Johnny Marr autobiography to Century

Century has acquired, in a “hotly contested auction”, the autobiography of Johnny Marr, co-founder of The Smiths. Marr founded The Smiths alongside Morrissey, before going on to create  super-group Electronic with Bernard Sumner of New Order. He worked in bands including The Pretenders, The The, Modest Mouse and The Cribs, and has had a solo career. In 2014 he released his second album Playland.  Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Cheryl Cole autobiography coming this autumn

HarperCollins has bought world rights to the autobiography of singer Cheryl Cole and will publish... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Century snaps up two from South African author

Century has pre-empted two books by South African author Charlie Human, likening his writing to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Century wins latest self-publishing sensation

Century has won a "hotly contested" five-way auction for a self-published title, Wool,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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The Missing 20th Century: How Copyright Protection Makes Books Vanish

Because of the strange distortions of copyright protection, there are twice as many newly published books available on Amazon from 1850 as there are from 1950 Continue reading at The Atlantic

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Book review: 'Thinking the Twentieth Century' by Tony Judt and Timothy Snyder

Controversial political and social issues are examined with an intellectual passion.Thinking the Twentieth Century Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

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The Wedding Gift for Century and Arrow

Century and Arrow have acquired a debut novel set in the antebellum American South, with... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Jessie J autobiography to S&S

Simon & Schuster has acquired the autobiography of pop star Jessie J, with plans to publish... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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More Inbetweeners for Century

Century has acquired a second title from E4 comedy series "The Inbetweeners", with... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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French government to digitize out-of-print 20th century works, plans ebook initiative

It's a case of having one's cake and eating it, too. Or, in this instance, digitizing the works of others and reselling them online for a 40 percent cut. According to Le Temps, a controversial new law recently passed by the French government will see out-of-print books from the 20th century... Continue reading at Engadget

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E-book deal's the steal of the century; 4000 pirated books

An Australian group-buying site owned by Microsoft and Nine sold ebook readers bundled with a treasure trove of thousands of pirated books including the full Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings series. Continue reading at The Sydney Morning Herald

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"Brutally honest" Bacon title for Century

Century has acquired a first book by radio and TV presenter Richard Bacon, to be a collection of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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With Connect, Getty Images Leaps Into The 21st Century

Getty Images is getting with the 21st century today.With its new Connect system, Getty is making it easier for web publishers and certain platforms like blogging tools to embed Getty's image products in their online publications than it may have been before. This is clever, definitely designed... Continue reading at Fast Company

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Canongate acquires Meek's '21st-century Anna Karenina'

Canongate editorial director Francis Bickmore has acquired a new novel by James Meek, author of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Century buys Chatterton crime debut

Century has acquired two novels in a new procedural crime series by author Ed Chatterton,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Johnny Vegas book delayed until next year

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 27/10/2011 - 08:30 HarperCollins has delayed publication of its autobiography of comedian Johnny Vegas, Becoming Johnny Vegas, due for release this autumn, until this time next year. The publisher said the decision was taken in order to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Assange autobiography to be published tomorrow

Written By: Katie Allen Publication Date: Wed, 21/09/2011 - 12:09 Canongate is to publish the "unauthorised" memoirs of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange tomorrow (22nd September), despite his attempts to cancel the contract he signed with the publisher for his autobiography. Julian Assange:... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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British Library launches 19th Century iPad app

Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 03/08/2011 - 14:05 The British Library has launched an iPad app allowing subscribers to browse 45,000 books from its 19th century historical collection. Subscription costs £1.99 per month and users can explore books from the likes of classic... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Johnny Ball to set puzzles for Icon

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 24/06/2011 - 10:55 Icon Books has acquired a maths and puzzle book by numbers guru Johnny Ball, based on his slot on his daughter Zoe Ball's Saturday Morning Show on BBC Radio 2. Managing director Simon Flynn commissioned the title, Ball... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Century to publish Skinner's Times columns

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 17/06/2011 - 10:52 Century has acquired world rights to a book by comedian Frank Skinner, set to feature columns selected from those he has published in the Times newspaper in the past two years, plus some fresh and previously unseen... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Selina Walker moves to Century and Arrow

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Thu, 16/06/2011 - 09:03 Cornerstone has appointed Selina Walker, currently publishing director of Transworld's crime and thriller list, to the role of publisher for Century and Arrow. Walker will begin her role in mid-July, following 11 years... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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