Bloomsbury signs with Oyster in US

E-book subscription service Oyster has signed up Bloomsbury as its latest publisher. The US service will now offer more than 1,000 titles published by Bloomsbury in the US, including Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential, Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, and Sarah J Maas' Throne of Glass. Oyster said: "We’re excited to partner with such an incredible publisher to make these titles available to our readers and make our library better than ever." Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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