Macmillan Employees Deal with 'A Very Tough Day'

Macmillan Trade US president Don Weisberg said Thursday was "definitely a very tough day" for Macmillan employees following the surprise announcement that CEO John Sargent will leave the company at the end of the year. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-09-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Barr amnesia book to PRH in “six-figure” deal

Penguin Random House UK Children's has acquired a teen book by Emily Barr in a six-figure deal. Editorial director Ruth Knowles bought world rights to The One Memory of Flora Banks, along with a second stand-alone novel, from Lauren Pearson at Curtis Brown. The book is about Flora, a teenage... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of July 20, 2015

WWII naval disaster story by Lynn Vincent and Sarah Vladic goes to Jonathan Karp at S&S; St. Martin’s Press signs a novel about three Vanderbilt women by Theresa Ann Fowler, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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First-day sales for Harper Lee 'top 105k'

Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman (William Heinemann) racked up first-day sales in the UK of over 105,000 copies, across print and digital editions, according to publisher Penguin Random House. Meanwhile Waterstones' own sales for the title are approaching 30,000, m.d. James Daunt told The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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What did you buy for Prime Day?

Well, July 15th is behind us and Amazon's promise of deals bigger than Black Friday. If you were looking for Christmas in July, did you get it? I wasn't that impressed with the selection of Lightning Deals and exclusives, but perhaps you were. Or not. My purchase, and call me crazy (some... Continue reading at Betanews

[ Betanews | 2015-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Historic Day One Sales for 'Watchman'

Barnes & Noble and Book-A-Million have both pronounced that 'Go Set a Watchman' had the largest first day sale of any adult fiction book in the history of both retailers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Go Set a Watchman's UK sales top 100,000 in one day

Harper Lee’s ‘parent novel’ to To Kill a Mockingbird sets tills ringing despite ambivalent receptionDespite the widespread doubts over the decision to publish Go Set A Watchman, and despite the cries of horror that went up around the world over the weekend as readers discovered that the godlike... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-07-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan US puts Mantel and Wolfe on Scribd

More than 1,000 new books from Macmillan US are to be added to Scribd, doubling the number of titles available from the publisher. In January Macmillan US put 1,000 backlist titles on to subscription service Scribd. Today (9th July) it will add titles including Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of July 13, 2015

Jonathan Baumbach, father of Noah, sells short story collection to Dzanc; Hachette gets Sen. Barbara Boxer’s memoir; a book on bioelectronics goes to Norton; and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon launches global Prime day

Amazon is launching Prime Day, "a new global shopping event, offering more deals than Black Friday", open solely to members of its Prime service. The first such day will be held on Wednesday 15th July and will offer customers in the UK, US, Spain, Japan, Italy, Germany, France, Canada and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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French Publisher Strikes Landmark Deal with Comixology

With the release of more than 150 English-language graphic novels, Delcourt takes a major step to raise the profile of French graphic novels in the North American comics market. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Second World War novel bought in six-figure deal

The Borough Press has bought The Chilbury Ladies' Choir in a “major” six-figure deal. Kate Elton, executive publisher of fiction and non-fiction, and Cassie Browne, commissioning editor at The Borough Press, have bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, at auction, to The Chilbury... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of July 6, 2015

Playwright and PEN winner Victor Lodato sells his sophomore novel to SMP, YouTube star Marzia Bisognin lands a deal for her debut novel, former senators Tom Daschle and Trent Lott explore a D.C. crisis at Bloomsbury, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple loses ebook price-fixing appeal on same day as Apple Music launches

On the same day as Apple Inc.'s release of its much-anticipated Apple Music streaming service, a federal court upheld a ruling Tuesday that states the company illegally conspired with book publishers to drive up prices for ebooks to compete against Amazon.com Inc., USA TODAY reported. The... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2015-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Madefire Inks E-Deals with IDW, Kodansha

While Comixology continues to dominate the digital comics marketplace, some publishers are adding their comics to the Madefire digital platform. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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ALA 2015: On a Historic Day, Roberta Kaplan Delivers a Powerful Keynote

Roberta Kaplan, who argued the historic defeat of the Defense of Marriage Act in 2013, offered a powerful opening keynote speech at the 2015 ALA annual conference in San Francisco, just hours after a historic Supreme Court decision legalized same-sex marriage. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of June 29, 2015

Razorbill takes the debut YA from a Hollywood movie-studio consultant; YouTube sensation Matthew Santoro gives the facts to Perigee; Orbit invests in a new series, Empire of Storms; and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Image Comics, Trajectory Ink Digital Distribution Deal

Through the deal, Image will expand the availability of its digital comics to retailers and libraries in North America, the U.K., Europe, South America and China. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers Prepare to Ramp Up News Distribution on Facebook’s Instant Articles in Coming Days

Publishers are ready to ramp up content distribution on Facebook’s Instant Articles in the coming days, people familiar with the matter said, with some newsrooms preparing to post a few dozen stories a day. Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan buys historical title by Nixey

Pan Macmillan has acquired a book about how the forces of Christianity destroyed the texts of the ancient Greeks and Romans. The Darkening Age, by historian and journalist Catherine Nixey, will tell the story of how all over the ancient Roman world books were burnt, temples were thrown down and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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US 'Grey' sells 1.1m in four days

The latest instalment of Fifty Shades of Grey has sold 1.1m copies in the US in all formats, Penguin Random House has revealed. Anne Messitte, publisher of Vintage Anchor in the US, said Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian sold 1.1m copies in trade paperback, ebook and audio in the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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