HQ has triumphed in a four-way auction for an "inspiring and deeply moving" novel by Josie Lloyd, inspired by her own experience, about a woman reclaiming her life after a breast cancer diagnosis. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-07 16:11:51 UTC ]
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When you’re not liking your friends’ photos on Facebook, you’re likely to soon have more opportunities to buy stuff.Facebook is expanding its partnership with Shopify, which helps businesses create online storefronts. Facebook has been testing buy buttons in the News Feed and on businesses’... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2015-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eight-page section containing the Book of Esther was part of 15th-century edition cut up and sold in pieces by New York book dealer in 1920sAn eight-page fragment from the Gutenberg Bible, the first major book to be printed using Johann Gutenberg’s printing press in 15th-century Germany, will go... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The young writer of a real-life The Fault in Our Stars isn't alive to see her book make the finals of the country's top awards â but her parents could not be prouder. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2015-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SF grand dame Ursula K Le Guin, writes, 'Every book purchase made from Amazon is a vote for a culture without content and without contentment.' The post Ursula K. Le Guin Urges Amazon Book Buying Boycott appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Manchester University Press (MUP) has acquired 58 titles in politics and sociology which had been scheduled to appear with Bloomsbury. Earlier this year, Bloomsbury Academic announced it would no longer be commissioning books in the fields of politics, international relations or sociology as it... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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David Duchovny, best-known for his portrayals on TV of Fox Mulder on The X-Files, and Hank Moody on Californication, is finally where he originally thought he would end up: as a writer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Earlier this month Google announced that video ads running on YouTube have a chance to be seen 91% of the time. That's great, and a lot better than the 46% of video ads that Google runs outside of YouTube that never have a chance to be seen. But advertisers would like to be able to check... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-05-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House UK will this autumn publish a children’s book by Chelsea Clinton about the challenges the world is facing, and what young people are doing to combat these changes. It’s Your World: Get Informed, Get Inspired & Get Going! is aimed at young people aged 10-14 and addresses... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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San Francisco's mayor challenges large companies to increase their local purchasing by at least 5% and creates SF Biz Connect to help them connect with small area businesses. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has acquired three new young adult novels by Laini Taylor, author of the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy. Kate Howard, associate publisher at Hodder, acquired British Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, from Jane Putch of Eyebait Management. The first book, The... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scribe UK has acquired a “quirky and accessible” book about science from the creators of the AsapSCIENCE YouTube channel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Endless has acquired a larger stake in The Works, after buying executive chairman Anthony Solomon's stake, and is to open 30 new stores this year as part of its growth programme for 2015. Endless, a venture capitalist company which also owns a stake in The Book People, is now a majority... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown Book Group’s Sphere imprint has bought a “striking and original” debut psychological thriller. Senior editor Jade Chandler bought world rights in The Primrose Path and its sequel, by Rebecca Griffiths, from Jane Gregory at Gregory and Company. The Primrose Path is set in rural... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld has acquired a post-Holocaust love story by Hungarian author Péter Gárdos, said to be "the talk of London Book Fair", in a nine-way auction. Jane Lawson, editorial director at Doubleday, bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Australia New Zealand, for Fever at Dawn, in a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jane Lawson at Doubleday U.K. has signed Hungarian novel Fever at Dawn Péter Gárdos, winning a heated auction between nine publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury editor-in-chief Aleandra Pringle has bought a new novel from US writer Nicole Krauss, titled Late Wonder. The buy, together with a collection of short stories titled How to Be a Man, was made at auction from Zoe Waldie at Rogers, Coleridge & White, in association with Melanie... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time Inc., the magazine publisher spun off from Time Warner Inc., is seeking around 450 million pounds ($685 million) for the London headquarters of its U.K. unit, according to two people with knowledge of the matter.The company appointed broker Eastdil Secured to sell the Blue Fin building,... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orbit has acquired a debut epic fantasy which tells the story of a band of mercenaries hunted by an unknown killer. Commissioning editor Jenni Hill acquired world rights to Snakewood by Adrian Selby from Jamie Cowen of the Ampersand Agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury has bought world English rights to a book about racism in the UK by 25-year-old activist and freelance journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge. Commissioning editor Alexa von Hirschberg acquired Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race from Rupert Heath of Rupert Heath Literary... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon Publishing has acquired three books by Leigh Russell, who has previously been published by independent No Exit Press. Russell’s Journey to Death and two further titles will be published by Thomas & Mercer, Amazon Publishing’s crime imprint. Senior editor Emilie Marneur bought world... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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