HQ is to publish BOSH! The Cookbook by Sheffield school friends Henry Firth and Ian Theasby in a "major" six-figure deal following a "hotly-contested" eight-publisher auction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has pre-empted a two book deal for Possession, a psychological thriller by J L Butler, for six figures. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder has pre-empted BBC journalist David Robson’s The Intelligence Trap, a book that has now sold in six territories internationally, with US rights snapped up in a six-figure deal at auction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Legendary Entertainment has acquired the TV rights to Alice Feeney's debut thriller Sometimes I Lie (HQ), in a six-figure deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gollancz has acquired an epic "coming-of-age" fantasy trilogy from author Chris Wooding in a six-figure deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has signed a six-figure deal with Lionel Shriver for world English-language rights to Property. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kensington acquires two books by Ellen Marie Wiseman, Ace takes four novels by Faith Hunter in a six-figure deal, and Europa picks up four titles by French crime novelist Michel Bussi. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
YA fantasy author Taran Matharu has signed a four-book, six-figure deal with his publisher, Hodder Children’s Books. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Debut novel Swan Song by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott has been acquired by Hutchinson in a six-figure pre-empt. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
HQ has acquired two books by Melissa Hill, author of 13 novels including The Charm Bracelet, Something From Tiffany's and Before I Forget, for six-figures. Hill's previous books were published by Hodder. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sphere Fiction has acquired two psychological thrillers from debut author Laura Marshall in a six-figure pre-empt. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chronicle Books has paid a six-figure advance for a picture book by debut author and illustrator Brendan Wenzel, following an eight-publisher auction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Borough Press is to publish the second novel by Joanna Cannon, author of bestselling The Trouble with Goats and Sheep, after acquiring rights in a six-figure deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pushkin Press has sold US rights for The Red Abbey Chronicles by Finnish author Maria Turtschaninoff to Abrams Books in a six-figure deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Crime writer James Oswald has signed a “significant six-figure” deal for two new books in his Inspector McLean series with Michael Joseph. Publishing director Alex Clarke bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, to the books from Juliet Mushens of UTA. Oswald’s first Inspector... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Head of Zeus has struck a six-figure deal for a thriller series by Stefan Ahnhem. Laura Palmer, publishing director at Head of Zeus, bought UK and Commonwealth rights excluding Canada to the first three books of the Fabian Risk Series from Jolise Beaton and Gillian Fizet at House of Anansi... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Penguin Random House UK Children's has acquired a teen book by Emily Barr in a six-figure deal. Editorial director Ruth Knowles bought world rights to The One Memory of Flora Banks, along with a second stand-alone novel, from Lauren Pearson at Curtis Brown. The book is about Flora, a teenage... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pan Macmillan has acquired a new epic fantasy series in a six-figure deal. Senior commissioning editor Bella Pagan bought world rights to John Gwynne’s standalone trilogy from agent John Jarrold. The trilogy will be set in the same stirring Celtic-inspired world as Gwynne’s first quartet, the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kimberley Young, publisher of women's fiction at HarperCollins, has signed world English language rights in three novels by Kimberley Chambers The six-figure deal with Tim Bates at Pollinger Ltd will see HC publishing Chambers until 2020. Young said: "Kimberley Chambers is a legend as are her... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Novelist Alice Peterson has moved from Quercus to Simon & Schuster in a six-figure deal. S&S publishing director Jo Dickinson bought world rights to two novels from The Agency Group’s Diana Beaumont, in the latter’s first deal since joining the company from the Rupert Heath Literary Agency. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]