Funke reunites with Chicken House on Dragon Rider sequels

Chicken House is "joyous" to be reuniting with fantasy author Cornelia Funke on two titles, following a split in 2015 over an editorial disagreement. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Louise Erdrich's 'The Round House' mixes tragedy, coming of age

In Louise Erdrich's latest novel, the National Book Award-winning 'The Round House,' a Native American teenage boy comes to terms with his mother's recent rape, his sexual awakening and his Indian heritage in a solid work that doesn't have a strong emotional pull.The Round House Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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National Book Awards go to 'The Round House' and 'Behind the Beautiful Forevers'

The National Book Awards were given to writers Louise Erdrich and first-time author Katherine Boo in the fiction and nonfiction categories, respectively, while William Alexander and David Ferry were awarded the young people's literature and poetry prizes. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harlequin offers in-house blogger contract

Harlequin is launching a competition to give a paid contract to an in-house blogger who is... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A New Era for Books: The Random House-Penguin Merger Is Just the Start

The biggest publishing companies have an easy plan to save their industry: Get bigger Continue reading at The Atlantic

[ The Atlantic | 2012-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More Alex Rider graphic novels for Walker

Walker Books UK has acquired world rights in two more titles in the range of graphic novels based... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House-Penguin merger: reaction

Authors Lindsey Davis Society of Authors chair “As a Random House author, I can say... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bertelsmann Buys 100% of Random House Mondadori

Bertelsmann’s Random House will now own 100 percent of the shares in Random House Mondadori, its trade book publisher in Spain and Latin America. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Making the Penguin Random House Merger Work

The trick to making the Random House/Penguin Group merger work will be to create a publisher that can take advantage of the resources and economies of scale a company with revenue of $4 billion brings and combine that with an editorial approach that emphasizes close cooperation with authors,... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House: Supergroup to redefine trade

Universal shock at the news on Monday (29th October) of a merger between Penguin and Random House... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Emerging Markets are Key to Penguin Random House Merger

Overlooked in the much of the discussion of the Penguin Random House merger is just how important Latin America, China and India are to the deal. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-11-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin/Random House merger confirmed

Pearson and Bertelsmann have confirmed that Penguin and Random House are to combine into a new... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin and Random House: Will they combine to form the world's biggest publisher?

Pearson, the owner of Penguin, and Bertelsmann, Random House's parent company, are currently in discussions to merge the two companies. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House and Penguin in "merger" talks

Pearson has confirmed that it is in talks with Bertelsmann regarding a potential merger between... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Melville House Turns 10

In some ways, Dennis Loy Johnson and Valerie Merians are the prototypical independent publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Interest Builds in 'The White House Boys'

A report by NPR about the history of abuse at Florida’s Dozier School For Boys that referenced Roger Dean Kiser’s The White House Boys: An American Tragedy has given a spark to sales of the three-year-old title. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Day sequel is Penguin's top ebook weekly sale

An erotic novel has become Penguin's most successful ever ebook in terms of weekly sales,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House Children's names new chief

Dr. Seuss, meet Harry Potter. Barbara Marcus, the former president of children's book publishing at Scholastic—the U.S. home of the Hogwarts wizard—has been named president and publisher of Random House Children's Books. The world's largest children's house publishes The Cat in the Hat and every... Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2012-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House joins Public Library Online

Random House UK has joined Bloomsbury's Public Library Online, with titles available on the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House looks to develop IP

Random House UK has become the latest publisher to bolster its capabilities in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Schnittman: in-house expertise 'unnecessary' for alternative content

Hachette Book Group USA sales and marketing chief Evan Schnittman has said publishers need to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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