Harper Lee’s ‘parent novel’ to To Kill a Mockingbird sets tills ringing despite ambivalent receptionDespite the widespread doubts over the decision to publish Go Set A Watchman, and despite the cries of horror that went up around the world over the weekend as readers discovered that the godlike hero of To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch, had become a racist, the novel sold more than 105,000 copies in its first day on sale in the UK.William Heinemann, the UK publisher of Go Set a Watchman, announced the figure, which covers both print and ebooks in the UK, on Wednesday morning. “It’s so fabulous to see a book dominating the news agenda and to be reminded of just how important literature and reading is to all of us,” said publisher Susan Sandon. “I speak for everyone at Penguin Random House when I say how privileged we are to be part of this piece of publishing history.” Related: Go Set A Watchman: read the first chapter - interactive Related: Go Set a Watchman: discuss it with us on Twitter! Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
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The longtime Random House editor, who combined a deep passion for books with a shrewd business mind and, as a result, made multiple major contributions to 20th Century literary and publishing history, died on February 4. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Cornerstone is merging Hutchinson and William Heinemann, and recruiting Profile's Helen Conford and Little, Brown's Ailah Ahmed, while publisher Jason Arthur leaves PRH after 22 years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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William Heinemann is publishing Matrix, a new novel by Lauren Groff and her first since her New York Times-bestselling Fates and Furies. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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William Heinemann will publish Bewilderment, Richard Powers' first novel since his Booker-shortlisted and Pulitzer Prize-winning The Overstory (William Heinemann, 2018). Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Kate McQuaid, currently publicity director at William Heinemann, Windmill and #Merky Books (Penguin Random House UK), is joining independent Rough Trade Books as its first publicist. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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William Heinemann is publishing the first novel in almost 20 years from actor, writer and director Ethan Hawke: A Bright Ray of Darkness. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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William Heinemann will publish Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World by Jason Hickel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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U.K. newspaper The Sun quietly launched a free U.S. website on Wednesday morning as News Corp tries to take advantage Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
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Penguin group rejects claim of censorship after halting publication of Simon Akam’s The Changing of the GuardAfter beating four other publishing houses in an auction, William Heinemann was in no doubt that The Changing of the Guard would more than reward the five-figure advance it paid to its... Continue reading at The Guardian
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The incoming prime minister’s Shakespeare: The Riddle of Genius was scheduled for October 2016, but has been pushed back multiple timesThe riddle of Shakespeare’s genius must remain unsolved, for now at least, after Boris Johnson’s publisher said on Wednesday morning that the new prime... Continue reading at The Guardian
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American novelist Richard Powers has won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory (published by William Heinemann in the UK, Norton in the US). Continue reading at The Bookseller
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William Heinemann is publishing a new work by Goldsmiths and IMPAC prize winner Nicola Barker, called I Am Sovereign. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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William Heinemann has acquired the UK and Commonwealth rights to a book about the Charles Manson murders by Tom O’Neill, with editorial input from Dan Piepenbring. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Bob Woodward's "Fear: Trump in the White House" has sold more than 1.1 million copies in its first week of release, making it the fastest-selling book in the history of its publisher, Simon & Schuster. The publisher has ordered a 10th printing of the book, which as of Wednesday morning was... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
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William Heinemann has acquired On the Red Hill by Mike Parker, a memoir on "love, acceptance, finding home and the redemptive power of nature". Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Four hundred years of publishing history was toasted last night at the combined John Murray 250th and Hodder & Stoughton 150th anniversary party. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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William Heinemann has bought two books by New York Times bestselling novelist Lauren Groff. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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William Heinemann has landed two titles on the Goldsmiths Prize shortlist, with Will Self and Jon McGregor both nominated for the £10,000 award. The Cornerstone imprint has H(a)ppy by Nicola Barker and A Line Made by Walking by Sara Baume in the running alongside contenders from independent... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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William Heinemann will publish the “long-awaited” sequel to Kill Your Friends by John Niven, a decade after his cult debut. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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