David Lynch to hit back at media 'bullshit' with his own memoir

Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks director to join forces with journalist Kristine McKenna for an autobiographical study of his life and workThe director David Lynch has teamed up with the journalist Kristine McKenna to hit back at the “bullshit” surrounding his life and work in a book due to be published in 2017.“There’s a lot of bullshit out there about me, in books and all over the Internet,” Lynch said in a statement from Canongate, which has acquired rights to publish Life and Work in the UK. “I want to get all the right information in one place, so if someone wants to know something, they can find it here. And I wouldn’t do it with anyone other than Kristine; she and I go way back, and she gets it right.” Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2015-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin to publish cricketer Chris Gayle's 'outrageous' memoir

Penguin Random House is publishing the memoir of "the most in-demand cricketer of the modern era" - West Indies cricket "legend" Chris Gayle. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nostalgic memoir Girl in the Spotty Dress to John Blake

John Blake is publishing a "nostalgia memoir", The Girl in the Spotty Dress, by Pat Stewart with Veronica Clark.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Godwin and Susanna Lea to partner on foreign rights

After sharing an office in Monmouth Street, London, for almost a year, Susanna Lea Associates and David Godwin Associates have decided to join forces on selling their foreign and North American rights. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How a digital brand proved that print media isn’t Roadkill

Video is the future and print is as good as dead, right? For most publishers video is a test track for new content. A place to take fresh content ideas for a spin and see how they handle. TEN took that process to its logical conclusion with Roadkill, a popular youtube series that has now spawned... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Brent companion book to Blink

Blink Publishing is to release The David Brent Songbook to coincide with the UK cinema release of "Life on the Road" starring Ricky Gervais, this summer. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mediaocean, Rubicon Link Up in an Effort to Automate All Digital Media Transactions

Mediaocean has tapped ad tech firm Rubicon Project to build a system aimed at automating the process of buying and selling the massive amount of premium digital media inventory that's still bought and sold through manual processes. In the process, the ad inventory that Rubicon offers... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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YouTube star Caspar Lee writes memoir with mum

Michael Joseph, an imprint of Penguin Random House, is publishing YouTube star Caspar Lee's memoir, authored in collaboration with the 21-year-old's mum. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Segrue to open indie bookshop in Radlett

Book sales rep David Segrue is set to open an independent bookshop with his wife Amanda in May. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Plexus also set to publish David Bowie colouring-in book

Plexus is publishing David Bowie: Starman: A Colouring Book, a "cultural history in pictures" revealing the late musician's 50-year fashion evolution in 30 illustrations. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Teenager’s Gay Conversion Therapy Ordeal Told in New Memoir

When 15-year-old Alex Cooper told her Mormon parents she liked girls, she expected a bad reaction- but not eight months of captivity and abuse at the hands of a couple practicing ‘gay conversion therapy.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Celebration of women swimming’ memoir to Bloomsbury

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[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Untold Story of How Magazine Media is Winning

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[ Folio Magazine | 2016-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sepp Blatter to release memoir

Disgraced Fifa president Sepp Blatter is releasing a memoir called Sepp Blatter: Mission Football through Swiss publisher Werd & Weber. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[Sponsored Content] Publishers can benefit from the shift in advertising from TV to online video. The post Can TV Bring Salvation to Magazine Media? appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2016-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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iBooks Bestsellers: Debut Author Barton Hits #2

Released on February 16, 'The Widow' by Fiona Barton came in at #2 on the iBooks bestsellers chart for the week ended February 21. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Amazon Pulls Serial Killer's Memoir

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Iranian media reportedly renew fatwa on Rushdie

Forty state-run Iranian media outlets have renewed the fatwa on Salman Rushdie, the Independent has reported, quoting Iranian news service the Fars News Agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Yahoo is pulling back on its Outbrain/Taboola competitor

Content recommendation has become a big business, but it's showing signs of its limitations. Yahoo, facing an uncertain future as a company, shut down its 2-year-old Yahoo Recommends service to publishers. It follows the shuttering of IAC's nRelate as a standalone service to publishers. Two of... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-02-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sphere to publish mortuary technician's memoir

Sphere is publishing Past Mortems by Carla Valentine - the author's story of eight years as a mortuary technician. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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[ The Guardian | 2016-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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