Chicken House m.d. Barry Cunningham, the man who acquired the manuscript for J K Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in the late 1990s, is selling his unique edition of The Tales of Beedle the Bard at Sotheby’s. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Joseph has acquired Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling, the debut novel from long-time friends Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen that claimed Ireland's Christmas number-one spot for adult fiction last year. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Usborne has acquired three books by debut author P G Bell in what has been described as the publisher's “most significant acquisition to date”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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4th Estate’s Anna Kelly has won a seven-way auction to publish a debut non-fiction book about the perils of digital start-ups. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An oversized action hero is on the hunt for a new home after being deemed too large for his current living quarters. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2018-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder and Stoughton has acquired the debut of Juliet Grames, a publisher at Soho Press in New York. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Valuable books, including a £40,000 first edition of J K Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, have been stolen from a bookshop in Norfolk, according to news reports. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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International fiction publisher World Editions is to release a "frank, fierce and insightful" debut entitled Always Another Country by South African writer and journalist Sisonke Msimang. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-01-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kristen Roupenian, the author of “Cat Person,” a fiction piece in The New Yorker that became a viral phenomenon, has agreed to a two-book deal. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2017-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The debut book from Kristen Roupenian, whose New Yorker short story “Cat Person” went viral far beyond the scope of most short fiction when it was published earlier this month, has been sold to British publisher Jonathan Cape, the Guardian reports. Roupenian's short story collection, “You Know... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sphere is publishing Australian author Natasha Lester in the UK after acquiring four of her historical fiction novels. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Following her viral short story hit, Kristen Roupenian’s You Know You Want This has been sold to Cape in the UK, with the US auction said to be topping $1mKristen Roupenian, whose short story about a relationship turned sour, Cat Person, set the internet on fire last week, has sold her debut... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Cape has scooped the debut book from Kristen Roupenian, the author of 'Cat Person', a short story published in the New Yorker this week which went viral and triggered a wave of media coverage. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Insight Editions’ niche is to create literary portals for fans of various actors, musicians, and authors—and it's cornered its market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Glasgow provides the gritty backdrop to the début crime novel from a former music industry executive. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For her steady leadership in guiding one of the country’s Big Five trade publishers, Reidy, the president and CEO of Simon & Schuster, is PW’s 2017 Person of the Year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Virago will publish the 20th anniversary edition of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues with exclusive new material, accompanied by a fundraising performance from Hachette staff. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury is to publish the next title from Man Booker shortlisted author Patrick deWitt following a seven-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hearst Magazines Digital Media has set up a development team to meet Facebook, Snapchat and other platforms' demand for TV-quality shows. The post Hearst has a 5-person team to develop shows for platforms appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cassava Republic is to publish an "atmospheric historical debut novel" from 27-year-old Victoria Princewill, entitled In the Palace of Flowers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent Endeavour Press has agreed a partnership with specialist publisher IndieBooks to take over the digital editions of IndieBook’s growing list of fiction and non-fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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