Mantle triumphs in five-way battle for Carter love story

Pan Mac imprint Mantle has triumphed in a five-way battle for a "true heartbreaker of a love story" from Eva Carter in a two-book deal. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-07-29 08:37:44 UTC ]
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‘Empire of Fear’ Author Shares Inside Story On ISIS

BBC reporter Andrew Hosken builds a comprehensive picture of the Islamic State, their ideology, and what life is like under their regime. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mantle wins seven-way auction for Eberlen

Mantle has acquired two novels by Kate Eberlen in a seven-way auction. Associate publisher Sam Humphreys bought UK and Commonwealth rights to Miss You and one other book from Mark Lucas at LAW. Miss You, which Pan Macmillan's Mantle imprint will publish next year, tells the story of Tess and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Paulo Coelho's Best Story' skims surface of author's life

Paulo Coelho's mega-selling novels and memoirs - allegorical, abounding in aphorisms and supplemented by a prolific social-media output - have made him a revered figure for millions of modern-day seekers. The screen version of the Brazilian author's life, a period-hopping attempt to shatter the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-07-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Laws to publish 'inside story' of Coalition

Former Liberal Democrat MP David Laws has written a book exposing the ‘inside story’ of the Cameron-Clegg coalition. Biteback Publishing m.d. Iain Dale acquired world rights to Coalition by David Laws, which will be published in Spring 2016. The book, which will be supported by a ‘major press... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Warren Mundine: Fairfax Media to apologise over Indigenous mining story

Fairfax and Warren Mundine have reached an out-of-court settlement over ‘inflammatory allegations’ Mundine says were made against himWarren Mundine says Fairfax Media will apologise to him over an article that claimed a company he had an interest in lobbied for an Indigenous body to drop... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wattpad's Native Ads Pitch in a TL;DR World? Consumers and Brands Love Long Reads

First the Serial podcast became wildly popular. Then President Barack Obama sat down for an interview with Marc Maron for the comedian's WTF program, and the audio-only format that is podcasting was validated like never before. The developments largely flew in the face of the increasingly... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2015-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Top editors at Gawker resign over deleted story

Two of Gawker's top editors resigned Monday after management deleted a story about an executive at Conde Nast who allegedly tried to book an escort. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dunkin' Donuts Is Using 7 Social Platforms to Sell Iced Coffee to Music-Loving Millennials

Dunkin' Donuts wants to create cool musical buzz with millennials this summer to push its iced coffee products. So it's playing with enough social-media platforms to outfit a marketing septet: Spotify, Snapchat, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, Vine, Facebook and Periscope. The initiative, called... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2015-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In 'A Full Life,' Jimmy Carter at 90 remains a wise truth teller

Jimmy Carter let me down. Not with his book "A Full Life: Reflections at 90" - a warm and detailed memoir of his youth followed by a clear-eyed assessment of the issues he tackled as president and afterward - but with his response to the question "Does the arc of history bend toward justice?" Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Yellow Jersey buys Fifa story

Yellow Jersey editor Frances Jessop has bought The Fall of the House of Fifa by Guardian columnist David Conn, to publish in spring 2017. Jessop acquired world all language rights from Bill Hamilton at A M Heath. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PP Call for Stories: Leadership, Europe, Asia and Frankfurt

We're actively seeking great stories about leadership, European and Asian publishing, rights, education and any tied to the 2015 Frankfurt Book Fair. The post PP Call for Stories: Leadership, Europe, Asia and Frankfurt appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'The Seven Good Years' collects quirky, touching family stories by Israeli writer Etgar Keret

Etgar Keret presents his memoir: a series of raw and witty stories that document seven years of a father-son relationship. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2015-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Virago to publish Aiken’s Armitage stories

Virago Modern Classics will this August publish a collection of the Armitage Family stories by Joan Aiken. The Complete Armitage Family Stories will be the first collection of the stories ever printed, and will be published in paperback on the 8th August (£8.99). Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dan Carter’s memoirs to Headline

Headline has acquired the memoirs of “global rugby legend” Dan Carter. Carter is a New Zeland player, and is the most capped All Blacks' fly-half of all time. His autobiography will be released after the All Blacks’ last game at this year’s Rugby World Cup, which takes place in England and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Joseph Goebbels' family win legal battle to be paid royalties for diary extracts

Random House Germany had argued against paying to publish Nazi propaganda minister’s diaries in new biography on moral groundsDescendents of Joseph Goebbels, Adolph Hitler’s propaganda minister, are to be paid royalties for extracts from his diaries published in a new biography, following a... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Could the Nomination of the Next Librarian of Congress Spark a Political Battle?

The president will get to appoint a new librarian of Congress, the first in the digital information age. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Seven Stories to host Foreman exhibition

Children’s book centre Seven Stories will this July open an exhibition dedicated to illustrator Michael Foreman.   ‘Painting with Rainbows – a Michael Foreman Exhibition’ will open on 19th July and will stay at the Seven Stories centre in Newcastle for a year, before going on tour around the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scribd, Citing Profitability, Cuts Back on Love and Sex

Scribd found romance readers gorging on books through the ebook subscription service are costly and now the company is cutting back on the genre. The post Scribd, Citing Profitability, Cuts Back on Love and Sex appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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British children's stories startup Lost My Name tells a $9m funding tale

After 600k personalised picture-book sales, London firm secures investment from Silicon Valley firms Google Ventures and GreycroftChildren’s storytelling startup Lost My Name raised its first $100k of funding in 2014 on TV show Dragon’s Den. Now the London-based firm is turning to Silicon Valley... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Short story writers lament profile problem

Short stories are gaining ground in the UK, but authors working within the format are finding it more difficult to break into the public consciousness than novelists, writers have told The Bookseller. Awards that cover all forms of fiction such as The Folio Prize, won in 2014 by George... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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