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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Ebury Press is to publish the memoir of Chrissie Hynde, frontwoman of The Pretenders, acquired in a “major deal”. Publisher and deputy m.d. Jake Lingwood bought world English and translation rights, excluding North America, while Gerry Howard, v.p., executive editor at Doubleday, Penguin Random... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Photographer Lynsey Addario's memoir will reportedly be adapted as a film that will be directed by Steven Spielberg. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paula Hawkins’s 'The Girl on the Train' pushed E.L. James out of the top spot on Apple's bestseller list. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Poet and playwright Tony Harrison has been awarded the £40,000 David Cohen Prize for literature, honouring his career. The prize was presented last night (26th February) at a ceremony at the British Library. Harrison, now 77, said in his acceptance speech that the award was an "enormous... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Acquisitions are getting done for very different reasons now than during the M&A heyday. The post Guess What? Magazine M&A Is Back. Here’s Why. appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2015-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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University of Queensland Press denies author Gavin King’s allegation the book was rejected because Newman’s government axed the Premier’s Literary AwardsThe University of Queensland Press has rejected Campbell Newman’s proposed tell-all memoir.The book’s author, Gavin King, claimed UQP knocked... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It's been a year since Justin Smith became Bloomberg Media's global CEO with the mandate of raising the financial news and information brand's awareness with business executives. We chatted with him about how publishers can Facebook-proof their business, why print still has a future, and working... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The London Book Fair (LBF) is extending its Publishing for Digital Minds conference, with the first social media conference to focus on trends in global publishing. The virtual conference, named “Around the World in 8 Hours”, will take place throughout the day from 9 a.m. on 18th March across... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Franciscan Media has laid off 27 employees, none of them in editorial, and the publisher says book sales are up and title output will increase. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Proving the old adage that all good things come to those who wait, Emma Healey scores her first UK number one with her debut smash hit Elizabeth is Missing (Penguin), first released in paperback on January 1st. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Price could escalate to $50 million over the next four years. The post Livingly Media Sells to European Publishing Group for $25 Million appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster will be reprinting 10,000 copies of revered 'New York Times' critic and columnist David Carr's 2008 memoir following his death last week. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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They were three college students reading magazines like Cosmo, Marie Claire and Vogue. And they just knew: Something was missing. They were craving content geared specifically to college women, and as they investigated further, they realized they had found a hole in the media... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Deal includes 5 trade shows and 5 magazines. The post Stagnito Buys Canadian Brands From Fulcrum Media appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2015-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Voltaire’s Treatise on Tolerance is a bestseller again in France 200 years after its publication as people try to understand the Charlie Hebdo murders. The post In the Wake of Tragedy: Voltaire Hits the French Bestseller Lists appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie Book Day is set to make a mark on the UK this year after starting in Germany two years ago and quickly spreading across Europe. The campaign – which hopes to become comparable to the American Record Store Day event, but for books – wants readers to flock to independent bookshops on 21st... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blink Publishing has acquired world rights to the autobiography of former boxing promoter, Kellie Maloney. Clare Tillyer, acquisitions and rights director, acquired the book, titled Frankly Kellie, from Tim Bates at Pollinger Limited. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David and Jason Benham, authors of 'Whatever the Cost: Facing Your Fears, Dying to Your Dreams, and Living Powerfully' (W Publishing Group/HarperCollins, 9780718032999), will appear on 'Fox & Friends' on Tuesday, February 10. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Self-published author Sheila Rodgers has sold a million copies of her ebook Only the Innocent and two sequels, agent Lizzy Kremer has confirmed. Rodgers, who writes under the pen name Rachel Abbott, sold her books through Amazon Kindle after being rejected by literary agents. The first, Only... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amid widening concerns that another startup bubble has formed, digital media remains a white-hot market among the private-investment community.Last year, venture capital poured at least $683 million into digital media companies worldwide -- more than twice the $277 million invested in 2013,... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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