growth in its sales compared to last yearβs sales. (Read The Bookseller article.) ON (GENERAL) PUBLISHING, BOOKSHOPS & FAIRS β’ Education publishers are experiencing odd times after the Secretary of State for … More NOTES ON PUBLISHING
WEEK 18-24 JANUARY, 2021 WHAT HIT THE SHELVES LAST WEEK? β HIGHLIGHTS ON PUBLISHERS AND AGENCIES β’ Headline is reprinting under new covers its five novel by Neil Gaiman. (Read The Bookseller article.)β’ Nosy Crow is looking for writers of colour for their picture books list. The deadline for submissions is the 18th February. (Read … More NOTES ON PUBLISHING
This post on the Reading World Challenge arrives a month later than it should have for various reasons, but mainly because it took me a month to read the wonderful Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. What can I say, good things take time. I wasnβt sure about which country I should choose after Japan, but … More READING THE WORLD VOL. 4: NIGERIA.
WEEK 11-17 JANUARY, 2021 WHAT HIT THE SHELVES LAST WEEK? β HIGHLIGHTS ON PUBLISHERS AND AGENCIES β’ Bonnier Books UKβs new imprint, Embla Books, will focus on commercial fiction. (Read The Bookseller article.)β’ After its rebrand in autumn, Midas, the cultural communications agency, has acquired The bks Agency. (Read The Bookseller article.) ON BOOKSHOPS β’ … More NOTES ON PUBLISHING
WEEK: 7TH β 13TH DECEMBER, 2020 WHAT HIT THE SHELVES LAST WEEK? β HIGHLIGHTS ON PUBLISHERS AND IMPRINTS β’ Canongateβs 2019 sales report remains similar to last years. (See The Bookseller article.)β’ Check Bloomsbury, Oxford University Press and DK Christmas campaigns here. The publishers are lunching campaigns to donate books for children.β’ Welbeck Publishing Group … More NOTES ON PUBLISHING.
WEEK: 30TH NOVEMBER β 6TH DECEMBER, 2020 WHAT HIT THE SHELVES LAST WEEK? β HIGHLIGHTS ON PUBLISHERS AND IMPRINTS β’ BAME employees are payed 16% less than their white colleagues, says PRH first reports on the subject. The gap being especially clear in positions of senior management and leadership. (See The Bookseller article.) β’ Ebury … More NOTES ON PUBLISHING.
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