Canongate snaps up 'unique' debut in six-way auction

Canongate has secured the first book by Northern Irish nature writer and essayist Kerri ní Dochartaigh following a six-way auction. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Egmont acquires historical fiction debut

Egmont Press has acquired a debut historical fiction title, The Executioner's Daughter, by TV... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Unique double for British novelist

British writer and two-time Booker Prize winner Hilary Mantel has been named novelist of the year at Britain’s Costa Book Awards for ‘Bring Up the Bodies’. Continue reading at Stuff

[ Stuff | 2013-01-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Piatkus snaps up two digital first authors

Piatkus has acquired two debut UK authors, with their works to be published on their digital-... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Five debuts up for Guardian prize

Mumbai's slums, the Iraq war and the fall of Colonel Gaddafi are among the subjects covered by the five titles up for the 2012 Guardian First Book Award. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A Unique E-Book Concept Merges Dead Tree Pulp With The Web

Waldek Węgrzyn’s innovative take on the electronic book turns the book itself into a new digital interface, without eliminating the joys of ink on paper. Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marie Claire to debut NFC technology for magazine ad

Marie Claire is to debut a near field communications (NFC)-enabled ad in its pages, after striking a deal with healthcare business Nuffield Health. Continue reading at Media Week

[ Media Week | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion signs debut by Irish journalist English

Orion has acquired the first two novels from Irish journalist Rachael English. Managing director... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate signs up tale of innocent ‘serial killer’

Canongate has signed up a Swedish true crime book telling the tale of a man wrongly imprisoned... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Binet debut on Waterstones Book of the Year shortlist

A debut novel translated from French is among the six titles shortlisted for the inaugural... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Three debuts for Hot Key

Hot Key Books has acquired three debuts. Natalie Whipple's Transparent follows an invisible... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon debuts Whispercast service, lets organizations manage Kindles and Kindle content

Individual Kindle users already have Whispernet, and Amazon has now announced another free service designed to make Kindles easier to manage for large organizations. Dubbed Whispercast, the service will let schools, businesses and other groups both distribute and manage the Kindles themselves... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2012-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder Breathes in new debut

Hodder & Stoughton has acquired a debut thriller set in west London in 1952, with publishing... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Collins & Brown snaps up Jane Foster

Collins & Brown is to publish a series of retro-styled craft books from designer Jane Foster... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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‘Casual Vacancy’ and the State of Big (Print) Debuts

After months of hype, the first adult novel from J.K. Rowling debuted with the third biggest print opening of 2012. At outlets tracked by Nielsen BookScan, The Casual Vacancy sold 156,679 copies in its first week—enough to place it behind only No Easy Day by Mark Owen (254,046 copies) and Fifty... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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