Macmillan Children’s Books has secured fantasy trilogy Children of Blood and Bone by debut writer Tomi Adeyemi in a "hotly contested" six-figure auction. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The titles Chinese publishers are bringing to the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in April run the gamut from downright whimsical to outrageously adventurous. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Legend Press hopes to double its list by 2018, and commissioning editor Lauren Parsons has been on an buying spree. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a children's book about a girl superhero by Alesha Dixon. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2017-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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With no single title emerging as the big book of the fair, and gossip still focused on recent reports about the $65 million advance the Obamas landed from Penguin Random House, a number of novels have been the subject of chatter. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The popularity of psychological thrillers shows little sign of abating, with commissioning editors at the London Book Fair signing up many such titles. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Through this Saturday, sink the 16GB Fire Tablet bundle's already discounted price to just $59.99 using the code FIREBUNDLE at checkout -- a significant deal considering its typical $107.97 value. The bundle includes the latest 16GB Fire 7" Tablet with special offers ($69.99), Amazon cover... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2017-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An “extraordinary” literary debut from a 29-year-old Fulbright scholar has been snapped up by Scribner UK in a six-figure pre-empt as well as Knopf in a two book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blink Publishing has signed a memoir by Denise Fergus, mother of murdered toddler James Bulger, at auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Mac is to publish new non-fiction and two novels from former MI5 officer Tom Marcus, after acquiring world rights from Luigi Bonomi at LBA Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debutant Elisabeth Norebäck has racked up at least 10 international deals for her debut psychological thriller In My Blood ahead of the London Book Fair, with world English rights pre-empted by Penguin Random House US. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amy Krouse Rosenthal, a popular author, filmmaker and speaker who brightened lives with her wide-eyed and generous spirit — and broke hearts when she wrote of being terminally ill and leaving behind her husband Jason — died Monday at age 51. Rosenthal had been diagnosed in 2015 with ovarian... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former US Secretary of State John Kerry is publishing his memoir with Simon & Schuster. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kristan Higgins moves houses for seven figures, a millennial activist gets six figures at S&S, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former prime minister and leader of the Slovenian Democratic Party, Janez Janša, has signed to London-based publisher IndieBooks for his new historical novel White Panther. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The former MP says the books about an 'ethical pirate' will be published later this year. Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2017-03-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fabled children's book author Dr. Seuss once said that his experience working at Standard Oil 'taught me conciseness and how to marry pictures with words.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2017-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Editorial director Melissa Cox's first acquisition at Hodder & Stoughton is a fiction debut, The Wicked Cometh, by Laura Carlin. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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If Penguin Random House really spent the rumored $65 million to acquire books by the former president and first lady, Barack and Michelle Obama, how could the publisher recoup its outlay? It might not be that hard. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Freelance children’s publishing consultant Claire Shanahan and children’s writer Katherine Woodfine are to co-programme The Bookseller’s Children’s Conference in 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S nabs an Andrew Nagorski book about World War II, Tor is set to relaunch George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards series, Rachel Caine re-ups at Berkley, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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