Chinese Investment Firm Takes Stake in Dark Horse

A major investment stake from Chinese media firm Vanguard Visionary Associates will be used to fund publishing projects at Dark Horse in addition to creating a development fund for film projects based on Dark Horse comics properties Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fry and Bickmore take on new roles at Canongate

Commercial director Jenny Fry and publishing director Francis Bickmore have moved into newly created positions at Canongate. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-07 23:22:17 UTC ]
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Head of Zeus takes two more from Gilman

Head of Zeus has bagged two more books by David Gilman in a deal with Isobel Dixon, head of books at Blake Friedmann. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-05 20:05:39 UTC ]
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The Raven Book Store Owner Sells Large Stake in Store to Seven Employees

Danny Caine, the owner of the Raven Book Store in Lawrence, Kans., has sold a 49% stake in the 35-year-old bookstore to a group of seven employees. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
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For Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, memoir as resistance

Ai Weiwei’s memoir “1000 Years of Joys and Sorrows” pushes back against the Chinese government’s efforts to silence him and his poet father. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2021-12-20 22:31:48 UTC ]
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Waiting list for LBF as rollovers and reduced space leave some firms struggling

Some agents and publishers who chose not to roll over their London Book Fair bookings from 2020 have reported struggling to get tables at next year’s event, with organisers admitting there is now a waiting list amid high demand and construction works at the Olympia venue. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-20 16:42:18 UTC ]
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Politics and Prose employees moved to unionize—then the store owners hired an anti-union law firm.

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[ Literrary Hub | 2021-12-17 16:47:07 UTC ]
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Avon takes two more in Cornish Girls series from Walker

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[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-17 14:32:47 UTC ]
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With ‘Gunfight,’ an Insider Takes on a Community That Was Once His Own

Ryan Busse used to be a prominent figure in the firearm industry. A recent book details his disillusionment as he saw gun culture transform — and has drawn disdain from former allies. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2021-12-15 10:00:13 UTC ]
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UK magazine firm tells staff they must come into office despite Omicron

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[ The Guardian | 2021-12-10 12:07:58 UTC ]
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‘A Net for Small Fishes’ is dark, entertaining historical fiction

Lucy Jago’s story fittingly takes place in the corrupt, licentious court of England’s James I. Continue reading at The Washington Post

[ The Washington Post | 2021-12-10 12:00:00 UTC ]
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Smirnoff takes on Larsson's Millennium trilogy

Award-winning Swedish author Karin Smirnoff will write three new sequels to Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-06 18:47:55 UTC ]
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Investment Group Led by David Steinberger Buys Open Road

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-02 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus takes two more from O'Leary

Quercus has signed two more standalone novels from bestselling author Beth O’Leary. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-01 08:14:03 UTC ]
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Hervé Le Tellier’s ‘The Anomaly’ has already sold a million copies in France. It should take off here, too.

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[ The Washington Post | 2021-11-30 17:01:16 UTC ]
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Zestworld Will Give Comic Book Creators a Greater Stake

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[ The New York Times | 2021-11-29 14:30:05 UTC ]
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Williams takes University of Wales Press into second century with ambitious plans

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[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-26 05:37:28 UTC ]
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One More Chapter acquires three more from Wood in DCI Matilda Darke series

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Cosy crime expands market for dark thrillers with both booming, editors and agents say

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[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-08 15:43:41 UTC ]
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