Bookouture is expanding its audio team with the appointment of Alba Proko from Bonnier Books UK as audio manager.
Antonia Seymour named m.d. of IOPP
Antonia Seymour is to become the m.d. of the Institute of Physics Publishing, as Steven Hall retires.
Texas company launches five celebrity curated book clubs
Aug 19 2020 Literati, an Austin, Tex.-based company begun in 2017 that offers book subscription boxes for children, is expanding into virtual, branded book clubs. The book clubs will be overseen by a quartet of celebrities, including basketball star Stephen Curry, Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai, businessman Sir Richard Branson, and author Susan Orlean. Another book club will be run by the Joseph Campbell Foundation. Readers can join the book clubs for $24.95 per month and members will receive a copy of the book selected by the curator as well as a note and special packaging. An accompanying app will offer...
Online bookshop launches for Mail readers
E-commerce firm Monwell has launched the Mail Bookshop with Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday.
Fundraiser aims to help Beirut publishers
Aug 19 2020 Bill Kennedy, a U.K. industry consultant, is leading a £100,000 (approx US$132k) GoFundMe fundraiser to help those in the publishing community in Beirut affected by the blast that devastated the city on August 4. Beirut is one of the main publishing centers in the Arab-speaking world and home to a significant number of writers, editors, publishers and distributors. The blast, coupled with the ongoing pandemic and an economic crash, has left many in the publishing community in desperate need. Source: Go Fund Me More News Stories
Light’s Radical Romance wins PEN Ackerley Prize
Alison Light has won this year's £3,000 PEN Ackerley Prize 2020 for her memoir A Radical Romance (Fig Tree).
Aug 29 is Independent Bookstore Day
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Daly named O’Brien Press Bookseller of the Year
Antonia Daly has won The O’Brien Press Bookseller of the Year Award, commended for personifying prized qualities including knowledge, passion, courage and an ability to find the right book for customers.
Harry Potter fans encouraged to stay home for first virtual ‘Back to Hogwarts’
The Wizarding World is hosting its first digital "Back to Hogwarts" event.
Lockdown diaries: the book PR
I work in comms and my whole work life (and my actual life come to think of it!) is based on the premise that I will always be around people and I’m constantly planning events and parties and book tours… so when all of that very suddenly got put on hold, it was much harder for me to wrap my head around than I expected.
