Jane Corry’s My Husband’s Wife (Penguin) has been optioned as a TV series by the makers of “Baby Driver". Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2018-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After the success of self-published authors like Andy Weir and EL James, Hollywood is scooping up the rights to books as fast as it can. But why – and is it always good for the author?After watching Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill, self-published author Mark Dawson was inspired to create his own... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon Sebag Montefiore’s Jerusalem (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) is set to be adapted for the screen after Lionsgate Television UK bought rights to the non-fiction work. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Feature film rights for M A Bennett’s debut YA novel S.T.A.G.S have been bought by Chernin Entertainment, ahead of its UK publication. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orenda Books has signed a new German crime series featuring a "feisty, straight-talking protagonist". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orenda Books has signed Scottish crime writer Doug Johnstone in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After two Hollywood failures, 2000AD’s British publisher Rebellion is planning ‘one of the most expensive TV shows the UK has ever seen’ with Mega-City OneAfter two attempts to bring classic British comic character Judge Dredd to the big screen, the publishers of 2000AD have decided that the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Bookseller will run a film and TV product preview as part of a wider analysis of the impact of the broadcast media on the publishing business in the issue of the 26th May. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former US president Bill Clinton and James Patterson are collaborating on a novel, publishing with Cornerstone, called The President is Missing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former President Barack Obama might be getting all the attention for that reported $65 million book deal, but former President Bill Clinton is soon coming out with an unusual book: He's writing a novel with prolific thriller writer James Patterson. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2017-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The President Is Missing will see the former US leader make his prose fiction debut in collaboration with his golf partner the crime writing mega-sellerIn one of the most unexpected literary collaborations to date, former US president Bill Clinton is to publish a novel with bestselling crime... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Screenwriter Andrew Davies is to adapt Vikram Seth's A Suitable Boy for BBC1, in the novel's first screen adaptation. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It took about 30 seconds after the opening montage at Cond Nast's NewFronts presentation on Tuesday for the publisher to take advantage of the mess in digital media."Fake news, alternatives facts, fraud, non-brand-safe content," chief business officer Jim Norton told the crowd at Cipriani 25 in... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Every weekday, we bring you the Ad Age/iSpot Hot Spots, new and trending TV commercials tracked by iSpot.tv, the real-time TV ad measurement company with attention analytics from 10 million smart TVs. The New Releases here ran on TV for the first time yesterday. The Most Engaging ads are ranked... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus is publishing a new small-format "how to" series of books to help readers learn new skills for a more fun-filled and enriching life, called Little Ways to Live a Big Life. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has pre-empted a two book deal for Possession, a psychological thriller by J L Butler, for six figures. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fantasy writer China Miéville's 2009-published noir thriller The City & The City (Macmillan) is being adapted for a four-part BBC Two drama starring David Morrissey as Inspector Tyador Borlú. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The book trade has expressed surprise over the snap general election called by prime minister Theresa May and is divided over whether it will harm or boost the book market. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Willow Smith has bought the film rights to YA fantasy trilogy Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton (Faber) with a view to starring in it. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The adaptation of Zadie Smith's NW (Hamish Hamilton) has been nominated for two BAFTAs. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder has pre-empted BBC journalist David Robson’s The Intelligence Trap, a book that has now sold in six territories internationally, with US rights snapped up in a six-figure deal at auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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