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Last updated 28.08.08
Borders rejigs buying team
Eight buyers are to leave Borders UK across its book and non-book teams following a review of the retailer’s buying team structure....
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Hemmings becomes publisher at Hamlyn
Author, broadcaster and consultant Jo Hemmings has been appointed publisher of Octopus...
Jobs to go at Borders and Blackwell
Borders and Blackwell are looking to make redundancies following internal reviews at both...
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People - In Depth
Last updated 17.02.06
Gerry Johnson interview: Man at the top
When Gerry Johnson left food wholesaler Booker last year, where he was m.d., he drew up a shortlist for his next job. It was a very short list, with only two jobs on it, and one was managing director of Waterstone's. He won't reveal the other, but...
2005 Review: Movers and shakers
Anthony Forbes Watson , c.e.o. of Penguin, quits dramatically in January over "differences of view on the way forward". He is then appointed as a part-time consultant to Hachette UK. Andrew Welham later becomes Penguin deputy m.d. under...
Desperately seeking staff
Like most professions in the books business, the job of a public librarian is changing. Gone is the stereotype--the quiet, bespectacled, middle-aged lady with white hair tied up in a bun--and in her place, instead, a reference expert, or an IT...
People - Blogs
Last updated 08.11.07
Katherine Rushton
Making publishing pay
Publishing pays peanuts, why doesn't it get monkeys?
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