Archive for December, 2008
The importance of literary reviews
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008There has been discussion in the media recently about the decline of the literary pages in newspapers. This has been highlighted by the sacking of two literary editors, at the Daily Telegraph and Time Out.
Peter Wilby commented on the democratization of opinion: ‘It’s not new as a cultural trend, but the internet has given it [...]
The UK book trade
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008A November 2008 report from the Booksellers Association (BA) has concluded that booksellers in the UK have been hit hard by the discounting in the industry. Bookselling: International Market Comparisons – A Benchmarking Study of Profitability is a report commissioned by the BA Council which analyses how other bookselling markets operate in order to provide insight to [...]
