Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Fri, 29/07/2011 - 15:31 A literary plagiarism allegation from the 1950s is set to be given its first detailed airing in a new biography of much-loved novelist Georgette Heyer. Georgette Heyer: Biography of a Bestseller by Jennifer Kloester (Wm Heinemann, hb, £20, October) reveals the outrage felt by the queen of witty regency romances at the obvious similarities between Barbara Cartland's historical novel Knave of Hearts and her own youthful story These Old Shades (published in 1926), when they were brought to her attention in 1950. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2011-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has acquired a "revelatory" book about the science of ageing from a computational biologist. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors including Philip Pullman, Robin Stevens and Maz Evans are "furious" about a website offering free illegal downloads of their books. OceanofPDF.com offers users free PDF or Epub downloads of some bestselling authors’ books, including eight Philip Pullman titles, 14 books by Malorie... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A lawsuit against Emma Cline and her US publisher Random House alleging the author had plagiarised parts of her debut novel The Girls (Chatto & Windus) from her ex-boyfriend Chaz Reetz-Laiolo, has been thrown out of a California Federal court. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador is set to republish a “savage” exploration of poverty which is vying for the Orwell Prize. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent mental health publisher Trigger has acquired the first book of TV presenter, Simon Thomas, about coping with the death of his wife Gemma. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Both BookExpo and BookCon organizers have committed themselves to scheduling panels meant to raise awareness of diversity and multiculturalism in literature. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion has acquired the story of a 10-year relationship told in 24 hours, Our Life in a Day. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Journalist and human rights campaigner Joan Smith is publishing a book exploring the link between domestic violence and acts of terrorism with Quercus imprint riverrun. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The upcoming StoryDrive conference in Beijing from the Frankfurter Buchmesse and its Chinese office puts a focus on new media business models in Asia and international markets. The post Sixth Annual StoryDrive Asia Conference in Beijing Explores the New Media Landscape appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The threat to copyright, and thereby to African publishers, posed by "big tech" was raised by International Publishers Association President Michiel Kolman at the IPA’s first seminar on African publishing held in Lagos, Nigeria. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The inaugural Portobello Prize has been awarded to "electrifying new voice" Samira Shackle for Karachi Vice, a "fresh and thrilling" non-fiction exploration of Pakistan’s largest city. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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There was a core of optimism at the Book Industry Study Group’s annual meeting in New York, despite sluggish trade sales and challenges facing the business – from old problems roaring back, like returns and piracy, to that new mystery, blockchain technology. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent I B Tauris has signed novelist Celia Brayfield’s new book Rebel Writers in a deal made with Curtis Brown. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-05-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Absolute Press will publish a cookbook from food writer and “passionate advocate for Burmese cuisine” MiMi Aye. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-04-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Wolff's 'Fire and Fury' was the top-selling nonfiction title in Germany and France at the end of February and was #13 on the combined fiction and nonfiction list in the Netherlands. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Viking is publishing a new book by presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize winner Doris Kearns Goodwin. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate is to publish a journey through the history of humanity's relationship with the heavans, by science writer Jo Marchant. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Echoes of Amélie in Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water, traces of Nabokov in Kristen Roupenian’s Cat Person ... Where is the line between influence and plagiarism?The age of the internet, where everything is connected, has made plagiarism both easier to commit and more difficult to hide, as... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Douglas Murray has signed a deal with Bloomsbury for a book exploring the taboos of the modern age. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chatto & Windus has acquired a "powerful" debut poetry collection exploring the New Cross massacre of 1981 and the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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