HarperCollins wins six-way auction for debut from S&S's Pronovost

HarperCollins has triumphed in a heated six-publisher auction for the debut novel by Nita Prose, the pen name for vice president and editorial director at Simon & Schuster in Canada, Nita Pronovost. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-25 11:27:10 UTC ]

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Successful Queries: Samantha Shea and “Bad Nature,” by Ariel Courage

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Successful Queries: Lily Dolin and “Passion Project,” by London Sperry

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Finally, a Novel That Understands the Raw Sex Appeal of Airplanes

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UAW Local 2110 Requests Abrams Unionization Vote

The union, which represents workers at HarperCollins and the New Press, has petitioned the National Labor Relations Board to allow Abrams Books employees to vote on unionization. Organizers behind the union drive cited low salaries and a lack of job security as factors. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Beware the nonbinary narrator who insists they are nothing like their father

The unnamed narrator of Zee Carlstrom's debut novel is full of anger at their AWOL dad, but over the course of a road trip home begins to question his certainty about their diverging views Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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An Iranian American Rom-Com That Breaks the Mold

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Agent and Publisher Roger Freet Dies at 56

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Shubha Sunder on Writing an Immigrant Story Through the Lens of a Visa Year

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Kathryn Stockett, Who Wrote ‘The Help,’ Has a Second Novel

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