John Murray acquires debut set in all-girls boarding school

John Murray has acquired Emily Layden's debut novel All Girls, already optioned by HBO, exploring assault, consent and "what it means to be a young female in today’s world". Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Schuler Books Acquires Nicola's Books

Schuler Books, a group of three bookstores in Michigan, is acquiring Nicola's Books in Ann Arbor. The sale will be finalized in mid-August. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orchard acquires US YA title

Orchard Books has acquired YA title The Witch of Salt & Storm, a book set in a late-1800s... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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2014 Self-Publishing Book Expo Set

The 2014 Self-Publishing Book Expo, first held in 2009, will take place at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City on November 15. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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CBLDF Debuts 'Banned Books Handbook' at ALA Las Vegas

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has released its first 'Banned Books Week Handbook,' a free resource for librarians, retailers and fans to use during this year's Banned Books Week, which will focus on comics and graphic novels. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Green's 'Looking for Alaska' to be adapted to film

"The Fault in Our Stars" author announced that Sarah Polley has been chosen by Paramount to write and direct a film based on his YA book, 'Looking for Alaska.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Andy Murray guest edits the Beano

British tennis champion Andy Murray is marking this year’s Wimbledon championship by guest... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Egmont acquires two Brooks titles

Egmont has acquired two YA titles from Kevin Brooks, the winner of the 2014 CILIP Carnegie Medal... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Friday Project signs Jackson debut

The Friday Project has signed a novel from LA Times Book Prize-shortlisted author Jeff Jackson.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Holladay House, A Strange Object Debut

In 2012, three women who had been working in the book industry decided that the time was right to strike out on their own. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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First Melville House UK titles set for autumn

Melville House UK will launch its first titles this autumn, starting with a novel by Goldsmiths... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ReedPop's Special Edition Debuts on Crowded Three-Show Weekend

On a weekend that saw three regional comics-themed shows, ReedPop launched Special Edition, a new, smaller comics show that is an "event concept" and is likely to be used as model for launching smaller comics shows around the country. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S Children’s acquires YA suicide story

Simon and Schuster Children’s Books has acquired the UK and Commonwealth rights to a YA... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Media Monkeys Diary: BBC traitors, the Sun, John Ryley and Robert Peston

Professor Jean Seaton, the BBCs official historian, has at last agreed a title with it for her volume on the 1974-87 period, due in January. These were years of endless friction with the Thatcher government over reporting of Northern Ireland, the Falklands War and the bombing of Libya, and ended... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ALA 2014: The Exit Interview: PW Talks with Scholastic’s John Mason

John Mason, the esteemed director of library and educational marketing at Scholastic, will officially hang up his tote bag on July 3. We caught up with Mason as he was preparing for the transition. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Special Edition Comics Show Debuts June 14-15 at Javits Center

Special Edition, a new and smaller comics convention organized by New York Comic Con organizer ReedPOP, debuts this weekend, June 14-15 at Javits North, a smaller hall at the North end of the Javits Convention Center in Manhattan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Time shares drop on market debut

Shares in newly spun-off Time Inc - publisher of magazines including Time, People and Fortune - plunge 4% after being spun off from parent company Time Warner. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2014-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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RosettaBooks Debuts Mobile E-book App

E-book publisher RosettaBooks is launching an interactive e-reading app for mobile phones and tablets that allows consumers to buy an inventory of backlist classics from Rosetta's retail partners. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Judge Sets New Apple Trial Date

Judge Denise Cote adopted a proposed schedule for Apple’s Damages trial, officially moving the trial from July 14 to August 25. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HWA Debut Crown shortlist unveiled

Titles from Bloomsbury, Atlantic Books and Serpent’s Tail have all made it on to the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'The Girls of Atomic City': a bestselling WWII tale

'Girls,' by Denise Kiernan, continues to hold steady on bestseller lists more than a year after its initial publication. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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