- People Line & the Executive Profile
Siperian has announced the appointment of Peter Caswell to the position of CEO.
- Moves - August 3, 2001
Amazon.co.uk has appointed Robin Terrell as managing director to succeed Steve Frazier, who returns to the US to head Amazon.com's electronics-to-tools Hardlines group. Mr Terrell ......
- US publishers exploit new markets
In the face of swingeing discounts, high returns and the rise of conglomerate booksellers, many US publishers have turned to non-traditional markets, delegates at a ......
- No stalling for LIBF
Stands at the London International Book Fair, due to be held at Olympia on 28th to 30th March, are selling more quickly than in previous ......
- Free entry to LIBF
Booksellers who pre-register for the London International Book Fair before 1st March will be able to get in free. Entry for other pre-registered visitors will ......
- Market your independent shop to survive
Independent booksellers in the UK will have to become specialists in new markets, just as their US counterparts have done in the face of stiff ......
- LIBF reports record year
Attendance figures for the London International Book Fair were 6% up on last year to 13,000. Of that, 8,656 visitors were from the UK. Overseas ......
- Helen Fraser CV
Born 8th June 1949 ......
- Working towards the magic Word
The ballots are closed and the votes have been counted. Not in the election for London's mayor, but for the trade's verdict on the capital's ......
- Encounter - January 29, 1999
John Hamilton, art director of Penguin general division, talks to Danuta Kean ......
- Chains may 'miss out' on school boost
Chain booksellers are in danger of missing out on the extra £49m available to schools to buy books, a leading player in the market told ......
- Rights forum for LIBF
The International Rights Centre at the London International Book Fair will open for an extra day. The centre will now open for business from 28th ......
- Vivendi gains us clout with Houghton buy
After weeks of speculation, Paris-based Vivendi Universal announced that it was buying Houghton Mifflin, one of the last substantial independent US publishers, in a cash ......
- Hungry fairgoers meant business this year
Publishers, wholesalers and booksellers at this week's London International Book Fair have welcomed the "real business" generated by the highest attendance in the history of ......