Editora Rocco has bought Brazilian Portuguese rights in Flying Fergus, a six-book series for readers aged five to eight by Olympian Sir Chris Hoy and Joanna Nadin, in a six-figure pre-empt from Jessica Maslen, rights manager at The Blair Partnership. Hot Key Books has acquired UK & Commonwealth rights to the series, which comprises five fiction books and one non-fiction title. The first two books will be published in the UK in March 2016. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Picador has pre-empted a debut novel and short story collection by US author Nickolas Butler,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book sales soared by more than £2m last week as a bounty of new books hit the shelves on... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hot on the heels of purchasing Blinkbox and Peter Gabriel's WE7, Tesco has purchased Andy McNab's ebook publishers, Mobcast. It seems clear that the British supermarket heavyweight is currently engaged in a phony war with rival Sainsburys, which snapped up Rovi, Global Media Vault and Anobii for... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-09-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Joseph is launching a digital campaign to support publication of The Mystery of Mercy... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 'Find Waldo Local' campaign, held nationwide for the month of July, had customers hunting for Waldo in independent bookstores and businesses. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After a round of key filings, two Authors Guild cases challenging Google’s ambitious library book-scanning program are on schedule for early fall trial dates. Final reply briefs were filed July 27 for the Authors Guild v. HathiTrust, with that case now fully briefed and all but set for a... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In light of recent scandals, it's hard not to see this as a bit of image rehabilitation, but we'll do our best to take it at face value. News Corp is bringing its 18-month-old educational division to the fore by rebranding it Amplify and teaming up with AT&T to put tablets in the hands of... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2012-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The #5 book in Italy in May, Gianluigi Nuzzi’s His Holiness. The Secret Documents of Benedict XVI, has caused international news since its publication. Pope Benedict XVI’s butler, Paolo Gabriele, was arrested late last month on suspicion of releasing dozens of embarrassing letters to Nuzzi... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The new novel from bestselling novelist Marian Keyes, The Mystery of Mercy Close, is being... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Huffington Post is expanding the way it works with brands in an effort to cash in on the popular brand-as-publisher trend, Ad Age has learned. The company, part of AOL, has been talking to ad agencies and marketers about helping them build websites for brands and subsequently aiding in... Continue reading at Crains New York
[ Crains New York | 2012-05-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Booksellers must address their "toxic" real estate and band together to compete in an... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In 'Engines of Change,' Paul Ingrassia looks at history through 15 iconic cars, including the Ford Model T, Chevrolet Corvette, Volkswagen Beetle, Toyota Prius.It would be impossible to count the number of automotive makes and models that have come and gone since the car was first invented — or... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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For all his contributions to children's literature, Maurice Sendak, who died Tuesday at 83, struck a chord with 'Where the Wild Things Are,' a dark and vivid adventure in a daunting world beyond a child's bedroom.When my son Noah was little — no more than 2 years old — his favorite book... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wow, what a swirl of good-news/bad-news last week for the media tablets aimed at the ereader market. As it turns out, the roller-coaster ride continues this week. comScore reported that the Kindle Fire from Amazon generated far more Internet activity in February than any other Android media... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2012-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Data gathered by Nielsen BookScan for The Daily Beast show many of the same titles are popular in American cities – but exceptions include 'Heaven Is For Real' and 'The Great Gatsby.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-04-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Colin Hughes has been appointed as m.d. of the HarperCollins Education Division, with HC... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers have made a flurry of "major" acquisitions and additions to their schedules... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-04-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Imagine bundling your publication's content with that of your competitor's. That was one interesting theory explored at the MPA Digital: Swipe conference on tablets, e-readers and smartphones. Panelists speaking on the digital newsstand debated several best practices that publishers should be... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2012-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kerri Sharp, senior commissioning editor non-fiction at Simon & Schuster, has acquired a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This collection of short stories includes the fine 'Frankenwittgenstein,' 'Considering the Bittersweet End of Susan Falls' and uneven others.Hot Pink Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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