Headline has signed The Letter, a debut novel by Kathryn Hughes which hit number one on the Amazon Kindle chart as a self-published ebook. The Letter, which tells the story of two women whose lives become entwined when one discovers a letter that was written in 1939 but never sent, was originally published via Matador. It spent over 130 days in the Kindle top 100 and has garnered almost 2,000 Kindle reader reviews. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Readers discuss the pros and cons of open access to scientific journalsStephen Buranyi’s article on the lucrative business of academic publishing does not go far enough (How Robert Maxwell turned science publishing into a money machine, 27 June). At least academic researchers have access to... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's decision to bar publishers from altering headlines or descriptions of articles posted to its platform has upset audience development specialists. The post Facebook won’t let people change the headlines in links — and social media managers aren’t pleased appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Booksellers Association’s annual conference is set to take place in Birmingham this year, headlined by actor and author Brian Blessed. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow has acquired two standalone middle-grade novels from London teacher Cath Howe. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hello! I’m Carolyn Kellogg, books editor of the L.A. Times, and I’ve got some good reading — and listening! — for you over this long weekend. THE BIG STORY Writer Christopher Isherwood and his partner Don Bachardy wrote each other love letters that have been turned into the podcast “The Animals,”... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W W Norton imprint Liveright Publishing is set to publish the "authorised and authentic" collection of Nelson Mandela's prison letters spanning the 27 years he was held as a political prisoner. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Norton imprint will publish the prison letters of former South African president and anti-apartheid revolutionary Nelson Mandela in July 2018. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Charlie Higson and Joanne Harris are headlining the Society of Author's ScotsWrite conference this September. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has bought two books including a “Poldark-esque” historical debut for a five-figure sum in the fastest pre-empt literary agent David Headley has “ever seen”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline has acquired the memoir of football striker Adebayo Akinfenwa, better known to fans by his nickname The Beast. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BookCon reaches its 20,000 person goal on Saturday and Sunday; BookExpo cites 7,425 attendees, "primarily booksellers, librarians, retailers, and media." The post ReedPOP Letter: Organizers Call BookExpo and BookCon ‘Powerful Platforms’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow is to publish two new series of books by Usborne editor Louie Stowell. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Professor Selina Todd argues that you can be taught to write well, as demonstrated by American and Australian university students. Plus letters from Christopher Dodd and Anthony OrmsonIan Jack’s wariness towards writing manuals and classes is a peculiarly British response to teaching this craft... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-05-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown is publishing Scottish broadcaster Eddie Mair's first book, plus one other, following a five-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster UK will publish a biography of Leonard da Vinci by Walter Isaacson, author of iSteve, The Book of Jobs, based on “new discoveries about his life and work”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline’s Eternal romance imprint has acquired a new novel called London Affair: An International Love Story by Rhyannon Byrd. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group has bought a middle-grade novel from scientific writer Sharon Cohen. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rachel Roddy, who writes a weekly column in Guardian Cook, is publishing a second book with Headline Home in July, comprising family recipes and stories from her two kitchens in Sicily and Rome. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After the success of self-published authors like Andy Weir and EL James, Hollywood is scooping up the rights to books as fast as it can. But why – and is it always good for the author?After watching Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill, self-published author Mark Dawson was inspired to create his own... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Feature film rights for M A Bennett’s debut YA novel S.T.A.G.S have been bought by Chernin Entertainment, ahead of its UK publication. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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