Category: Scotland

UK – Penguin book-vending machines: a gimmick and a missed opportunity

by Mark Williams | Aug 29, 2024 | Scotland, UK | 0 |

Do you have any idea how many secondary schools there are in the UK? How about 4,190, per BESA. So Penguin, two down, 4,188 to go! So far you are averaging two a year, so you could have a book-vending machine in every secondary school in the country by 2064!

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UK: Scotland’s John O’Groats Book Festival goes online this year as England’s London Book Fair dithers

by Mark Williams | Apr 4, 2021 | Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Scotland, UK | 0 |

“Other book festivals have done similar in going digital. The organisers of the Islay Book...

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The Week In Review

by Mark Williams | Sep 23, 2018 | Amazon, Audiobooks, Awards, Big Bad Wolf sale, Book Fairs, Digital Audio, Dubai, ebook subscription services, Europe, Global Publishing, Ibero-America, Indonesia, Israel, Latin America, Malaysia, Middle East, Pakistan, Publishing Brief, Publishing News, S.E. Asia, Scandinavia, Scotland, South America, South Asia, The global book market, UK | 0 |

Here’s a summary of TNPS posts from the past seven days. Sao Paulo’s Avenida Paulista bookstore...

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Scotland's Wigtown Book Festival kicks off with record advance ticket sales

by Mark Williams | Sep 21, 2018 | Book Fairs, Global Publishing, Publishing News, Scotland, The global book market, UK | 0 |

I usually tend to shy clear of US and Uk book festivals, which get plenty enough coverage...

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