Hamish Hamilton bags 'lacerating' Eggers follow-up to The Circle

Hamish Hamilton is to publish The Every, a "hilarious and horrifying" follow-up to The Circle by Dave Eggers. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-21 22:04:32 UTC ]
News tagged with: #hamish hamilton

Other Publishing stories related to: 'Hamish Hamilton bags 'lacerating' Eggers follow-up to The Circle'


Bonnier pair bag Bonnier book

Jonas Bonnier, former c.e.o and president of the Bonnier Group, has signed deals in 18 territories for his novel The Helicopter Heist, based on the events of a Stockholm cash-depot robbery in 2009. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #bonnier group #signed deals


Follow the (Grant) Money

What do the grants funded by the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services tell us about the library’s future? Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #library services #grant money


SIBA Regroups Following GABBS Show Cancellation

The 22-year-old Great American Bargain Book Show has canceled its upcoming spring 2017 show and will close. SIBA, which was planning to merge its fall trade show with GABBS, will be moving ahead with its 2017 event, set for Atlanta on March 7. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #moving ahead


Faber bags 'major' Nietzsche biography after seven-way auction

Faber & Faber is to publish a "major" biography of German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche by Sue Prideaux, after winning the title in a seven-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #faber bags #faber faber


Salt seeks to double turnover following PGUK partnership

Buoyed by a publishing “crack team” and a new sales relationship with PGUK, independent publisher Salt is going from strength to strength, and its directors hope an increased focus on fewer, bigger titles will help this success to continue. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #increased focus


Faber bags 'intimate' debut after seven-way auction

Faber has acquired Conversations with Friends, a "startling" and "intimate" debut novel from Sally Rooney, after a seven-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #faber bags #sally rooney


Dohle: PRH digital sales on 'positive path' following revenue decline

Overall digital sales at Penguin Random House are on a “positive path forward,” the company’s global c.e.o Markus Dohle has said in a letter to staff, despite the company’s first half results showing a decline due to lower ebook sales. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #markus dohle #revenue decline #digital sales


Pan Mac bag rights to Oprah Winfrey's first cookbook

Pan Macmillan has bought the UK and Commonwealth rights to publish Oprah Winfrey’s first cookbook. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #oprah winfrey #pan macmillan


The Girl With All the Gifts follow-up to Orbit

Orbit is publishing a new novel by bestselling author M R Carey, The Boy on the Bridge. It will be set in the same world as "word-of-mouth phenomenon" The Girl With All the Gifts that has since been turned into a film by Warner Bros starring Gemma Arterton. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Follow-up to Byrne's 'The Secret' to S&S

Simon & Schuster UK is to publish How The Secret Changed My Life, the new book by Rhonda Byrne, author of "worldwide phenomenon" The Secret. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #rhonda byrne #worldwide phenomenon


Hodder builds on Broadway success with The Hamilton Affair

Hodder & Stoughton is publishing The Hamilton Affair this October, following the success of "Hamilton", the hip hop musical, which has grossed $61.7m at the box office since its April 2015 Broadway debut. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #hamilton affair #hodder stoughton #box office


How Glamour grew its social following by 500,000 in six months

Glamour UK has seen a growth spurt in the last six months, thanks to new social media formats like Facebook Live, as well as internal restructuring. While the number of employees in the edit team has stayed at 25, a few new key hires have come on board to direct the growth on platforms. No... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2016-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #growth spurt #facebook live #internal restructuring #digital team #beauty tips


Swanson follow-up to Faber

Faber & Faber is to publish Her Every Fear, Peter Swanson's follow-up to last year's "breakthrough" hit The Kind Worth Killing. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #faber faber


IBT Media, Following Layoffs, Announces New Leadership Stucture

Digital publisher IBT Media on Monday announced a new executive management structure that represents a step back for Etienne Uzac, who co-founded the company in the mid-aughts with Johnathan Davis and has served as chief executive.Dev Pragad, who began IBT Media's U.K. operation in 2009, and has... Continue reading at Advertising Age

[ Advertising Age | 2016-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #person familiar #international network #work closely #leadership team #global footprint


Media outlook 'dismal' following Brexit, analysts warn

Enders Analysis has downgraded its forecasts for the audiovisual sector following the referendum result that will likely see the United Kingdom exit the European Union. The analysts said the result offered “no clear benefits to the audiovisual sector” while a climate of uncertainty promised to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #media outlook #enders analysis #european union


Waterstones: booksellers need to 'inspire customers' following Brexit

Waterstones’ commercial manager has urged staff to "be there" for readers, to “put service first” and “truly engage with customers” in response to the EU Referendum result because what booksellers do "really, really matters".  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Hamilton: The Revolution to Little, Brown

Little, Brown is publishing Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #lin-manuel miranda #jeremy mccarter


Mawer's Tightrope bags £25k Walter Scott Prize

Simon Mawer has won the £25,000 Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction for his 10th novel Tightrope (Little, Brown). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Alexander Hamilton biography to HoZ

Historical biographer Ron Chernow is to join the Head of Zeus list with his biography of American founding father Alexander Hamilton. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |


Ebook Subscriptions: Nathan Hull Departs Mofibo, Following Storytel Buyout

Counter to the reported plan at the time of Mofibo's buy by Storytel, the Danish subscription service's high-visibility business development lead, Nathan Hull, has announced he's leaving. The post Ebook Subscriptions: Nathan Hull Departs Mofibo, Following Storytel Buyout appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #ebook subscriptions #nathan hull