Bloomsbury Publishing Share Discussion Threads

[rainmaker] 12/9/2012 09:28

Thanks P-Not that I'm a gambling Man, you understand but Will Self is the 7/4 favourite-



I haven't made a scientific study into such things but my casual observation is that the prize generally goes to Authors with undoubted talent such as Jacobson and Self,who have been around a while.

regards

[philanderer] 11/9/2012 15:50

From a sunny beach on Naxos :-)

Man Booker shortlist revealed:

independent publishers dominate the list, with The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng (Myrmidon Books), Swimming Home by Deborah Levy (And Other Stories/Faber) and The Lighthouse by Alison Moore (Salt) all making the leap from the longlist to the final six. Also in the running are Umbrella by Will Self (Bloomsbury) and Narcopolis by Jeet Thayil (Faber).

[philanderer] 10/9/2012 21:08

'Bloomsbury joins Freedman and Hendra'

[philanderer] 07/9/2012 23:46

Bloomsbury ‏@BloomsburyPub

New video: Booker Prize-winner Howard Jacobson introduces his forthcoming (and hilarious) new novel ZOO TIME.

[philanderer] 07/9/2012 20:37

Aphex Twin, Björk, J Dilla, and Kanye West among those set to receive an ego boost via 33 ⅓ book series

Sep 7 2012

The chance to simultaneously satisfy your bloodthirsty interest in both books and music comes with the announcement that the folks at Bloomsbury Academic are (more or less) set to release the next batch in their 33 ⅓ book series, in which various authors write in detail about influential, noteworthy, or creatively distinct albums.

[philanderer] 07/9/2012 16:49

Consolidating nicely .... UT : 135p

[philanderer] 06/9/2012 15:32

Recruiting stateside...

Bloomsbury is currently seeking a dynamic Associate Publicist/Publicist with a proven track record to carry out successful campaigns for a variety of high quality fiction and non-fiction titles in the Bloomsbury imprints.



edit:

and another..


Supporting the Director of Adult Digital & Trade Marketing, the Adult Marketing Associate helps develop and implement marketing campaigns (online and offline) that drive consumer awareness of approximately 100 adult fiction and nonfiction titles per year. Categories include fiction, mysteries, history, current events, health, and popular science. Bloomsbury is seeking a candidate who is organized, creative, self-motivated, social-media savvy, and who excels at multi-tasking.

[philanderer] 06/9/2012 11:21

Kobo announces new October devices

Kobo has announced three new devices as it steps up the pressure to win market share from rival e-book retailer Amazon in the run-up to Christmas.
Two new e-readers will come from the Rakuten-owned company on 1st October, with a tablet device with two different capacities appearing in November.

The news comes after Barnes & Noble announced last week that it would partner with John Lewis, Blackwell's, Foyles and Argos to sell two models of its Nook e-reader, the Touch Screen and the Glowlight, in October, and in anticipation of an announcement from Amazon in a press conference in Los Angeles later today (6th September) that it will launch further devices, including a tablet in the UK. The combined news means a flood of new e-reading hardware onto the market in time for Christmas.

[shauney2] 05/9/2012 18:58

Tesco seeing the growth in e-books.

[philanderer] 05/9/2012 16:42

elmfield, if they`re coming through border control at Heathrow it may take a while ;-)

3,500 shares traded today - that`s pretty low :-)

[elmfield] 05/9/2012 09:06

Should see progress over next months as the market movers arrive back from holidays!

[philanderer] 04/9/2012 19:42

Good to see Liontrust mopping up some of those shares yesterday .. over 10% now.

[shauney2] 04/9/2012 16:42

The little UT took the gloss off at the end but i was quoted 133 something to sell near the close with not that many available.Augers well.

[philanderer] 04/9/2012 16:42

Bloomsbury ‏@BloomsburyPub

Big day! Happy publication date to WILDERNESS by Lance Weller, a novel Annie Dillard says is "unforgettable."

[rainmaker] 04/9/2012 14:28

Thanks P, IMHO it's an absolute steal at current levels

regards

[philanderer] 04/9/2012 13:49

Good point RM.

No coincidence that Standard Life sold a few last week the day before BMY went XD.

130p - 134p , some buying interest returning today on a generally poor market day.

[rainmaker] 04/9/2012 13:22

Frequently you get technical rather than fundamental factors driving down a share price setting up terrific buying opportunities. Don't assume that because an Institutional Investor sells it's "smart money". L&G were huge sellers of Uniq at below 5p before it 12 bagged over the next 8 months at the beginning of 2009. Institutional Investors will sell for a whole variety of reasons, not all of them connected with the Company's fundamentals eg because the market cap or share price is below a certain level they are no longer permitted to hold.

regrds

[philanderer] 04/9/2012 13:02

e-book news continues...

Tesco buys e-book store Mobcast for £4.5m

11:30AM BST 04 Sep 2012

Tesco has bought an online e-book store co-founded by Bravo Two Zero author Andy McNab, in the retailer's latest push into the digital sector.

....E-book sales have exploded since devices such as Apple's iPad and Amazon's Kindle came on to the market. Sales jumped 366pc last year to £92m, the Publishers Association said earlier this year, and have continued to grow on the success of titles such as Fifty Shades of Grey, which has sold more than 2m copies in the past four months.

Amazon said last month that for every 100 hardback and paperback book sold on its website, customers downloaded 114 e-books. Publishing house Bloomsbury revealed that e-book sales jumped 70pc year-on-year in the three months through May.

[rainmaker] 04/9/2012 12:58

Welcome aboard, CR."A stock well bought ..............................

best wishes

[cockneyrebel] 04/9/2012 12:50

Bouncing sharply of a nice double bottom - timed my buy nicely yesterday :-)

CR

[johnv] 04/9/2012 11:27

Pretty daft yesterday, at one stage could only buy 1000 shares even thought it dropped.

[philanderer] 03/9/2012 19:53

Looking through today`s trades it looks as though those 2 x 135k`s @ 128p and that 17k @ 128p were done sometime between 2pm and 2:35pm when the bid dropped from 129p to 125p.

Over £1million pounds worth of shares sold today in 4 transactions.

Tomorrow and wednesday should show if the seller is still with us.

edit:

chartwise, if 125p doesn`t hold next support is at 113p.

[philanderer] 03/9/2012 17:20

"Along with NW, Zoo Time (Howard Jacobsen) was most reviewed title over the weekend."

Retweeted by Bloomsbury

[philanderer] 03/9/2012 16:54

elmfield, that`s well late publishing that RNS.

Standard Life sold those 400k last tuesday and notified on wednesday.

I make it roughly 800k in sells today and 30k buys knocking 9p off the bid.

If that`s still Standard Life selling today, which would take them well below 3%, we`ll be lucky if we get an RNS confirming by friday !!