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Profile promotes Westland to editorial deputy
Profile Books has promoted Hannah Westland to the position of Andrew Franklin’s editorial deputy.Westland has been the publisher at Serpent’s Tail since 2012, and...
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Profile launches new cycling imprint, Profile Pursuit
Profile is set to launch a new imprint, Profile Pursuit, which will publish “high quality and original” cycling books.James Spackman, formerly m.d of Watkins...
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Franklin: 'toxic competition' in large publishers
The atmosphere in some large publishing houses is "toxic" as imprints are forced to compete against each other for big titles, Profile Books' owner Andrew...
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Accent Press to become Living Wage employer
Accent Press founder Hazel Cushion has called on the industry to end “morally wrong” unpaid internships and improve diversity by signing up to pay the...
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Seven new publishers join Independent Alliance
Seven new publishers are joining the Independent Alliance following the closure of Faber Factory Plus.
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Andrew Franklin reflects on the work of the Independent Alliance in its first decade.
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Profile Books appoints editorial directors
Profile Books has promoted Rebecca Gray to editorial director for Profile and Serpent’s Tail and appointed Ed Lake editorial director of Profile.
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Profile to publish official history of the BBC
Profile Books will publish The BBC: A Century in British Life, the "official history" of the BBC by David Hendy to coincide with the corporation’s...
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Trade praises 'fresh' new Waterstones store
Publishers, writers and agents praised the new Waterstones Tottenham Court Road as “fresh” and “funky” at its official opening last night.
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Franklin: low literacy levels 'a national disgrace'
Profile m.d. Andrew Franklin has spoken out again to condemn library cuts, telling Publishing Scotland's annual book conference that "shameful" destruction of libraries in the...
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Expanded Independent Alliance 'reflects changed market'
"The independent sector is in good health and good heart, but it needs to think freshly about the way the world is," Faber c.e.o. Stephen...
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Brexit 'threat to business', say trade figures
As issues crystallised ahead of this week’s referendum on UK membership of the European Union, a majority of senior trade figures The Bookseller spoke to...
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Profile chairman Nick Perren dies
“Publisher’s publisher” and Profile Books chairman Nick Perren has died after a long illness.
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Profile turnover up a 'pleasing' 14%
Profile Books has experienced “pleasing” results with turnover up 14% to £11.8m for the financial year April 2015 to March 2016.
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Mollet will 'be missed' as head of PA
Richard Mollet has spearheaded "unprecedented change" in the industry and given the Publishers Association "real energy and a sense of direction," publishers have said following...
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