Chronicle buys two from Underwood and Hunt

Chronicle Books, which is distributed in the UK and Europe by Abrams & Chronicle Books, has acquired two picture books by Deborah Underwood and Meg Hunt. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-05-27 20:45:38 UTC ]
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Vivendi Buys Editis

The French media giant adds the second-largest French-language publishing group to its portfolio. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HCG buys picture book on the power of positive thinking

Hachette Children’s Group (HCG) has acquired Ready, Rabbit?, a picture book about overcoming social anxiety by Fiona Roberton. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S Children’s buys two more by Michelle Harrison

Simon & Schuster Children’s UK has bought two middle-grade titles from Michelle Harrison: a sequel to A Pinch of Magic and one as yet untitled novel. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daunt plans new buying structure after flat year at Waterstones

Waterstones is to split its centralised buying functions into two roles, aimed at resolving the disconnect between what is ordered by the chain and what is then sold through. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HQ buys psychologist's 'gripping' debut

HarperCollins imprint HQ has acquired world English language rights for a debut novel called Little White Lies by clinical psychologist Philippa East. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Virgin buys Madness band memoir

Ebury's Virgin Books has acquired world rights in the first book by pop group Madness, to be published to celebrate the group’s 40th anniversary. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wildy buys Hammicks Legal Information Services

Legal bookseller and supplier Wildy & Sons, one of London’s oldest booksellers, established in 1830, has acquired Hammicks Legal Information Services from the John Smith Group.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lightning buys print rights to Nicola May's Corner Shop

Eye Books imprint Lightning has acquired world English rights for the print edition of self-published book The Corner Shop in Cockleberry Bay by Nicola May. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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InMotion buy helps WH Smith to 6% Christmas trading rise

WH Smith has reported a “strong trading performance” for Christmas trading, with total sales up 6%. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French bookshop chain Furet du Nord buys Decitre

The Furet du Nord chain of bookshops in northern France has confirmed its takeover of the Decitre group, which it describes as its alter-ego in the south-east region of France. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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William Collins buys 'visionary critique' of capitalism failures

William Collins is to publish The Third Pillar: The Revival of Community in a Polarized World, about how capitalism is “failing our democracies”, by finance academic Raghuram Rajan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HCG buys YA inspired by Black Panther

Hachette Children’s Group has bought the UK rights to Slay by US debut author Brittney Morris, who was inspired to write after watching the Marvel blockbuster "Black Panther". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Industry Notes: Europa Editions’ New Imprint; Chicago Press Buys Council Oak

Winter moves among independent publishers: Nonfiction works are the focus in Europa Compass, and Chicago Review Press buys Oklahoma's Council Oak Books. The post Industry Notes: Europa Editions’ New Imprint; Chicago Press Buys Council Oak appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2019-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperFiction bags Racculia's charity detective hunt

“A love letter to great British literary detectives” by US author Kate Racculia has been bought by HarperFiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lin-Manuel Miranda buys much-loved New York bookshop

New York's Drama Book Shop is taken over by the Hamilton creator and three of his collaborators. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2019-01-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Icon buys 'gripping' true tale of Ethiopian Jews' rescue

Icon Books will publish “the little-known story” of Mossad’s top secret operation to smuggle Ethiopian Jews to Israel from behind enemy lines, Red Sea Spies, by BBC journalist Raffi Berg. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2019-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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4th Estate buys Innes' novel about silencing of women and celebrity

4th Estate’s Jordan Mulligan has made his first acquisition, Scabby Queen, by Scottish author Kirstin Innes, billed as a “state-of-the-nation novel” about the silencing of women’s voices and the celebrity machine. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury buys Myers' backlist to support new novel

Bloomsbury has bought Benjamin Myers’ backlist titles from Bluemoose Books in support of the publication of his new novel The Offing. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Denmark’s LEGO Publishing Has Licensing Partnership With Chronicle Books

Expected to go to market in spring 2020, the new LEGO-based content from Chronicle Books is to include seven new LEGO titles and multiple formats. The post Denmark’s LEGO Publishing Has Licensing Partnership With Chronicle Books appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chronicle Books announces Lego publishing deal

Chronicle Books has signed a multi-territory deal to publish books based on the Lego Group’s toys, bricks and mini-figures. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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