Canongate has bought Severn House Publishers, for an undisclosed sum, from owner Edwin Buckhalter. With the acquisition, Buckhalter will retain a consultancy role, while Severn publisher Kate Gibb has been promoted to COO of Canongate. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Battelle technology that can drop drones from the sky has been acquired by a San Francisco startup specializing in defense against unmanned aerial devices. Dedrone has acquired the assets to DroneDefender for undisclosed terms. Looking like a science fiction blaster, the device disrupts... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2019-10-08 16:38:06 UTC ]
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Canongate is publishing a meditation on the natural world based on one man’s relationship with a tree, The Oak Papers by James Canton. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-08 08:58:23 UTC ]
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Canongate has landed a darkly funny memoir of loss and love by Jarred McGinnis. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-08 07:50:54 UTC ]
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Canongate has acquired an exposé of the modern global pharmaceutical industry, Sick Money, by Billy Kenber. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-08 04:17:31 UTC ]
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Princeton University Press has acquired the list of UK-based natural history publisher Wild Nature Press. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-07 21:52:23 UTC ]
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Conari Press, an imprint of Red Wheel/Weiser founded in 1987 that focuses on categories such as spirituality and personal growth, was acquired by the Miami-based Mango Publishing in a deal that closed on Tuesday. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-10-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Vice Media Inc., the youth-oriented media company, agreed to acquire the online publisher Refinery29, seeking to reignite growth by reaching a young female audience. The deal marks the biggest move yet by Vice Chief Executive Officer Nancy Dubuc, who has been trying to revive the once... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2019-10-02 19:51:02 UTC ]
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Elliott and Thompson has acquired a “lyrical, evocative and beautiful book” from Arctic traveller and writer Nancy Campbell called Fifty Words for Snow. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-10-02 06:51:39 UTC ]
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Boris Pasternak’s great-niece Anna claims Lara Prescott’s The Secrets We Kept copied her biography of Pasternak’s loverPublisher Penguin Random House has dismissed claims that Lara Prescott, a debut novelist who received a $2m (£1.6m) advance for her novel about the publication of Boris... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2019-10-01 15:39:25 UTC ]
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The Christian multimedia company 1517 Media whose imprints include Beaming Books, Fortress Press, and Augsburg Books, has acquired Lutheran University Press, Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate has snapped up a “compulsively readable” second novel by Ethiopian-American author Maaza Mengiste. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-18 10:08:35 UTC ]
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In a deal that closed September 13, Chicago Review Press acquired Amberjack Publishing. Based in Eagle, Idaho, Amberjack has a backlist of 63 titles, including 'Girl Boner' (2017). Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-16 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Fitzcarraldo Editions has acquired the debut book by Alice Hattrick, combining memoir, medical history and biography to uncover untold case histories of medically unexplained and invisible illness. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-15 13:30:42 UTC ]
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Salman Rushdie has hailed Angela Carter a "treasure" as English Heritage commemorates the author with a blue plaque at her former south London home. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-15 12:35:29 UTC ]
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Canongate has snapped up a "punch in the gut" memoir by Empire editor-in-chief Terri White, which promises to be a "raw and unflinchingly honest account of a life fallen apart". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-13 00:39:30 UTC ]
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Emma House, deputy chief executive of the Publishers Association, is leaving the organisation after 10 years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-11 14:07:31 UTC ]
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Executive vice president and publisher of Random House Susan Kamil, who published Salman Rushdie, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Elizabeth Strout, Sophie Kinsella, and Ruth Reich, among many others, died this weekend from complications relating to lung cancer, the AP reports. Random House president Gina... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-09-09 14:26:02 UTC ]
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Canongate and Severn House have announced consolidated turnover increased 24% to £11.9m in 2018 from £9.6m in 2017, with pre-tax profits of £966,272. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2019-09-09 05:38:45 UTC ]
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Susan Kamil, publisher of Random House and a veteran publishing executive whose career spanned more than 40 years, died on Sunday, September 8, from complications from lung cancer. She was 69. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-09-09 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Samantha Power’s new memoir, “The Education of an Idealist,” describes a bracing moral test. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2019-09-05 22:27:05 UTC ]
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