Bloomsbury acquires Hart Publishing
In the UK, Bloomsbury has acquired legal publisher Hart Publishing, reports the Bookseller. The acquisition of Hart Publishing, for which Bloomsbury paid £6.5 million (A$11.17 million) outright, is expected to...
The essence of adventure: Tim Cope on ‘On the Trail of Genghis Khan’
Adventurer, author and filmmaker Tim Cope gives ‘an awe-inspiring account of his three-year trek on horseback from Karakorum, the ancient capital of Mongolia, to the Danube River in Hungary’ in...
Bloomsbury to launch digital-first YA imprint
Bloomsbury will launch a digital-first imprint for young adult, teen and new adult fiction in the second half of this year. Bloomsbury Spark is currently accepting unsolicited submissions for a...
Marsden to join Bloomsbury
Cassie Marsden will join Bloomsbury Australia as marketing manager for adult trade books on 4 February. Marsden, who has previously worked for HarperCollins, Warner Bros Entertainment and the Walt Disney...
Marsden to join Bloomsbury
Cassie Marsden will join Bloomsbury Australia as marketing manager for adult trade books next month. Bloomsbury Australia managing director Louise Sherwin-Stark told Bookseller+Publisher that Marsden will begin in the role...
Bloomsbury launches ebook promotion
Bloomsbury has created a website called JustGreatReads to promote its ebooks to readers who may have received ereading devices over Christmas. The website, which launched on Christmas Day and will run...
New office for Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury Australia is moving from its current location on Kent Street in Sydney’s CBD to a new office on George Street. From 10 December the publisher will be located at...
Patchett books pulped after Orange Prize error
Bloomsbury UK has pulped 6000 copies of Ann Patchett’s book State of Wonder after copies of the book appeared on bookshelves with the incorrect label ‘Winner of the Orange Prize...
Eymery to join Google Australia
Google has announced that Agnes Eymery will join the Google Australia team to work on digital partnerships, including ebooks. Eymery currently works for Google in a similar role in London,...
Sherwin-Stark to join Bloomsbury
Louise Sherwin-Stark will join Bloomsbury Australia as managing director in November. Sherwin-Stark, currently ebook merchandiser for Google Australia, replaces Kathleen Farrar, who is relocating to the UK to take up...
Sherwin-Stark appointed Bloomsbury Australia MD
Bloomsbury has announced that Louise Sherwin-Stark has been appointed as managing director of Bloomsbury Sydney. Sherwin-Stark, who is currently ebookstore merchandiser for Google Australia, will begin in the role on...
Bloomsbury Harry Potter bookshop competition
Bloomsbury ran a competition to drive Harry Potter fans to physical bookstores in celebration of the 15th anniversary of the publication of the first book in the series. As previously...
Bloomsbury acquires visual arts publisher
In the UK, Bloomsbury has completed its purchase of creative publisher Applied Visual Arts Publishing (AVA) for close to £1.7 million (A$2.57 million), reports the Bookseller. AVA, which was established...
Farrar promoted at Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury Australia managing director Kathleen Farrar has been appointed to the role of Bloomsbury Group sales and marketing director and will relocate to London in 2013. (See news).
Farrar promoted at Bloomsbury
Bloomsbury Australia managing director Kathleen Farrar has been appointed to the role of Bloomsbury Group sales and marketing director and will relocate to London next year. Bloomsbury executive director Richard Charkin said...
‘Even the Dogs’ wins IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
Even the Dogs by British author Jon McGregor (Bloomsbury) has won this year’s International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. McGregor’s novel, which tells the story of an alcoholic who dies between...
‘The Song of Achilles’ wins 2012 Orange Prize
American author Madeline Miller has won this year’s Orange Prize for Fiction for her debut novel The Song of Achilles (Bloomsbury). Miller was presented with the £30,000 (approximately A$48,000) prize at...
Ebook sales grow by 159% at Bloomsbury in ‘transformational’ year; Handler, Bourdain top ebook sales chart
Ebook sales now account for six percent of Bloomsbury’s worldwide sales and grew by 159% in the financial year ending 29 February 2012, the publisher reported in its most recent...
Emily Perkins’ ‘The Forrests’
'Emily Perkins, acclaimed author of Novel about My Wife, chronicles a person’s life with depth, poignancy and passion. She manages to find the right, often surprising, words to describe the...
Bloomsbury Australia creates new digital marketing role
Bloomsbury Australia has appointed Bethia Thomas to the newly created position of digital marketing manager. Thomas, who joined the publisher in March, has previously worked in bookselling and publishing in...