Scottish independent publisher Black & White Publishing has acquired a three-book series by 17-year-old Estelle Maskame, which has already had 4m hits on Wattpad. Maskame has more than 125,000 Twitter followers and her Did I Mention I Love You? (DIMILY) trilogy has had 4m hits on digital platform Wattpad. Maskame started writing at the age of 13 and completed the DIMILY trilogy when she was 16. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ebury Press has acquired the autobiography of Irish footballer Packie Bonner. Deputy publisher Andrew Goodfellow bought world all language rights to The Last Line from Kevin Pocklington at Jenny Brown Associates. Bonner was a goalkeeper who played for Celtic, winning four Scottish Cups and one... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fitzcarraldo Editions has bought the debut short story collection from the winner of the inaugural White Review Short Story Prize, Claire-Louise Bennett. UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Ireland, were bought from Stinging Fly Press via Peter Straus at RCW. The collection, titled Pond,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Corvus has signed a novel by Irish author Catherine Ryan Howard. Editorial director Sara O'Keeffe signed UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, in Distress Signals in a deal with Jane Gregory at Gregory & Company. The book is described as The Girl on the Train meets Murder on the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Book Group and Simon & Schuster this week became the latest Big Five publishers to offer audiobook titles to libraries via Midwest Tape’s nascent Hoopla digital platform. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As the world observes the 70th anniversary of the end of WWII and continues to weather numerous conflicts, minedition’s fall offerings include two September picture books that sound a note of hope for peace in our time. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kara Richardson Whitely, author of 'Gorge: My Journey Up Kilimanjaro at 300 Pounds' (Seal Press, 9781580055598), will appear on 'Good Morning America' on Wednesday, May 27. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan is to publish the autobiography of former Formula One driver Mark Webber this autumn. Webber, who retired from Formula One at the end of the 2013 season, and now races in the LMP1 sportscar category of the FIA World Endurance Championship for Porsche. The driver was “at the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Greystone Books has acquired 1,000 Lashes, a collection of writings by imprisoned Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi. The blogger was was sentenced to 1,000 lashes by the Saudi authorities last year, and is currently serving a prison sentence. The book will be published in the UK in July, with... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After running Black Classic Press for nearly 40 years, founder W. Paul Coates said he is proud of his work as an independent publisher. But he said his work running BCD Digital Printing, a short-run printing operation, may be more significant: “I don’t know of any other full-time... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Portfolio has acquired a book by Lean In employee Jessica Bennett. Editor Zoe Bohm acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to Feminist Fight Club in a pre-empt from Rachel Clements at Abner Stein on behalf of the Ross Yoon Agency for publication in May 2016. North American rights were acquired by... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate has signed a satirical novel by Elizabeth McKenzie for publication in January 2016. Commissioning editor Anna Kelly signed UK and Commonwealth rights to The Portable Veblen in a deal with Anthony Goff at David Higham Associates, on behalf of Emily Forland at Brandt & Hochman.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline has acquired the first book by Chelsea Football Club manager Jose Mourinho. The as-yet-untitled book will be a “visually sumptuous celebration” of Mourinho’s career so far. Mourinho has won eight league titles in four different European countries: in his homeland of Portugal with... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sphere is to publish a “moving father-son novel” about autism and Minecraft by journalist Keith Stuart. Senior editor Ed Wood approached Stuart after the journalist, who is games editor at the Guardian, wrote about his experience of playing Minecraft with his autistic son. Wood secured all... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperFiction has signed two new deals with writers discovered through its digital-first HarperImpulse programme. Debbie Johnson and Carmel Harrington were both originally published by HarperImpulse, which digitally published romantic fiction. Johnson has seen success with Cold Feet at... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Granta Books has signed a non-fiction title on proposal by Lorna Gibb, looking at the concept of childlessness. The book will combine memoir, reportage and social science, and look at the condition of childlessness around the world, from stolen Aboriginal babies to the discrimination of the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Atlantic has signed a book on the economy from former business secretary Vince Cable, who left Parliament earlier this month after being voted out in the general election. Cable served as a Liberal Democrat MP for Twickenham for nearly 20 years, and for the past five years has been business... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The newly-launched Scribner UK is to publish a collection of stories by Helen Ellis, the creator of the ‘American Housewife’ parody Twitter account. Clare Hey, editorial director at Simon & Schuster UK, bought UK and Commonwealth rights to American Housewife from Sandy Hodgman of Hodgman... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The European Commission has a grand plan to create a single market for digital content across all the member states of the EU, so it can be bought and sold without barriers such as the administrative burden of different VAT rates. The creation of that market will help entrepreneurial start-up... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired an investigation into the pain industry by debut author Julia Buckley. Bea Hemming, editorial director at Weidenfeld & Nicolson, signed World English rights in Heal Me in a deal with Ed Wilson at Johnson & Alcock. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mantle has acquired two books by debut novelist Diana Rosie. The first, Alberto’s Birthday, is set in Spain and tells the story of an old man – orphaned during the Spanish Civil War – and his grandson, who go in search of the former’s birthday. Mantle’s Sam Humphreys said: “This is such a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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