International Literary Properties has acquired 12 literary estates from Peters, Fraser + Dunlop, including those of Evelyn Waugh and Georges Simenon, in an eight-figure deal. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-02 04:26:41 UTC ]
Particularly because of a new government test in English proficiency for university applicants, language education is rising in importance and demand in Russia. Prosveshchenie reports it's working with Pearson on meeting the popularity of English training. The post Prosveshchenie and Pearson in... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debut author Lara Prescott’s novel has now been sold into 20 territories, weeks after securing a £1.5m advance for her Doctor Zhivago-inspired tale. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An unagented former primary school teacher-turned academic Jane O’Connor has signed a world rights deal with Ebury Press for her “quirky, charming” up-lit novel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nevision has optioned MG Leonard’s Beetle trilogy (Chicken House) for TV, with Leonard signed on to write the script. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Society of Authors (SoA) and the Authors Licensing and Collection Society (ALCS) have written an open letter taking issue with the Publishers Association’s questioning of figures unveiled in a recent survey showing writers’ earnings have fallen by 15% in four years, calling them... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Putnam lands a novel by a U.K. editor, Princeton UP invests six figures in a book by a pair of high-profile economists, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Upcoming thriller The Whisper Man has been optioned for film as part of a major Hollywood deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Postal service company An Post has signed a three year headline sponsorship deal with the Irish Book Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Thomas Nelson's imprint Nelson Books nabbed Lysa TerKeurst’s follow-up to 2016’s bestselling ‘Uninvited,’ Paraclete adds two children’s books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Asia Literary Agency has appointed editor and scout Thalia Suzuma as an agent. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Palazzo Editions is publishing a children’s picture book of Brian Bilston’s poem 'Refugees' after signing world rights from Unbound. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week's notable options include a deal for the latest novel by Jessica Knoll, and a nonfiction title about Henry Ford. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chris Ferrell, Patrick Rains and company are returning to SouthComm, Inc.—or, perhaps more accurately, SouthComm is returning to them. Endeavor Business Media—the firm launched by Ferrell just weeks after his departure from SouthComm last November as part of a "change in strategic direction" at... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2018-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S acquires a debut novel in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K.; Metropolitan buys a book on the end of slavery; and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-06-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Preliminary numbers released by organizers of this year's BookExpo and BookCon show a 'reimagined' focus on booksellers that may actually have drawn fewer booksellers and retailers than last year. The post BookExpo and BookCon Announce Preliminary 2018 Attendance Figures appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The University of Salford has struck a partnership with learning resources provider Aspire Engage, a division of JS Group. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vida’s latest survey of gender bias in literary criticism has revealed less than half of publications achieved gender equality, with the New York Review of Books halving its coverage of female voices. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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4th Estate is to publish the Bullet Journal creator’s first book featuring a manifesto for "intentional living". In The Bullet Journal Method, Ryder Carroll, who designed the popular organisational system, will explore how to use his method to track the past, order the present and design the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus' imprint riverrun has acquired its literary lead for the year, The Dollmaker by Nina Allan, described as a story "about lives lived in the margins, and a love story about becoming real". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eva Chen, director of fashion partnerships at Instagram, Martha Stewart and activist DeRay Mckesson at a party hosted by People magazine during Book Expo America. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2018-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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