Hodder scoops ‘remarkable’ memoir by Princess Margaret’s lady-in-waiting

Hodder & Stoughton has acquired the memoir of Princess Margaret’s former lady-in-waiting Lady Anne Glenconner, with plans to publish in October.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Death of Mark Hodder-Williams

Mark Hodder-Williams, who worked for 30 years at Hodder & Stoughton, becoming the publisher... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Pan Mac wins 'Dragons' Den' memoir

Pan Macmillan has won a "heated auction" involving 10 publishers to buy businesswoman... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Mukherjee scoops £10,000 Guardian First Book Award

The only non-fiction title shortlisted for the 2011 Guardian First Book Award has taken home the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Hodder and Headline reshuffle sales depts

Four regional sales managers have left the Hodder & Stoughton and Headline Publishing Group... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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HC pays six figures for horse rescue memoir

HarperCollins has paid a high six figure sum for world rights in a memoir about saving horses in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Ribblestrop scoops Guardian Children's Book Award

Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Fri, 11/11/2011 - 07:30 Return to Ribblestrop by Andy Mulligan (Simon & Schuster Children's Books) has been awarded the Guardian Children's Book Award, beating off shortlisted titles including David Almond's My Name is Mina and Simon Mason's Moon... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Hodder withdraws 'plagiarised' novel

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 09/11/2011 - 12:51 Hodder & Stoughton is withdrawing the novel Assassin of Secrets by Q R Markham from sale, alongside its US publisher Little, Brown, after the announcement that the book contains "numerous plagiarised passages". read more Continue reading at The Bookseller

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S&S buys memoir by swimming legend Thorpe

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Jobs memoir tops bestseller lists

Written By: Philip Stone Publication Date: Wed, 02/11/2011 - 08:27 Walter Isaacson’s biography of the late Steve Jobs has become one of the fastest-selling hardback non-fiction books since records began. Brought forward from its original publication date of 24th November following the Apple... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Bazalgette launches publisher with foodie memoir

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Waiting for a Rights Bump From the NBAs

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Dawson staff to wait on consultation decision

Written By: Lisa Campbell Publication Date: Tue, 18/10/2011 - 15:00 Dawson Books staff will have to wait longer to hear how they will be affected by the merger of their company with book wholesaler Bertrams, which was finalised last month. Any details about Dawson staff transferring to Norwich... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Kercher title to Hodder

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Phil Redmond writes novel and memoir for Cornerstone

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Mitch Winehouse memoir to HC

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Joey Barton memoir to Michael Joseph

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Virago signs Everything But the memoir

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Transworld buys childhood memoir by MP Johnson

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Random wears it well with Rod memoir

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