A buzzed-about psychological thriller and sophomore novel by Annie Ward called 'Beautiful Bad' has been acquired in a six-figure deal by Park Row Books, after a seven-bidder auction. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pushkin Children’s Books has sold the North American rights to The Beast Player series by Japanese author Nahoko Uehashi, translated by Cathy Hirano, in a six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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4th Estate has won a five-way auction for a memoir by drag troupe leader ‘Glamrou’, exploring their journey from "god-fearing Muslim boy to an influential drag queen", in a six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HQ has bought a "powerful feminist dystopia" by linguistics academic Christina Dalcher, billed as "The Handmaid’s Tale meets The Power", in a six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lucy Foley has signed a "strong six-figure deal" for her first crime novel and one other book with HarperCollins. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gill Books has struck a six-figure two-book deal with journalists Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen to continue their series about stereotypical Irish girl Aisling, hailed as Ireland's answer to Bridget Jones. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tina Turner has signed a six-figure deal with Century to publish her autobiography. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion author Liz Fenwick is moving to HQ, HarperCollins, in a six-figure, three-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A buzzed-about psychological thriller and sophomore novel by Annie Ward called 'Beautiful Bad' has been acquired in a six-figure deal by Park Row Books, after a seven-bidder auction. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperFiction has signed bestselling saga writer Dilly Court for another six books in a "major" six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Titan Books has acquired four new titles by American fantasy author V.E. Schwab in a six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ruth Ware’s third psychological thriller, 'The Lying Game,' debuts at #3 in Hardcover Fiction. Plus Joan Hess completes the final novel in Elizabeth Peters’s long-running Amelia Peabody series, and the first trailer for the big-screen adaptation of ‘Ready Player One’ boosts the book to the #9... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Atlantic imprint Corvus has signed a "completely compulsive" psychological thriller by Jennifer Hillier in a "hotly contested and fiercely fought auction". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sphere has won an auction for debut thriller writer Vanessa Savage in a six-figure deal for two books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld is publishing psychological thriller The House Swap, and another as-yet-untitled novel, by Rebecca Fleet. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Head of Zeus has bought world rights to three new novels by Conservative Mid Bedforshire MP Nadine Dorries in a "major" six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster has snapped up two novels from Louise Candlish, previously published by Penguin and Little, Brown, in a six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HQ is to publish BOSH! The Cookbook by Sheffield school friends Henry Firth and Ian Theasby in a "major" six-figure deal following a "hotly-contested" eight-publisher auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has pre-empted a two book deal for Possession, a psychological thriller by J L Butler, for six figures. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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One of the enduring mysteries of popular culture is why certain mediocre works become wildly successful, even inescapable. In addition to the occasional masterpiece, book publishing produces hundreds of thousands of middling titles every year, and every so often one of them catches on, becoming... Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2017-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder has pre-empted BBC journalist David Robson’s The Intelligence Trap, a book that has now sold in six territories internationally, with US rights snapped up in a six-figure deal at auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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