Agents should pivot towards film and television, says Nelle Andrew

Agents should begin pivoting towards film and television as well as traditional publishing, according to Rachel Mills Literary agent Nelle Andrew.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Philippa Gregory insists on 'fact clause' in film contracts

Author Philippa Gregory insists on a “clause” in film contracts to prevent filmmakers from changing historic facts in her work. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary Agents in India: Not Your Traditional Gatekeepers

Not least because publishers traditionally accept and commission direct submissions from authors in India, literary agents there are relatively new to the scene. The post Literary Agents in India: Not Your Traditional Gatekeepers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NBCUniversal strikes deal for 'Harry Potter' films, theme park extras

NBCUniversal is continuing under the spell of “Harry Potter,” striking an exclusive deal with Warner Bros. to bring films of the juggernaut franchise to two NBCUniversal cable channels. The agreement, announced Monday, extends the relationship between the two media companies by conveying... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-08-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sovereign buys film rights to Being a Beast

Sovereign Films has acquired global film rights to "extraordinary" true story Being a Beast by Charles Foster, published just this week by Profile. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comedian Andrew O'Neill explores heavy metal for Headline

Headline has acquired a debut non-fiction title, A History of Heavy Metal, by "metalhead" and comedian Andrew O’Neill. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gibson and Penn to star in film about the creation of OED

Actors Mel Gibson and Sean Penn are to star in "Professor and the Madman", a film adaptation of a novel about the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Suicide Squad director shrugs off film's negative reviews

The director of comic book film Suicide Squad shrugs off its bad reviews, saying he made the supervillain ensemble movie "for the fans". Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2016-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Netflix to produce a film of The Panama Papers

Netflix has acquired exclusive film rights for The Panama Papers, published in the UK by Oneworld. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The science of film explored at Atlantic

Atlantic is to publish Science(ish), a book on the science behind films by Michael Brooks and Rick Edwards based on their popular podcast of the same name. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion's Forrester to become David Higham literary agent

Orion Fiction’s senior commissioning editor Jemima Forrester is moving to David Higham Associates to become a literary agent. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pratchett's Wee Free Men to become film

The Jim Henson Company is producing a film adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s The Wee Free Men novel, with the screenplay written by Rhianna Pratchett, the late author’s daughter. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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RNA to award agent and publisher of the year

The Romantic Novelists’ Association has added two new categories to its industry awards: Agent of the Year and Publisher of the Year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary agent Carolyn Whitaker dies

Literary agent Carolyn Whitaker has died, aged 79, following a long battle with cancer. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Inside HMP’s Pivot from Print Publisher to Multi-Channel Events Business

A Q&A with Jeff Hennessy, chairman and CEO of the healthcare media, events, and education company. The post Inside HMP’s Pivot from Print Publisher to Multi-Channel Events Business appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2016-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: 'Foreign Agent' Takes Over

Brad Thor's 'Foreign Agent,' the author's latest in his Scot Horvath thriller series, kept its top slot on the iBooks U.S. bestsellers list for the week ended June 26. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former Orion editor Silk becomes literary agent

Former Orion editor Julia Silk is forging a new career path as a literary agent in association with MBA Literary Agents. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: Thor's 'Foreign Agent' is #1

Brad Thor's latest Scot Horvath novel, 'Foreign Agent,' took the top spot on the iBooks U.S. bestseller list for the week ended June 19. Jojo Moyes' 'After You' came in at #2. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hannah Griffiths joins independent film company All3Media

Hannah Griffiths, formerly fiction and paperback publisher at Faber, has been appointed as the new head of literary acquisitions at independent television, film and digital production and distribution company All3Media. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Could Publishers and Agents Agree on a Flat Royalty Rate?

The idea that publishers could offer a single royalty rate across book formats has become a topic of discussion, though insiders say the problem will be ebooks. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mythical creatures title coincides with Fantastic Beasts film

Buster Books will publish a book of beasts to coincide with the release of the film "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" in November. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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