Blackwell’s and Foyles are both offering discounts to people who pre-order Harper Lee’s forthcoming novel Go Set a Watchman (William Heinemann). Go Set a Watchman, written by Lee before her bestselling novel To Kill a Mockingbird but featuring some of the same characters, will be released on 14th July as an £18.99 hardback. Blackwell’s is offering the book at £13.99, a discount of £5, for those who pre-order, while Foyles is offering a 24% discount to anyone who pre-orders, making the book £14.43. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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I started querying agents for my memoir, Negative Space, in 2012, after two years of writing and revising. I got a few rounds of passes, including several friendly rejections in which agents said they just didn’t “know how to sell” my book. I heard this refrain enough times that I started... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2021-03-11 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Ecco goes big on a debut novel, Kal Penn sells a memoir to Gallery, Brittney Cooper sells seven for seven figures to Scholastic, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-03-05 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Perhaps it’s not surprising that even the prose in illustrator Forsyth Harmon’s debut novel Justine is deeply imagistic. Reading this short, powerful story feels like wandering through a museum exhibit about teenage girlhood on Long Island in the summer of 1999. Narrator Ali and her friends feed... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2021-03-02 12:00:00 UTC ]
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The reopening of bookshops and potential return of live events in the summer will be a “huge landmark” for the industry, leading figures say, as they weigh up the implications of the government's roadmap out of lockdown. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-03-01 16:16:51 UTC ]
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Initial plans for this year's Independent Bookshop Week have been announced with Cressida Cowell designing a celebratory tote bag, a special Brian Bilston poem and early releases. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-03-01 07:02:04 UTC ]
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Bookshops and other stores in Scotland are expected to reopen in April, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-23 21:43:35 UTC ]
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Poet and countercultural pioneer put on trial for publishing Allen Ginsberg’s Howl went on to become a beloved icon of San FranciscoLawrence Ferlinghetti, the poet, publisher, painter and political activist who co-founded the famous City Lights bookshop in San Francisco and became an icon of the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-02-23 19:42:46 UTC ]
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While we’re all still in varying levels of lockdown, here’s a new travel destination to dream about: Book and Bed Tokyo. Book and Bed is an “accommodation bookshop”: a bookstore first, hostel second, so avid readers don’t need to pay attention to the time while browsing. At each of Book and... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-02-23 16:53:41 UTC ]
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In the early 1930s, a bookshop window would have displayed the pretty, pictorial dust jackets of the latest bestsellers, say Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon and Pearl S. Buck’s The Good Earth. A compact wooden bookshelf stuffed with colorful paperbacks might also have commanded space and... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-02-22 09:49:47 UTC ]
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Bookshops in England can expect to reopen from 12th April, according to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's new roadmap for easing coronavirus restrictions, announced today (Monday, 22nd February). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-22 07:44:20 UTC ]
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Welbeck has signed a “significant” six-figure deal for “profoundly moving” new novel Little Wing and one other book by Freya North. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-22 01:44:35 UTC ]
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Lois Lowry sells a new middle grade novel to HMH, Heather Morris sells the third installment of her 'Tattooist of Auschwitz' trilogy to St. Martin’s, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-19 05:00:00 UTC ]
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A live action TV series based on Konnie Huq's Cookie stories is to be produced, following a deal secured by Zodiak Kids Studios. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-19 04:24:20 UTC ]
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The Borough Press has landed All My Mothers by Costa shortlistee Joanna Glen in a “significant” five-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-18 01:00:45 UTC ]
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TV presenter and author Paul O'Grady has signed a “major” multi-book deal with HarperCollins for his debut children’s novel, Eddie Albert and the Amazing Animal Gang, the first in a planned series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-17 19:53:37 UTC ]
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News Corp will receive ‘significant payments’ to feature news outlets in Google’s News ShowcaseGoogle and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp have signed a multi-year partnership that will lead to the search engine paying for journalism from news sites around the world, including the Wall Street Journal,... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2021-02-17 17:11:57 UTC ]
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Big offline channels are forecast to outpace digital media this year, with the exception of print. Continue reading at Media Week
[ Media Week | 2021-02-17 09:42:23 UTC ]
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Puffin has acquired The Secret of Haven Point and one other book from Lisette Auton, a 2018 graduate of Penguin's WriteNow programme. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-15 12:16:53 UTC ]
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Non-essential retailers in England could reopen as early as the end of March as part of an easing of lockdown restrictions, it has been reported. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-14 21:49:30 UTC ]
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Ken Follett sells a contemporary thriller to Viking, Knopf buys a meditation on grief by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-12 05:00:00 UTC ]
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