Harlequin’s Mira imprint has acquired three novels in the Daisy's War trilogy, set against the backdrop of World War II. The saga, by Merryn Allingham, charts the fortunes of working class Londoner Daisy Driscoll during the 1939-45 war period. Commissioning editor Sally Williamson bought world rights to the trilogy directly from the author. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers should stand as “beacons of trustworthiness” in an age of fake news and alternative facts, International Publishers Association president Michiel Kolman has said. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A sinister world rises from the soothing, if mischievous, voice of Adam Curtis: politicians and financiers have created alternate realities that prey on our fears while Facebook and other cyberspace distractions toy with our vanities with promises of escape and virtual redemption. At a time when... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blink Publishing, part of Bonnier Publishing, has acquired the rights to Netflix original series, Peter Morgan’s "The Crown" from Leftbank Pictures, Sony Pictures and Netflix. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has acquired a debut novel, Trying, from Grazia magazine’s features director Emily Phillips, about the ups and downs of trying for a baby. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton imprint Coronet is publishing two further books from Graham Hancock, both focusing on the Americas: America Before and the fourth in the War God series. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mulholland Books has acquired a chilling Christmas-themed murder mystery by author Susi Holliday. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harlequin has announced the upcoming launch of Hanover Square Press, a new imprint publishing general fiction, narrative history, journalism, and memoir starting in January 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookouture, the U.K.-based digital publishing company that had a number of titles hit high on Amazon's Kindle ebooks bestselller list in 2016, has been acquired by Hachette U.K. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette UK has acquired independent ebook publisher Bookouture, just four years since it was founded in 2012 by former Harlequin/Mills & Boon marketing executive Oliver Rhodes. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House Children's is to publish a new YA series from Sally Green, whose Half Bad trilogy has sold in 51 territories and shifted over 66,500 copies in the UK via Nielsen BookScan. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber & Faber has acquired Friend of My Youth, a new novel by award-winning writer and critic Amit Chaudhuri. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The winner of the World Book Day Award has been revealed as an East Yorkshire school after it faced three years of “struggling” to expand its books offering from "one meagre bookshelf" into a library. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Raymond Briggs talks to Newsnight about The Snowman, what David Bowie got wrong and being childless. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2017-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children got the opportunity to meet their favourite authors this week, as World Book Day celebrated it's 20th anniversary on Thursday 2nd March. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As children bring literary characters to life across the country for World Book Day, we've collected some of the best pictures - from Miss Trunchbull to Little Red Riding Hood (via Trainspotting's Begbie and the A470). Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2017-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Research revealed on World Book Day (WBD) suggests that a quarter of eight to 11-year-olds would not own a book without the initiative. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Children from a primary school in Norfolk debate the merits of their chosen World Book Day characters. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2017-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House has won the auction for books from former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama. PRH acquired world publication rights for both books, to be written by President and Mrs. Obama respectively. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Personnel changes hit Los Angeles Magazine as new owners lay off publisher, EIC. The post Hour Media Group Acquires Emmis Magazines for $6.5 Million appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Walliams has splashed into the UK Official Top 50 number one spot with Blob (HarperCollins Children's), for his 23rd overall top spot and his 10th inside the last 52 weeks. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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