Wondery chief brand officer Nicole Blake is giving podcasts the ‘Harry Potter’ treatment. Not so long ago, a book deal and a live tour marked the outer limits of how far a hot podcast could hope to expand its horizons. These days, they’re only the beginning. Especially at Wondery, the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2025-04-19 11:00:00 UTC ]
Author Olesya Lyuzna shares her experience of how Pitch Wars took her from a messy manuscript draft to a book deal. The post Glitter and Grit: How Pitch Wars Took Me From Messy Draft to Book Deal appeared first on Writer's Digest. Continue reading >> [ Source: Writer's Digest | 2025-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
We’re less than 100 days out from a very consequential election, so before we get to the fun stuff, I ... Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2024-08-01 15:00:00 UTC ]
On June 21st, Threshold, a conservative imprint of Simon & Schuster, announced a new book deal with New York Times bestselling author and entrepreneur and noted conspiracy theorist Vivek Ramaswamy. Although it’s rumored that Donald Trump passed him over for the role of running mate, Vivek... Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2024-07-09 13:34:08 UTC ]
Brad Weekes was 25 years old and working as a senior associate at public affairs firm Kivvit when Crain's named him to the 2020 class of 20 In Their 20s. The East New York native's goal at the time: Pressure lawmakers to make positive changes.In many ways, Weekes was already doing just that. At... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2024-03-06 20:37:04 UTC ]
Bestselling author Jennifer Weiner signs a five book deal with William Morrow, Amistad takes a book about a true American power couple, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-01 05:00:00 UTC ]
A debut author who used fake accounts to “review bomb” other writers on the influential online platform Goodreads has been dropped by her agent and had her book deal cancelled Continue reading >> [ Source: ABC News | 2023-12-13 02:46:01 UTC ]
First-time author Cait Corrain has apologized on X and announced she is going to rehab after losing her book deal and agent for 'review bombing' on Goodreads. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2023-12-12 22:43:34 UTC ]
Darrin Bell didn’t set out to write his much anticipated graphic memoir, The Talk. He’d initially sold another project delving into the lives of three generations of men in his family, all descendants of an enslaved man named Addison Bell, in a two book deal to Henry Holt and Co. But as he was... Continue reading >> [ Source: Electric Literature | 2023-10-30 11:00:00 UTC ]
Dann McDorman, the executive producer of “The Beat With Ari Melber,” gave up writing fiction in his 20s. Now, he’s publishing his first novel at age 47. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-10-24 09:02:04 UTC ]
Serena Williams just announced a book deal with Random House Publishing Group. Here's what we know so far. Continue reading >> [ Source: Book Riot | 2023-10-19 16:48:02 UTC ]
Finding Her #ownvoice: A Conversation with Ivy Ngeow, by Susan Blumberg-Kason Interviews [email protected] Tue, 07/18/2023 - 15:46 Ivy Ngeow grew up in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, and now makes her home in London. An architect and interior designer by... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2023-07-18 20:46:55 UTC ]
Gone are the days when you could write a book a chapter at a time and hook people in a slow, serial burn. Now, if the internet is to believed, one must amass 100,000 followers on social media before they can even be considered for a book deal (every writer ever: why would anyone follow […] Continue reading >> [ Source: Literrary Hub | 2023-03-10 17:36:58 UTC ]
As the winner of the second annual Books Like Us First Novel Prize, Dorabji will receive a $50,000 book deal with Simon & Schuster. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-02-23 05:00:00 UTC ]
The book will cover the actor's “complicated marriage to Will Smith,” her “unconventional upbringing in Baltimore,” and her friendship with late rapper Tupac Shakur, Continue reading >> [ Source: HuffPost | 2022-10-06 16:02:46 UTC ]
Robin Jones Gunn brings a new trilogy to Revell; Katie Davis Majors lands a triple book deal at Multnomah, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-07-27 04:00:00 UTC ]
Insiders say outgoing prime minister unlikely to write about personal life but book deal possible this autumnBoris Johnson could be paid more than £1m for his memoir, according to publishing insiders. But anyone expecting a kiss-and-tell may be disappointed, as industry professionals have said... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-07-15 10:12:09 UTC ]
Springer Nature calls its arrangement, through the Max Planck Digital Library, its largest open-access institutional book deal yet. By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson More Than 80 Max Planck Institutes Participating in an agreement the company calls its largest institutional... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2022-05-13 00:44:39 UTC ]
Ex-president blocked Shealah Craighead plan and then made up to $20m from publishing images in own memoir, New York Times saysDonald Trump blocked plans by his chief White House photographer to publish a book of pictures of his time in power – then published a book of such images himself, the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-03-31 22:37:41 UTC ]
Pop star’s memoir was subject of a massive bidding war, and comes weeks after she sent a cease-and-desist letter to her sister over her own autobiographyBritney Spears has landed a “record-breaking” publishing deal for a tell-all memoir about her rise to fame, her relationship with her family... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-02-22 01:12:57 UTC ]