Hot Key Books has acquired two titles for teens from Stuart David, a founding member of the band Belle & Sebastian. Editor Naomi Colthurst bought world rights for Jackdaw and the Randoms and a further untitled Jackdaw book from agent Joanna Swainson at Hardman & Swainson. Bass player and song writer David was a founding member of Belle & Sebastian, but left the band in 2000. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Egmont has signed four books by Jess French, a zoologist and wildlife presenter of kids TV channel CBeebies. The books are non-fiction titles about “minibeasts” and Egmont will publish Fluttering Minibeast Adventures and Tickly Minibeast Adventures in March 2016 with a further two books, Slimy... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan has acquired the first standalone thriller from crime writer Mari Hannah. Publishing director Wayne Brookes bought UK and Commonwealth rights including Canada to The Silent Room from Oli Munson at A M Heath. Hannah is the author of a series of novels, published by Pan Macmillan,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Avon's digital-first imprint Maze has signed a novel from self-published author Amy Lynch. Editor Caroline Kirkpatrick signed world all language rights in Bride Without a Groom in a deal with agent Frank Fahy. The novel will be published as an ebook on 7th May. Kirkpatrick said: "With the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sceptre has acquired a book about the City of London and the financial revolution of 1986. Associate publisher Drummond Moir bought world rights to Crash, Bang, Wallop: How the City of London Changed our World by journalist and author Iain Martin from Peter Robinson at Rogers, Coleridge and White. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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William Heinemann has acquired two books by Sara Baume. Publisher Jason Arthur bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, to Spill Simmer Falter Wither and an untitled second novel from independent Irish publisher Tramp Press via Lucy Luck of Aitken Alexander Associates. Spill Simmer... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Morrisons has become a member of the Booksellers Association (BA), The Bookseller can reveal. The retailer joins fellow supermarket chains Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Asda in being a member of the trade body. The move reflects Morrisons’ growing commitment to books over the last two years, during... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After selling more than 2m ebooks under her own steam, the DIY star has now sold ‘dark, sexy’ Madame X trilogy to Berkley BooksRomance novelist Jasinda Wilder has become the latest self-published writer to land a major deal with a mainstream publisher, after her “dark, sexy” Madame X trilogy was... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate has signed memoir from Amy Liptrot, combining her recovery from alcoholism with a tribute to the natural world. The Outrun was signed by senior editor Jenny Lord in a deal for world rights with James Macdonald Lockhart at Antony Harwood Ltd. Liptrot grew up on a sheep farm on... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Berkley lands indie sensation for seven figures and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors including Philip Pullman, Michael Rosen, John Dougherty, and Alan Gibbons have signed a letter saying baseline assessment tests should not be brought in to primary schools. The tests, to be introduced in September 2015, will take place in the first few weeks after a child starts in... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Danielle Steel has signed a 10-book contract with Pan Macmillan, moving to the publisher from Transworld, where she has been for the last 26 years. Jeremy Trevathan, publisher of Macmillan adult books, signed UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, in a deal negotiated with Cullen Stanley... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House imprint Viking is to publish Elvis Costello’s memoir this autumn. Unfaithful Music & Disappearing Ink will offer “unique view of his unlikely and sometimes comical rise to international success, with diversions through the previously undocumented emotional foundations... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oxford University Press has signed a host of book deals in the run-up to the Bologna Book Fair, including titles by Joel Stewart and Roland Chambers. OUP commissioning editor Peter Marley bought world rights Tiny Cops and Robbers, by Stewart, who is an illustrator who has worked with Julia... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Portobello Books has signed a project Rose George, exploring our relationship with blood. From Blood: Around the World in Nine Pints will see George looking at blood, from having her own blood analysed, to telling the story of the woman who founded the Blood Transfusion Service and the politics... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Total revenue at Penguin Random House rose 25.2% in 2014 to 3.32 billion euros, while EBITDA increased 24.5% to 452 million euros. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins Children’s Books has acquired debut novels by Ross Welford and Justin Fisher. Welford’s Time Travelling with a Hamster is about a boy called Al who receives a letter from his dead dad that leads him to a time machine. Publishing director Nick Lake, who acquired world rights in a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster will publish a book by William Sitwell on how Lord Woolton kept Britain fed during the Second World War. Non-fiction publishing director Iain MacGregor acquired world rights for Eggs or Anarchy in a deal with Caroline Michel at PFD. The book looks at Woolton's time as the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan Children's Books (MCB) has acquired a YA comedy about a group of fangirls from debut US author Goldy Moldavsky. Kill the Boy Band is a fictional account of what happens when a group of fangirls accidentally kidnap their least favourite member of their most favourite boy band, and is... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Constable has bought a biography of Malcolm McLaren by Paul Gorman. Publishing director Andreas Campomar bought world rights to the book from Margaret Hanbury at The Hanbury Agency. The book will chart McLaren’s upbringing and experiences as an art school student in London, his opening with... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Viking has pre-empted the new book by economist Thomas Piketty, author of the bestselling Capital in the Twenty-First Century (Belknap Press and Harvard University Press). Chronicles will give Piketty’s views on a variety of contemporary subjects and individuals, including the financial... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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