Quercus has pre-empted a standalone thriller by journalist and author Victoria Selman with a “significant” six-figure offer. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-06-18 21:36:03 UTC ]
Viking has bagged Dirty Laundry, a “page-turning tale of the dark side of suburbia” from debut writer Disha Bose, in a six-figure pre-empt. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-05-01 22:46:37 UTC ]
In a six-figure pre-empt, Pan Macmillan has scooped the autobiography of former rugby league player Rob Burrow, an ex-Leeds Rhinos legend diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2019. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2021-01-27 00:23:28 UTC ]
Little, Brown imprint The Bridge Street Press has pre-empted for a six-figure sum world rights to Power, People and Painting: The Story of Art in Fifteen Cities by curator Caroline Campbell. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-11-01 16:23:49 UTC ]
Doubleday has acquired debut novel The Flames about four women "muses" who inspired artist Egon Schiele, in a "major" six-figure pre-empt. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-05-18 02:34:02 UTC ]
Simon & Schuster Children’s UK has pre-empted a "major", three-book middle-grade series from debut children's author Larry Hayes, in a six-figure deal struck following a "high-speed pitch" via video conferencing platform Zoom. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2020-04-21 06:25:25 UTC ]
Transworld has pre-empted The Funny Thing about Norman Foreman by debut author Julietta Henderson in a "significant" six-figure deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-08 21:23:29 UTC ]
Doubleday has made a “substantial” six-figure pre-empt on a debut novel by academic and comedian Marianne Cronin about two women who meet at an art class. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-10-04 09:03:45 UTC ]
Adam Gnuse’s “haunting” gothic debut, Girl in the Walls, has gone to 4th Estate in a six-figure deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-07-23 16:12:02 UTC ]
HarperCollins has snapped up The Batch Bible and another book from Scottish YouTube home cook The Batch Lady, Suzanne Mulholland, in a six-figure pre-empt. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-06-26 22:57:55 UTC ]
HarperCollins’ Martha Ashby has snapped up a novel about "women’s bodily autonomy, motherhood and societal expectations" from American author and Publishers Weekly reviewer Donna Freitas in a six-figure pre-empt. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-06-25 18:53:46 UTC ]
Bestselling author Wendy Holden's first historical novel about a royal governess has sold to Berkley in the US for a six-figure sum, following an exclusive pre-empt based on a partial manuscript. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canongate will publish Stephen Hall's new book, Maxwell's Demon, in February 2020, with a six-figure pre-empt in the US. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jenny McLachlan has moved to Egmont for her middle-grade debut, in a six-figure pre-empt. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Thriller debut Little Darlings by Melanie Golding has been optioned by Free Range Films, months after it was snapped up by HQ in a six-figure pre-empt. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Michael Joseph has acquired three crime thrillers from debut author Gytha Lodge in a "significant" six-figure pre-empt. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Quercus' new upmarket imprint riverrun has acquired a debut crime fiction novel Too Close to Breathe, plus one other, by Irish author Olivia Kiernan in a six-figure pre-empt. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
An “extraordinary” literary debut from a 29-year-old Fulbright scholar has been snapped up by Scribner UK in a six-figure pre-empt as well as Knopf in a two book deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Transworld has acquired an "insider's guide" to algorithms as part of a two-book deal in a pre-emptive six figure bid. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-15 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 ]