You might have seen this article over the Christmas holidays – http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8433024.stm that the CIPD predict more redundancies, with unemployment reaching a peak in the summer. I feel like the ‘purveyor of doom’ when I state I have been saying this for ages. I believe that between now and May we will…
Snow Heroes
Well everyone else is talking about the snow so it only seems right to join in. I wonder how many of you have been ‘snow heroes’ this week – struggling into the office against the odds? Or have you been working at home? Has your children’s school been closed? Maybe your boss called a…
E book Piracy
Overheard recently “Got given a Sony e-reader for Xmas; already pirated a few books”. Is this the taste of things to come?
Bookcareers Job Club to continue into 2010
We’re pleased to announce that the bookcareers Initiative (Job Club) will continue for the time being, helping those who have lost their jobs within the industry and are currently unemployed. We’ve rearranged the London groups slightly, with a regular CV Masterclass or Interview Coaching session, as well as a usual…
This made me laugh…
A friend passed me a link this morning. If you have ever worked in sales do you recognise any of your customers? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2a8TRSgzZY
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Andre Deutsch Stories…
You’ve probably gathered from my John Updike comment that I have more ‘Andre stories’ about the late Andre Deutsch CBE up my sleeve, and you are right. I could tell you how he got one of Robert Maxwell’s secretaries (unintentionally) fired, how he once told me about a book that “it…
Damn Costa
Sometimes you wish something good will happen. Now something good is finally happening to the wonderful Diana Athill, now Diana Athill OBE (Congratulations Diana) and winner in the biography category for Somewhere Towards The End. Now as much as Sebastian Barry is a worthy overall winner, somehow I feel the…
RIP John Updike
I was sad to see the demise of John Updike yesterday. Not only was he a great author, but to me he will always be a great Andre Deutsch author. I recall a tale being told about the author photograph on the back of his books in the 1980s. Andre…
W H Smith
With all the crisis on the high street, you have to wonder about W H Smith. Before Christmas I spent £33 on stationery in my local WHS. In return I was given a £10 gift card, with no spending restrictions, a £5 timed voucher if I spent £20 on books (in addition…