The longtime Random House editor, who combined a deep passion for books with a shrewd business mind and, as a result, made multiple major contributions to 20th Century literary and publishing history, died on February 4. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2022-02-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
Four hundred years of publishing history was toasted last night at the combined John Murray 250th and Hodder & Stoughton 150th anniversary party. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bonnier Zaffre has poached author Wilbur Smith from HarperCollins in an eight-figure sterling deal, described as "one of the biggest in publishing history" by Bonnier Publishing group chief executive Richard Johnson. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Harper Lee’s ‘parent novel’ to To Kill a Mockingbird sets tills ringing despite ambivalent receptionDespite the widespread doubts over the decision to publish Go Set A Watchman, and despite the cries of horror that went up around the world over the weekend as readers discovered that the godlike... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Recording the author’s weariness with revisions, and hugger mugger meetings over manuscripts, new book collects ‘definitive’ behind-the-scenes storiesThe door to the chamber of secrets has opened a crack, as a bibliography of JK Rowling’s work reveals insider details about the publication of her... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon and Hachette Book Group reached an agreement on Thursday, ending one of the longest (and most widely covered) negotiations of sales terms in publishing history. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jihad, a Ukrainian graphic novel with a wild and unlikely publishing history, is, says Daniel Kalder, "the perfect secret post-Soviet graphic novel." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]