Audible buys rights to Robyn Travis memoir

OWN IT! has sold audio rights to Prisoner to the Streets by Robyn Travis to Audible. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]

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'Riveting' Tim Waterstone memoir on submission

A ‘riveting’ memoir by Waterstones founder Tim Waterstone is going out on submission to publishers this week. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Open Road signs US rights to Adrian Mole ebooks

Open Road Integrated Media has acquired the US rights to the digital editions of the Adrian Mole series by late British author Sue Townsend, including the "iconic" The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 ¾. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TV rights to Adam Kay's debut sold after 12-way auction

Sister Pictures has acquired the television rights for writer and comedian Adam Kay’s debut This is Going To Hurt: Secret Diaries Of A Junior Doctor in a 12-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Right hand man' pens 'thoroughly revealing portrait' of Murdoch

Scribe UK is to publish The Bootle Boy: An Untidy Life in News by Les Hinton, Rupert Murdoch’s right-hand man for over five decades. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In Video Play, Facebook Offers Hundreds of Millions for Music Rights

Facebook is offering major record labels and music publishers hundreds of millions of dollars so the users of its social network can legally include songs in videos they upload, according to people familiar with the matter.The posting and viewing of video on Facebook has exploded in recent... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2017-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Books at 70: Celebrating Authors, Their Sales and International Rights Success

'Always just a bit sexier and more exciting,' Macmillan's rights-powerhouse Pan Books observe a 70th anniversary with new Golden Pan honors. The post Pan Books at 70: Celebrating Authors, Their Sales and International Rights Success appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Long-term Murdoch lieutenant Les Hinton to publish memoirs

Hinton worked for media mogul for more than 50 years before he resigned from News Corp at height of hacking scandalRupert Murdoch’s righthand man for more than 50 years is to have his memoirs published, providing one of the most informed portraits of the media mogul to date.Les Hinton, who... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Titan buys four Schwab titles in six-figure deal

Titan Books has acquired four new titles by American fantasy author V.E. Schwab in a six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 10 Best Graphic Memoirs

Mimi Pond, author of the new graphic memoir 'The Customer Is Always Wrong,' picks her 10 favorite graphic memoirs. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At This Year’s Frankfurt Rights Meeting: ‘Change Is the New Constant’

In its 31st year, Buchmesse's annual Rights Meeting on 'Book Fair Tuesday' focuses on Asian licensing, social media, and a burgening audio market. The post At This Year’s Frankfurt Rights Meeting: ‘Change Is the New Constant’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TV rights optioned for Turton’s high concept murder mystery

TV rights for Stuart Turton’s debut The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (Bloomsbury) have been optioned by House Productions ahead of the book's UK publication in February 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Voice Search Changes Media Buying, Attribution, Publishing

Advertising has traditionally been one of two types: interruptive, like TV and radio, and in-content, like newspaper or most digital. Digital has been driven by in-content, but because of voice search, much of digital's paradigm may be forced to become interruptive. This could mean a massive... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2017-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH scoops memoir of body activist Howard

Penguin Random House Children’s is publishing the memoir of model and body activist Charli Howard. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Did a YA book buy its way to the top of the New York Times bestseller list?

For a few hours, a debut author shone at the top of the N.Y. Times bestseller list Thursday. But after online commenters questioned how the book got there, the paper removed "Handbook for Mortals" by Lani Sarem. What happened? Author Phil Stamper thought it was strange when "Handbook for Mortals"... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gina Miller to write 'rallying cry' memoir, Rise

Brexit legal challenger to write book about struggles in her work and personal life, as well as ‘offering guidance and confidence to women in particular’Inspired by Maya Angelou’s “tone of defiance in the face of increasing hostility, hate and defamation” in the classic poem Still I Rise,... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate scoops Gina Miller’s memoir Rise​

Canongate is to publish the memoir of Gina Miller, the business owner who successfully took the UK government to the Supreme Court over its authority to trigger Article 50 without parliamentary approval. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rights Tips: German Children’s Books to Watch for at Frankfurt

From the Frankfurt Book Fair New York Editors Trip this summer, here are some of the hottest German children's books you shouldn't miss this year. The post Rights Tips: German Children’s Books to Watch for at Frankfurt appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Memoirs of Lib Dem campaigner Lord Rennard to Biteback

Biteback Publishing has signed the memoirs of former chief executive and director of campaigns and elections for the Liberal Democrats, Lord Rennard. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rights Watch: Rio’s Biennial Book Fair Prepares Its Agents & Business Center

The year so far shows 'modest growth' in Brazil's beleaguered market, says Marcos da Veiga Pereira ahead of Rio's book biennial and rights trading program. The post Rights Watch: Rio’s Biennial Book Fair Prepares Its Agents & Business Center appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Agency Rights Update: Athens’ Ersilia Literary Agency

Adult fiction and a middle-grade environmentally engaging series are on Evangelia Avloniti's list in the run-up to Frankfurt Book Fair. The post Agency Rights Update: Athens’ Ersilia Literary Agency appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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