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'

[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-25 10:20:45 UTC ]
News tagged with: #mcb scoops #macmillan children #screen rights #macmillan

Other Publishing stories related to: 'MCB scoops new Winston from Smith and signs screen rights deal'

Orion signs book on Fifty Shades' Dornan

Orion has acquired a book about “Fifty Shades of Grey” actor Jamie Dornan. Amanda... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #fifty shades

Penguin prepares double edition of Ali Smith novel

Penguin imprint Hamish Hamilton is publishing Ali Smith's Man Booker longlisted How To Be... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #ali smith

Bloomsbury signs history of Leigh Fermor kidnap

Bloomsbury has signed world rights to an account of the kidnapping of a Nazi general involving... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |

CUP signs History Manifesto

Cambridge University Press (CUP) has signed a book looking at the role role of history in modern... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |

Over 900 Authors Sign Open Letter to Amazon

Authors United, the loosely knit group of authors who joined forces to formally ask Amazon to end its sales terms dispute with Hachette Books, is preparing to run a full-page ad in Sunday's "New York Times." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #authors united #joined forces #hachette books #full-page ad

Harlequin MIRA signs debut thriller trilogy

Harelquin MIRA has signed a crime trilogy centred around a surgeon with Asperger's accused of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |

Amazon Explains Why It Thinks $9.99 is the Right Price for Ebooks

On the Kindle forum, Amazon said it wants to price most eBooks at $9.99, claiming lower prices will sell more books and return more money to authors. Many disagree. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |

Buried River Press signs two from Kalpakian

Buried River Press has signed two new novels from US author Laura Kalpakian. Managing director... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |

RWA 2014: Sexy Swag and the “World’s Biggest Book Signing”

The Romance Writers of America conference offered endless opportunities for fans, aspirants, and bestselling authors to interact and self-promote. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-07-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #romance writers #bestselling authors

Apple’s $450M ebooks settlement deal questioned by judge

The judge presiding over the antitrust case involving Apple Inc.’s $450 million offer to settle an ebook price-fixing lawsuit is said some provisions of the deal could reduce consumers' recovery, Reuters reported. U.S. District Judge Denise Cote said Thursday during a teleconference that she is... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2014-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #reuters reported

Coronet signs medium memoir

Coronet, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton is to publish the autobiography of medium Gordon... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #hodder stoughton

Mitchell, Nicholls and Smith on Man Booker longlist

A novel from crowd-funded publisher Unbound and three Hodder and three Vintage authors are on the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |

Distribution: Regan Arts Signs with S&S

Simon & Schuster has entered into a sales and distribution agreement with Regan Arts, the new publishing and multimedia unit at Phaidon headed by Judith Regan. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #distribution agreement #simon schuster #regan arts #multimedia unit #judith regan

Michelle Phan Sued Over Music Rights: How Will Brands and Influencers React?

Makeup guru Michelle Phan, one of YouTube's most popular publishers with over 6.7 million subscribers, may have the vast influence that can give brands the exposure they crave. But, that hasn't stopped electronic dance music label Ultra from suing her for allegedly using its music without the... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2014-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #international audience #record label #great taste

HMH Strikes Deal with Cricket

The deal will give HMH access to over 100k articles and passages from Cricket's library to include in instructional and supplemental tools for students and teachers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this |

Distribution: NBN Signs Globe Pequot Press

Following the purchase of Globe Pequot Press by Rowman & Littlefield, National Book Network (NBN) will distribute Globe Pequot Press, associated imprints and distribution clients beginning August 1. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #rowman littlefield

Book Deals: Week of July 21, 2014

FSG goes six figures for middle-grade debut and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #book deals #middle-grade debut

Cookbook Deals for July 2014

This month, new deals for a star of 'MasterChef Australia,' the minds behind NYC hotspots Eleven Madison Park and The NoMad, and the host of 'Korean Food Made Simple.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #cookbook deals

Rupert Murdoch's six decades of television and newspaper deals

From one Adelaide evening paper to bidding for a US giant - Rupert Murdoch's life in acquisitionsRupert Murdoch created a global media empire from humble beginnings when he inherited Adelaide's The News from his father in the 1950s. More than 60 years and dozens of deals later, the 83-year-old... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
More news stories like this | News stories tagged with: #rupert murdoch #humble beginnings #time warner