HCG bags YA novel about Bengali-Irish girls navigating queerness

Hachette Children’s Group has acquired two YA novels from debut author Adiba Jaigirdar, including two "heart-warming" queer romances based in Dublin featuring Bengali protagonists.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Hot Key Books has bought three books from Observatory Mansions-author Edward Carey, his first... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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'Steamy' YA fiction from Piccadilly

Piccadilly Press is claiming to be the first publisher to have harnessed the 50 Shades-generated... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Hodder buys YA series The Hundred

Hodder & Stoughton has acquired two-book YA series The Hundred, written by debut author Kass... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Another Mixed Bag For Barnes & Noble

Even in the digital age, Barnes & Noble can’t avoid the headache of returns. Although the company posted lots of positive results for the year-end and fourth quarter of fiscal 2012, the number most analysts seem to focus on was Nook segment sales for the fourth quarter, which fell 10.5%, to... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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E L James' husband turns YA novelist

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E L James's husband turns YA novelist

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Kobo eReader Touch Edition packs bags for Japan, books flight for July

Rakuten's $315 million buyout of Kobo will bear some e-reader fruit come July. The e-tailer's CEO and chairman, Hiroshi Mikitani, announced plans to release the Kobo eReader Touch Edition in Japan next month for 10,000 yen (on par with its $130 US sticker price). Timing is key, of course --... Continue reading at Engadget

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S&S buys YA titles from Kresley Cole

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C&R launches children's and YA imprint

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Freak show tale bags six-figure deal

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Bonnier bags Barbie rights

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Picoult to write YA for Hodder

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S&S orders Darkness for Gregory's YA novels

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Irish arm of Waterstones reveals pre-takeover losses

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WH Smith to promote YA fiction

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Canongate bags Gray short stories

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Faber launches online project hub for YA readers

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Indigo acquires debut by Irish academic

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Meadowside ramps up YA offering with three débuts

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