Frankfurt Notes: Spain’s New Translation Funds; Germany’s Book Prize Broadcasts

Frankfurt 2021 Guest of Honor Spain roklls out €230,000 (US$252,383) in translation funding this week, and the German Book Prize announces live streaming. The post Frankfurt Notes: Spain’s New Translation Funds; Germany’s Book Prize Broadcasts appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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Pearson strong on CMI Management Book shortlist

Pearson and Harvard Business Review Press are both strong on the 25-strong shortlist for the £5,000 2017 Management Book of the Year, announced by The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and the British Library. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Fan celebrates new Dawn French book with tattoo

The Super Thursday publication of Dawn French’s Me·You A Diary was met with the approval of one mega fan, who promptly had the book's cover art tattooed on her body the day after publication. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book of Dust accidentally published early in Netherlands

Philip Pullman’s eagerly awaited La Belle Sauvage has reportedly reached Dutch readers a few weeks early after a publisher’s mix-up. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Quercus pre-empts former publishers' Crafty Therapy book

Quercus has pre-empted rights to a book by former publishers Rose Davidson and Arzu Tahsin, entitled Crafty Therapy: A Guide to Making and Mending Yourself. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Foyles to launch subscription book club

Foyles is poised to launch a subscription book club as it positions itself to capitalise on Christmas trading in the final quarter of the year. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tuesday at Frankfurter Buchmesse: The Markets in Time of Change

Tackling what agent Andrew Wylie calls "a profound moral question" for world publishing and more, The Markets is an issues-driven conference for a sharply relevant business in world dynamics. The post Tuesday at Frankfurter Buchmesse: The Markets in Time of Change appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Executive Viewpoints: The Outlook at Frankfurter Buchmesse

Call them evidence of progress, predictions of concern—the issues UK publishing leaders point to will be the stuff of Frankfurt chats this week. The post Executive Viewpoints: The Outlook at Frankfurter Buchmesse appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Frankfurt Topics: Blockchain and Potential Implications for International Publishing

As publishing players gather at Frankfurter Buchmesse this week, IPR License's team is looking at blockchain and the rights trade. The post Frankfurt Topics: Blockchain and Potential Implications for International Publishing appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

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Fulbrook Joins Translation, Periscope hires Berg and Sutherland

Translation is hiring John Fulbrook as group creative director, design. Fulbrook was most recently group creative director, SVP at The Martin Agency, where he has worked since 2010. Before that he was creative director at an agency called Collins. He got his start in design as senior art... Continue reading at Advertising Age

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Authors help crowdfund Cain's book after it received 30 rejections

Authors David Walliams, David Nicholls and S J Watson are among those who have pledged money to crowdfund the publication of journalist Matt Cain’s book after it was rejected more than 30 times by traditional publishers. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Freight asks authors to buy own books

Troubled publisher Freight Books has been accused of "rubbing salt in the wound" by sending an email to writers asking if they wanted to buy their own books. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Book review: Fresh Complaint by Jeffrey Eugenides

Like certain comets, books by Jeffrey Eugenides appear only rarely. Since 1993 he has dropped a novel a decade: The Virgin Suicides, Middlesex, which won a Pulitzer Prize, and most recently The Marriage Plot. Continue reading at Stuff

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Dilly Court signs six more books with HarperFiction

HarperFiction has signed bestselling saga writer Dilly Court for another six books in a "major" six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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By the book: Christmas hardback avalanche arrives

Readers are falling back in love with books, bringing festive cheer to publishers and retailers alike. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2017-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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October 2017 Audio Books: In the Studio

An Audible exclusive, the Bushes come to Hachette, and more in this month's audio news. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Henry's 'proudest book yet' to Octopus

Mitchell Beazley has acquired new cookbook from award-winning food writer Diana Henry, called How To Eat A Peach: Menus, stories and places. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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For Greystone Books, Hopes for a Follow-Up Bestseller

Four years after relaunching as an independent press, Greystone Books is working hard to replicate the success of 2016’s huge hit, 'The Hidden Life of Trees,' with a sequel from German environmentalist Peter Wohlleben. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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PW Picks: Books of the Week, October 9, 2017

This week: Alice Hoffman's prequel to 'Practical Magic,' the man who captured Lincoln's ghost, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Ishiguro wins the Nobel Prize in Literature

Kazuo Ishiguro has won the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature for his novels of "great emotional force". Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Spotlight on Kensington's Rebel Base Books

With its digital-first Rebel Base Books imprint, Kensington is launching into sci-fi and fantasy publishing (Sponsored) Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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