MCB scoops new Winston from Smith and signs screen rights deal

Macmillan Children’s Books has scooped a second Christmas "Winston" title from Alex T Smith and signed a deal for screen rights. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Faber signs new title by its children's publisher Thaxton

Faber has acquired new titles from Katie Blackburn, the pseudonym for Faber's children's publisher Leah Thaxton. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kindle Entertainment buys TV rights to fishing thriller

Kindle Entertainment has acquired the TV rights to Nick Fisher’s debut novel Pot Luck (Peridot Press), a dark thriller set in a south coast fishing community. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Egmont signs new Sir Charlie picture book

Egmont has acquired Sir Charlie Stinky Socks: The Dinosaur’s Return by Kristina Stephenson for its picture book and gift list. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith’s publisher survival guide in the duopoly era

Facebook and Google control digital media and advertising, but it's not the end of the world just yet. The post Bloomberg Media CEO Justin Smith’s publisher survival guide in the duopoly era appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2017-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Audible buys rights to Robyn Travis memoir

OWN IT! has sold audio rights to Prisoner to the Streets by Robyn Travis to Audible. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fitzcarraldo signs 'angry novel for our angry times'

Fitzcarraldo Editions is to publish Moving Kings, a "propulsive, incendiary" novel about faith, race, class, and what it means to have a home, by American novelist Joshua Cohen. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TV rights to Sometimes I Lie bought for six figures

Legendary Entertainment has acquired the TV rights to Alice Feeney's debut thriller Sometimes I Lie (HQ), in a six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Puffin signs Darwin picture book after it raised £49k on Kickstarter

Puffin is to publish a picture book edition of Charles Darwin’s On The Origin of Species, retold by qualified molecular biologist Sabina Radeva, after the book raised more than £49,000 through a Kickstarter campaign. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HoZ signs new collection from Ben Okri

Head of Zeus is to publish a new collection of stories from Booker Prize-winning author, Ben Okri. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Joanna Cannon vows to keep working in NHS after £300,000 book deal

Novelist who began writing to relieve the stress of her psychiatry job says literary success will not stop her listening to ‘real voices’ in hospitalA bestselling debut novelist who wrote her book in a hospital car park as stress release from her job as a psychiatrist is to return to the NHS.... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jay Z to bring Trayvon Martin story to the big screen

Rapper and producer Jay Z has partnered with the Weinstein Company to produce a feature film and documentary series about Trayvon Martin, the unarmed African American teenager killed by George Zimmerman in 2012. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rights’ Impact: ‘Explore and Maximize Additional Revenue Streams’

International rights directors at two UK book publishers survey the continued importance of rights to an industry in search of new revenue channels. The post Rights’ Impact: ‘Explore and Maximize Additional Revenue Streams’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The 11 Best Comic Book Movies You Can Stream Right Now, From Superman to Deadpool

It's a bird… it's a plane… it's a great way to spend your couch time! The post The 11 Best Comic Book Movies You Can Stream Right Now, From Superman to Deadpool appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2017-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Deals: Week of March 27, 2017

One of the Clinton 12 sells a middle grade nonfiction book, bestseller Alex Kershaw sells a D-Day book to Caliber, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tempest, Beale and Alexander championed in next W H Smith Fresh Talent dozen

The city of New York and themes of loneliness and disconnection are prevalent among the titles championed in the new W H Smith Fresh Talent promotion, which includes one self-published author. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sophie Kinsella signs two with Puffin

Sophie Kinsella has signed a two-book deal with Puffin for a new young fiction series. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary thriller and Berlin debut novelist signed by HQ

HarperCollins imprint HQ has acquired two new titles: a book club read from author and journalist, Allegra Huston and an explosive literary thriller by 24 year-old debut writer Jonathan Lyon. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Historic' deal will see Shanghai maths books sold into UK schools

Collins Learning has signed a first-of-its-kind deal to translate an influential Shanghai maths learning series – the first time the publisher has imported a book for use in schools this way. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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USC's JuJu Smith-Schuster would welcome staying home to play for Rams or Chargers

The Rams added a former USC receiver to the roster when they signed free agent Robert Woods, the Trojans’ all-time receptions leader. Could they add another in next month’s NFL draft? USC’s JuJu Smith-Schuster, who attended Long Beach Poly High, said Wednesday that he would be happy to play for... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How celebrity deals are shutting children's authors out of their own trade

As Frank Lampard, George Galloway and Cara Delevingne land big-money book deals, established writers look on from the fringes – or turn away altogether Another day, another celebrity announces they are to “pen” a children’s book. Already this week, Jamie Lee Curtis has announced a... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2017-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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