Book Deals: Week of May 3, 2021

Karen M. McManus re-ups with Delacorte, Knopf buys Ayobami Adebayo’s sophomore effort, Random House takes on Bob Odenkirk’s memoir, and more. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Barbara Marcus reveals trends in 'robust' US children's market

The US children's market has seen huge growth this year with increasing focus on books by people of colour and by celebrities, Barbara Marcus, president and publisher of Random House Children's Books in the US, has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-27 21:41:42 UTC ]
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The Breonna Taylor decision, violence, and power

On Wednesday, Black Lives Matter protesters in Louisville and around the world waited with bated breath for an announcement from Daniel Cameron, Kentucky’s attorney general: a charging decision, or lack thereof, in the case of Breonna Taylor, an emergency medical technician who was killed by... Continue reading at Columbia Journalism Review

[ Columbia Journalism Review | 2020-09-25 12:37:49 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of September 28, 2020

Swedish author Alex Schulman sells a novel to Doubleday in a high-six-figure preempt, St. Martin’s buys Therese Anne Fowler’s latest for seven figures, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Sir Harold Evans obituary

Journalist who at the Sunday Times became the most admired newspaper editor of his generationSir Harold Evans, who has died aged 92, lived a life of two halves, almost two distinct lives. In his first life, he was the Manchester lad who grew up to be the most famous and most admired newspaper... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2020-09-24 11:55:45 UTC ]
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Harold Evans, Crusading Newspaperman With a Second Act, Dies at 92

In Britain, he helped redefine high-quality newspapers and challenged legal restrictions on the press. In America, he brought new scope and glitz to book publishing as the head of Random House. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2020-09-24 09:41:20 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of September 21, 2020

Custom House goes big on a debut, Nicole Maines sells a memoir to Dial, Crown pays seven figures for a new one from Deepak Chopra, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Berenstain Bears Get a New Faith-Based Series

Random House Children’s Books is expanding the Berenstain Bears franchise with Gifts of the Spirit, a new series of faith-based picture books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of September 14, 2020

Scribner buys a book on Biden by New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos, First Second is set to launch a middle grade graphic novel series by Mike Dawson, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Barbara Marcus to headline Bookseller Children’s Conference

Barbara Marcus, president and publisher of Random House Children’s Books in the US, will headline this year’s Bookseller Children’s Conference, alongside speakers from World Book Day, Cocoa Girl and authors Andy Griffiths and Katherine Rundell.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-09 20:51:08 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of September 7, 2020

Oprah’s Flatiron imprint nabs a nonfiction title by a Nobel laureate, Holt buys a debut novel by a PRH UK editor, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of August 31, 2020

John Green sells an essay collection for adults to Dutton, Putnam pays seven figures for a debut YA fantasy trilogy, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-28 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Penned in the Margins does book deals with Overall and Pugh

Independent literary publisher Penned in the Margins has acquired two non-fiction titles, one of which re-imagines pilgrimage while the other recasts the city as a pastoral retreat. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-26 02:11:54 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of August 24, 2020

Ballantine buys a new novel by Paris Wife author Paula McLain, Kwame Alexander sells an adult poetry title on Black resistance in the U.S. to HMH, and Viking takes a Covid title from John Barry. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-21 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Collins' Beyond Entrepreneurship 2 goes to Random House Business

American writer and consultant Jim Collins, author of Good to Great, is releasing an "ambitious upgrade" of his first book, Beyond Entrepreneurship: Turning Your Business into an Enduring Great Company, previously unpublished in the UK. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-19 15:02:55 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of August 17, 2020

Among the week’s big deals are the acquisition of a #MeToo memoir by a French publishing exec, Sharon Stone’s memoir, and Andy Weir’s new novel. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of August 10, 2020

Among the big books sold this week are a nonfiction book from former National Security Council member Fiona Hill, a nonfiction book on skyscrapers, and a book about how sports is helping the country to transform its understanding of sex and gender. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Extends Temporary E-book, Digital Audio Terms for Libraries

Terms of sale first enacted in March to help librarians during the Covid-19 crisis will now run through the end of the year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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James Silberman, Editor Who Nurtured Literary Careers, Dies at 93

At Random House and elsewhere, including his own Summit imprint, he worked with James Baldwin, Marilyn French, Hunter S. Thompson and many others. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2020-08-01 18:32:40 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of August 3, 2020

Scribner buy a book about American’s first female astronauts, Matthew McConaughey sells a memoir to Crown, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-31 04:00:00 UTC ]
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With Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi's Next Novel, a Star is Born

The Ugandan novelist prepares to break out with her sophomore effort, 'A Girl Is a Body of Water.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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