Bell's 'Instagram love story' snapped up by HQ

HarperCollins has bought We Just Clicked, described as "a love story for the Instagram generation", and a second novel from romantic comedy author Anna Bell. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-06-20 23:59:03 UTC ]
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Silvertail to publish 'heartwarming' story of love and loss

Silvertail is to publish Yes, the debut novel about relationships by NHS worker Anne Patterson. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trapeze to publish 'heartbreaking' love story Bonnie & Stan

Sam Eades, editorial director at Trapeze, has acquired world rights (all languages) to Bonnie & Stan by Anna Stuart, a love story "about a life lived together and the pain of tearing that apart". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Denis Johnson: An Editor’s Love Story

The editor of Johnson's forthcoming story collection, 'The Largesse of the Sea Maiden,' on his relationship with the author and editing a master. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Addictive' story of obsession to HQ

HarperCollins imprint HQ is to publish Indecent, an "addictive and thought-provoking" story from debut author Corinne Sullivan, in 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Piatkus to publish 'Bridget Jones meets Neil Gaiman' love story

Piatkus has signed debut author Nicola Mostyn’s first novel - a fantastical story about love, pitched as "Bridget Jones by way of Neil Gaiman", to publish on Valentine's Day 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Raven signs 'Ripley story for Instagram age'

Raven Books has signed Social Creature, a "Ripley story for the Instagram age" by Tara Isabella Burton. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HQ snaps up historical thriller in 'fastest ever' pre-empt

HarperCollins has bought two books including a “Poldark-esque” historical debut for a five-figure sum in the fastest pre-empt literary agent David Headley has “ever seen”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cover Story: 'How to Fall in Love with Anyone'

To find the right cover image for a book inspired by a popular 'Modern Love' essay, art director Jackie Seow returned to the source. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Phoebe Roy wins the Sceptre Loves short story prize

Phoebe Roy has won Sceptre's "Sceptre Loves" short story prize for "It Was Summer", a story charting a relationship between two men as it changes with the seasons. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Howard Cunnell | 'I wanted to write the stories that were about love'

Howard Cunnell's Fathers & Sons is a memoir about a search for identity and what it is to be a man that packs a punch that belies its brevity and, despite taking us to dark places, it’s a book about all kinds of love. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WIRED Book Club: Loved Arrival? Check Out Ted Chiang’s ‘Story of Your Life’

Now that Ted Chiang is super hot, let's read some of his short fiction for the month of February. The post WIRED Book Club: Loved Arrival? Check Out Ted Chiang's 'Story of Your Life' appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2017-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Instagram Is Testing Mid-Roll Video Ad Pop-Ups In Stories

Instagram is testing video ads inside Stories, the section of the app that was built to challenge Snapchat, according to multiple people briefed on the new ad format."Instagram is testing them now with select publishers and content creators," said one ad agency executive, speaking on condition... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2017-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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High-concept love story The After Wife to Trapeze

Trapeze has acquired a high-concept love story, The After Wife, by Cass Hunter, exploring the differences between human and virtual relationships. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How Instagram recruits college football teams to market Stories

Instagram has recruited seven colleges to use Instagram Stories as part of a new initiative to show the behind-the-scenes atmosphere on game days through the rest of the college football season. For the program, Instagram is also providing training and insights on Instagram Stories. The approach... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Story of The Songaminute Man to HQ

HQ has snapped up rights to The Songaminute Man, an "inspirational" memoir of entertainer and "viral sensation", 80-year-old Ted McDermott, told by his son Simon. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Gripping' love story set on Turkish/Syrian border to Daunt Books

Daunt Books Publishing has acquired Elliot Ackerman’s "timely" new novel Dark at the Crossing – a "gripping" contemporary love story set on the Turkish/Syrian border. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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JRR Tolkien's Middle-earth love story to be published next year

Beren and Lúthien, a story of the perilous romance between a man and an elf, is one of a number of texts by the author brought ‘together for the first time’JRR Tolkien’s legend of the mortal man Beren and the immortal elf Lúthien – a story that meant so much to the Lord of the Rings author that... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Gangster ballad love story' to Granta

Granta has acquired The Earlie King and The Kid in Yellow, a debut novel by Irish writer Danny Denton. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HQ snaps up Faber Academy graduate Alice Feeney

HQ has acquired two books by Faber Acadamy graduate Alice Feeney for six figures. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebury to publish 'high-concept' love story by Rowan Coleman

Ebury is publishing two more books from Rowan Coleman, author of 2015 Richard and Judy selection The Memory Book (Ebury Press). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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