Eight-page section containing the Book of Esther was part of 15th-century edition cut up and sold in pieces by New York book dealer in 1920sAn eight-page fragment from the Gutenberg Bible, the first major book to be printed using Johann Gutenberg’s printing press in 15th-century Germany, will go up for sale at Sotheby’s in New York next week, and is expected to fetch at least half a million dollars.Gutenberg, inventor of the movable-type printing press, is said to have printed 180 copies of the bible on paper and vellum in the 1450s. Around 49 copies of “varying completeness” survive today, said Sotheby’s, which will auction its fragment on 19 June, estimating it will sell for between $500,000 and $700,000. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2015-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Robert Galbraith's fifth Cormoran Strike title, Troubled Blood (Sphere), has gone straight to the UK Official Top 50 number one spot, selling 64,633 copies in its first week on sale. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-22 21:59:56 UTC ]
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Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club (Penguin) has charted top of the Bookstat e-book top 10 in its second week on sale, rising from third to score an across-formats double, after its hardback claimed the UK Official Top 50 number one through Nielsen BookScan's TCM. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-16 21:50:09 UTC ]
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Sphere has announced Irish journalist Edel Coffey’s debut novel, Breaking Point, will be a superlead for the publisher in 2022, following a multi-publisher auction and six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-16 14:51:31 UTC ]
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Jonathan Cape has acquired Swedish musician Neneh Cherry’s memoir, A Thousand Threads, in a 14-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-16 11:56:22 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury is to publish Patricia Lockwood's first novel No One Is Talking About This, after winning a 10-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-16 02:57:52 UTC ]
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Richard Osman's The Thursday Murder Club (Viking) has renewed its membership to the UK Official Top 50 number one spot for a second week, selling 34,485 copies in its first full week on sale. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-15 16:20:32 UTC ]
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Macmillan Children’s Books has won a middle-grade trilogy from Rob Biddulph in a "fierce" six-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-14 20:58:11 UTC ]
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The Bodley Head has won an 11-publisher auction for the next book by Jenny Odell, author of the New York Times bestseller How To Do Nothing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-10 03:39:07 UTC ]
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Autumn brings cheerful news of good footfall in bookshops, but we do not hear the same bells ringing for public libraries. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-08 12:28:53 UTC ]
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An evangelical "manifesto" from Phil Robertson nudges Christian advice and inspiration aside on the nonfiction list while fiction readers escape with romance, suspense and mystery. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Doubleday has acquired two novels by Anglo-Nigerian writer Nikki May in a "hotly contested" nine-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-07 17:57:58 UTC ]
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Wildfire has won a three-publisher auction for a “staggering” coming-of-age story from 22-year-old debut novelist Moses McKenzie in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-03 10:01:53 UTC ]
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The auction to acquire the assets of LSC Communications, which was to take place on September 3, has been postponed until September 9. Bids for the company have not yet been made public. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Trapeze will publish two novels from US author Naima Coster, including What's Mine and Yours, a book the author hopes "will inspire tough, rich conversations". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-31 11:05:45 UTC ]
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Waterstones children’s laureate Cressida Cowell is heading the line-up of authors and illustrators at children’s digital book festival Reading is Magic. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-26 16:14:04 UTC ]
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Yellow Kite has won psychotherapist and mental health consultant Zoë Aston's first book in a five-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-26 11:34:22 UTC ]
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Glennon Doyle's Untamed (Ebury) has rolled up from the deep of the Amazon Charts and into the Most-Sold: Non-Fiction top spot, following a recommendation from Adele. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-25 20:54:05 UTC ]
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The leading evangelical study Bible has been completely revised for contemporary readers. (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Hutchinson has won Working Hard, Hardly Working by entrepreneur Grace Beverley after triumphing in a nine-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-18 05:32:42 UTC ]
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Buyers considering a purchase of the printing giant's assets now have until August 26 to file a bid, and the auction has been moved to September 3. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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