Book Deals: Week of November 4, 2024

Broadleaf buys a book about the rise of fascism in America, Ace signs a cozy fantasy series by the publishing director of Arcadia Books, and more. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-01 04:00:00 UTC ]

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Book Deals: Week of February 24, 2020

Among this week’s notable deals is the seven-figure sale of a debut novel titled The Other Black Girl. The send-up of the publishing industry, by a former Knopf assistant editor, was pitched as Get Out meets Younger. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Alum Kate Kelly Smith Joins Sandow | People on the Move

[caption id="attachment_176505" align="alignright" width="150"] Kate Kelly Smith[/caption] Shelter magazines veteran Kate Kelly Smith has been appointed executive VP and managing director of Luxe Interiors + Design and chief sales officer for parent company Sandow's design media brands. The... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2020-01-23 20:20:03 UTC ]
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DK's Mary-Clare Jerram to retire

DK publishing director Mary-Clare Jerram is retiring at the end of April after three decades with the company. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-01-13 19:37:03 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of January 13, 2020

Former PW reviews editor Jessamine Chan sold a debut novel, Viking Children’s bought the middle grade debut of YA author Sangu Mandanna for six figures, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-01-10 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Rowan Yapp joins Bloomsbury after a decade at Vintage

Rowan Yapp will join Bloomsbury as publishing director to run the cookery and illustrated non-fiction lists after more than a decade at Vintage. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-01-09 14:28:13 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of January 6, 2020

Notable deals this week include a major acquisition for MIT Press, a first-person tale of survival on the high seas, and a YA novel that HarperTeen won at auction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-01-03 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of December 23, 2019

Ken Follett sells a Pillars prequel to Viking, HMH takes two from a senior writer at The Root, and One World buys a book on the protests in Baltimore after the death of Freddie Gray in police custody. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-12-20 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Windmill's Cray pre-empts 'searing' Lee début in six-figure deal

Windmill’s new publishing director Charlotte Cray has pre-empted a “searing” début novel by Elizabeth Lee Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-12-12 04:39:53 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of December 2, 2019

Millennial journalist Jill Filipovic sells a book on her generation to S&S’s newly launched One Signal imprint, Gallery Books lands a YouTube star, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-29 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Liz Cross joins David Fickling Books as publishing director

Indie David Fickling Books has appointed Liz Cross as publishing director following her departure from Oxford University Press. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-28 15:06:29 UTC ]
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Little, Brown promotes Ahmed to publishing director

Little, Brown has promoted editorial director Ailah Ahmed to the role of publishing director following her "outstanding publishing and acquiring in 2018 and 2019". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-11-24 17:29:20 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of November 18, 2019

David Chang sells a memoir, Catherine Coulter moves houses, MCD spends big on a graphic memoir, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-15 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of November 11, 2019

The Mueller Report goes graphic, Tor spends six figures on a debut, Doubleday buys a book on Trump from a New York Times reporter and New Yorker columnist, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of November 4, 2019

Val Kilmer’s memoir lands at a Big Five house, 'Dead Man Walking' goes graphic, the screenwriter of The Jerk sells a thriller, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-11-01 04:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S publishing director MacGregor to join Headline

Simon and Schuster publishing director Iain MacGregor is joining the Headline non-fiction team as publisher, it has been announced. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-31 03:42:30 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of October 28, 2019

The anonymous author (and Trump staffer) behind a now-infamous Times op-ed gets a publishing deal, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-25 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Press wins 'intimate history' of post-war British black women

Tom Penn, publishing director at Penguin Press, has acquired Rebel Citizen: A History of Black Women Living, Loving and Resisting by feminist historian Jade Bentil. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-20 15:48:26 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of October 21, 2019

Ballantine re-ups a major bestseller, HarperOne gets into the swing with Tiger Woods, Candlewick nabs a book based on a viral tweet, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Dead Ink buys Alison Irvine's Cat Step

Liverpool indie Dead Ink has bought Cat Step, a novel by Alison Irvine, author of The Road is Red, in what publishing director Nathan Connolly called a "significant" acquisition. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-14 02:38:41 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of October 14, 2019

Seven-figure deals dominate this week’s column, as publishers open their wallets in the run-up to this week’s Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
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