Jonathan Cape signs debut short story collection from Leviston

Jonathan Cape has scooped UK and Commonwealth rights to Frances Leviston’s story collection The Voice in My Ear. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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NYT boss attacks Bloomberg for saying it shouldn't publish anti-China stories

Mark Thompson says New York Times journalism will remain impartial and won't be swayed by commercial considerationsMark Thompson, the chief executive of the New York Times, has hit out at rival Bloomberg for saying it shouldn't have published investigative news stories criticising China, because... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder buys Hawdon debut

Hodder has acquired world rights in an “astonishing” debut novel by a journalist and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picture book debut to HarperCollins

HarperCollins Children’s Books has acquired three books by debut picture book author Rob... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Daily Express and Daily Star websites make ABC debuts – at the bottom

Owner Richard Desmond agrees to officially audited figures for monthly visitors to dailystar.co.uk and express.co.ukOfficially audited traffic figures for the Daily Star and Daily Express websites have been published for the first time – ranking them bottom in the national newspaper online... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sceptre buys musical debut

Sceptre editorial director Drummond Moir has acquired a literary debut by 34-year-old poet and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PODG Signs with Flipkart in India

World-wide aggregator and digital distributor Publish on Demand Global (PODG) finalized a distribution deal with Flipkart.com. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors sign up to Hacked Off declaration

JK Rowling, Philip Pullman, Jeanette Winterson and tens of other authors have signed a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Century signs new Russell Brand

Russell Brand is writing a new book which will tackle his views on ecology, rioting and “... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Newspaper ill-advised to let police post their own online story

A newspaper that allowed its local police force to publish an article directly on to its website should be wary of celebrating the initiative.Torbay police posted a "story" on the site of the Torquay Herald Express, headlined "Who is this man?" over a picture of the said gentleman in a... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Portobello signs Ian Cobain on secrecy

Portobello Books has signed a second book from award-winning Guardian reporter Ian Cobain. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Short Takes: Religion Publishing News Briefs, March 12, 2014

B&H author on Dancing with the Stars; Religion Communicators honor books; Outreach magazine selects winning titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Where did the story of ebooks begin?

Peter James's Host, published on two disks, was an early example – but exactly where the medium started life is surprisingly tricky to identifyWhat was the first ebook? Debate rages … When Peter James published his thriller Host on two floppy disks, in 1993, it was billed as the "world's first... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Plympton/DailyLit Debuts Rooster App at SXSW

Plympton/DailyLit, a digital reading venture focused on serialized content, is launching Rooster, a reading app that picks books for its users to read and delivers them in installments to mobile devices for $4.99 a month. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion Children's Books gets Keith Richards story

Rolling Stone Keith Richards is to publish a picture book with illustrations by his daughter.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S buys Elphinstone debuts

Simon and Schuster Children’s Books has acquired two novels for nine to 12-year-olds from... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate signs first of Texan crime series

Canongate has signed world rights to Blackbird, the first in a new crime series by Texan author... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lansens signs two with S&S

The Girls author Lori Lansens has moved from Virago to Simon & Schuster for a new two-book... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gollancz price-promotes ebook debuts

Gollancz is to drop the price of ebooks of six of its 2014 debut novels to £1.99 over... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Saunders Wins 2013 Story Prize

The author's "Tenth of December" was fittingly the tenth winner of the short fiction award, which came with a $20,000 prize. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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