Barack Obama to endorse Jo Cox memoir

The memoir of late Labour MP Jo Cox, written by her husband Brendan, has received the backing of former president Barack Obama who said she "made the world a better place". Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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S&S swoops on Flying Aces memoir

Kerri Sharp, senior commissioning editor non-fiction at Simon & Schuster, has acquired a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Stork picks up Rozewicz memoir

Stork Press has acquired the memoir of Polish Nobel Prize-nominated author Tadeusz Rozewicz,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nanny memoir for Avon

  HarperCollins imprint Avon has acquired a memoir by saga author Pamela Weaver about her... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sebastian Coe memoir to Hodder

Hodder has acquired two new sports titles, including the autobiography of medal-winning athlete... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Anthony Shadid's memoir will be released early

Late New York Times reporter Anthony Shadid's book was originally planned for a March 27 release date but its publication has now been moved up. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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Marina Chapman memoir to Mainstream

Mainstream has acquired a memoir by Marina Chapman recounting how she was kidnapped and abandoned... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Media Decoder Blog: HarperCollins Is Said to Acquire Rights to Amanda Knox Memoir

Many in the publishing world were convinced that Ms. Knox's story would be a huge best seller, overcoming concerns that she may not be a sympathetic figure to some of the public. Continue reading at The New York Times

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Dizzee memoirs "on hold"

Rapper Dizzee Rascal has said his memoirs are "on hold at the moment", having... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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H&S to publish Holocaust survivor memoirs

Hodder & Stoughton has acquired the memoirs of Sam Pivnik, one of the few living British... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Pan Mac acquires Straw memoir

Pan Macmillan has acquired the autobiography of former home secretary Jack Straw. Macmillan... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Belafonte memoir to Canongate

Canongate has bought the memoir of US singer, actor and activist Harry Belafonte. Senior editor... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Hitchens memoir delayed to September

Publication of Christopher Hitchens' last book Mortality, originally scheduled for April, has... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Hachette acquires memoir of Roy Keane's dog

Hachette Books Ireland has acquired the autobiography of footballer Roy Keane's dog, Triggs,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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June Brown memoir to S&S

Simon & Schuster has paid a "healthy six-figure sum" for the autobiography of June... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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S&S buys Mackness memoir

Simon & Schuster has bought the memoir of entrepreneur and creator of the Giggly Pig sausage... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Second work of memoir from Auster

Faber is to publish Winter Journal, a second work of memoir by American writer Paul Auster, in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Pan Mac wins 'Dragons' Den' memoir

Pan Macmillan has won a "heated auction" involving 10 publishers to buy businesswoman... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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HC pays six figures for horse rescue memoir

HarperCollins has paid a high six figure sum for world rights in a memoir about saving horses in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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S&S buys memoir by swimming legend Thorpe

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Fri, 04/11/2011 - 10:54 Simon & Schuster has bought rights to an autobiography by Australian swimming star Ian Thorpe. World rights from Jonathan Kilmartin and Sarah Wooldridge at IMG by Larissa Edwards, S&S's Australian head of publishing,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2011-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jobs memoir tops bestseller lists

Written By: Philip Stone Publication Date: Wed, 02/11/2011 - 08:27 Walter Isaacson’s biography of the late Steve Jobs has become one of the fastest-selling hardback non-fiction books since records began. Brought forward from its original publication date of 24th November following the Apple... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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