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13th December 2024

13th December 2024

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Manderley Press: meet the real Rebeka behind the heritage publisher

Manderley Press: meet the real Rebeka behind the heritage publisher

Daphne du Maurier’s 1938 novel Rebecca inspired the naming of Manderley Press, started four years ago by Rebeka Russell.

Manderley Press: meet the real Rebeka behind the heritage publisher

Manderley Press: meet the real Rebeka behind the heritage publisher

Wonder Wall leads The Bookseller’s inaugural ranking of acquiring editors

Wonder Wall leads The Bookseller’s inaugural ranking of acquiring editors

Obituary: Barbara Taylor Bradford

Obituary: Barbara Taylor Bradford

Neglecting realities: CLPE reports ‘stark’ drop in representative children’s books

Neglecting realities: CLPE reports ‘stark’ drop in representative children’s books

Features

Manderley Press: meet the real Rebeka behind the heritage publisher

Manderley Press: meet the real Rebeka behind the heritage publisher

Wonder Wall leads The Bookseller’s inaugural ranking of acquiring editors

Wonder Wall leads The Bookseller’s inaugural ranking of acquiring editors

Christmas bookshop bestsellers: the festive season arrives in a flurry of sales as prize-winners dominate

Christmas bookshop bestsellers: the festive season arrives in a flurry of sales as prize-winners dominate

Jasmine Richards on launching micro-indie press Storymix Books

Jasmine Richards on launching micro-indie press Storymix Books

Twenty-five years and counting for PUP Europe

Twenty-five years and counting for PUP Europe

Translation rights sales on the rise for university presses, despite roadblocks

Translation rights sales on the rise for university presses, despite roadblocks

Trade Interviews

Leap of faith: how Carole Tonkinson’s new imprint aims to shift the wellbeing dial

Leap of faith: how Carole Tonkinson’s new imprint aims to shift the wellbeing dial

Jasmine Richards on launching micro-indie press Storymix Books

Jasmine Richards on launching micro-indie press Storymix Books

Language Lessons: OUP’s decades-long shift of its dictionary business is reaping rewards

Language Lessons: OUP’s decades-long shift of its dictionary business is reaping rewards

Selection matters: World of Books branches out to meet customer needs

Selection matters: World of Books branches out to meet customer needs

Life after bookselling: Little Toller directs full attention to publishing

Life after bookselling: Little Toller directs full attention to publishing

So hot right now: literary agents going out on their own

So hot right now: literary agents going out on their own

Features

Manderley Press: meet the real Rebeka behind the heritage publisher

Manderley Press: meet the real Rebeka behind the heritage publisher

Wonder Wall leads The Bookseller’s inaugural ranking of acquiring editors

Wonder Wall leads The Bookseller’s inaugural ranking of acquiring editors

Christmas bookshop bestsellers: the festive season arrives in a flurry of sales as prize-winners dominate

Christmas bookshop bestsellers: the festive season arrives in a flurry of sales as prize-winners dominate

Jasmine Richards on launching micro-indie press Storymix Books

Jasmine Richards on launching micro-indie press Storymix Books

Twenty-five years and counting for PUP Europe

Twenty-five years and counting for PUP Europe

Translation rights sales on the rise for university presses, despite roadblocks

Translation rights sales on the rise for university presses, despite roadblocks

Trade Interviews

Leap of faith: how Carole Tonkinson’s new imprint aims to shift the wellbeing dial

Leap of faith: how Carole Tonkinson’s new imprint aims to shift the wellbeing dial

Jasmine Richards on launching micro-indie press Storymix Books

Jasmine Richards on launching micro-indie press Storymix Books

Language Lessons: OUP’s decades-long shift of its dictionary business is reaping rewards

Language Lessons: OUP’s decades-long shift of its dictionary business is reaping rewards

Selection matters: World of Books branches out to meet customer needs

Selection matters: World of Books branches out to meet customer needs

Life after bookselling: Little Toller directs full attention to publishing

Life after bookselling: Little Toller directs full attention to publishing

So hot right now: literary agents going out on their own

So hot right now: literary agents going out on their own

Rising Stars

The Bookseller's Rising Stars is an annual list of the book industry's up and comers.

Alesha Bonser

Alesha Bonser

Marketing director

Bloomsbury Children's Books

Freya Blyth

Freya Blyth

Owner

The Bookshop by the Sea

Hannah Chukwu

Hannah Chukwu

Editorial director

Dialogue Books

Richard Smartt

Richard Smartt

Owner

the book-ends

Jess Chandler

Jess Chandler

Publisher and editor

Prototype

The Bookseller 150

The Bookseller 150 is an annual list of the 150 most influential people in UK publishing.

Nels Abbey

Nels Abbey

Writer & co-founder, The Black Writers' Guild

Edoardo Cuomo

Edoardo Cuomo

C.e.o.

Clays

Fleur Sinclair

Fleur Sinclair

owner & president

Sevenoaks Bookshop & Booksellers Association

Nick Poole

Nick Poole

Director

CILIP

Drew Jerrison

Drew Jerrison

Publicity manager

Profile

Bookshop Heroes

The Bookseller's Bookshop Heroes is a listing of some of the best individual booksellers in the UK and Ireland.

Duncan Cooper

Duncan Cooper

Owner

The Childrens Bookshelf (Hereford)

David Coates

David Coates

Events manager

Blackwell's (Manchester)

John Newman

John Newman

Children's manager

The Newham Bookshop (Newham)

Alexia Pepper de Caires

Alexia Pepper de Caires

Owner

Back to Books (Birmingham)

Liam Bowden

Liam Bowden

Shop development retail manager

Waterstones (London)

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Manderley Press: meet the real Rebeka behind the heritage publisher

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Old habits die hard

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