Martin Cathcart Froden’s unpublished debut novel Devil Take the Hindmost has been announced as the winner of the Dundee International Book Prize 2015. Cathcart Froden was awarded the £10,000 prize and a publishing deal with Freight Books at the Dundee Literary Festival today (21st October). He... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
With 37m YouTube subscribers, Swedish gamer teams up with Penguin Random House for 250-page collection of ‘advice and inspirational quotes’With more than 37m subscribers, Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg is one of the biggest stars on YouTube. Now he’s hoping to take bookshelves by storm too.The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kobo has said it has “no interest in fighting publishers”, after signing its first publishing deal with journalist Kevin Donovan for a book about Canadian radio presenter Jian Gomeshi, who is currently awaiting trial for sexual assault. The Canadian ebook retailer has signed world English... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tanya Burr is the latest YouTuber to sign a publishing deal, with Penguin the publisher. Burr, the founder of Tanya Burr Cosmetics, has some 2.6m subscribers to her beauty and lifestyle channel. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amy Mason has won £10,000 and a publishing deal by winning the Dundee International Book Prize. Mason's debut novel, The Other Ida, beat off competition from 400 other entries, and will now be published by Cargo Press. The prize has been running since 2000, organised by the city of Dundee and... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
A 19-year-old student from Kent has landed a publishing deal for a book that she wrote while studying for her A Levels. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2014-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
A film based on Patricia Cornwell's famous protagonist Dr Kay Scarpetta moves a step closer following a publishing deal with HarperCollins. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The boy band sign a publishing deal to be completed this autumn but have yet to release their first single. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2013-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter from McFly sign a publishing deal to produce two children's picture books. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Literary agency Janklow & Nesbit has secured a six-figure US publishing deal for Snapper by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]