Former first lady’s Becoming is a global hit in 31 languages and has sold 600,000 copies in UKMichelle Obama’s autobiography, Becoming, is on track to become the most successful memoir in modern publishing history, selling more than 10m copies to date, as life after the White House continues to prove commercial gold for brand Obama.Thomas Rabe, chief executive of the German media group Bertelsmann, parent company of Becoming’s publisher, Penguin Random House, said the title was the book giant’s biggest success of the last year. “We believe that these memoirs could well become the most successful memoir ever,” he said. Related: Tips, links and suggestions: what are you reading this week? Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2019-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hillary Clinton's anticipated new memoir, due out September 12, has been given a title. Simon & Schuster said the book, which will focus on Clinton's defeat in the recent presidential election, will be called 'What Happened.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The "revealing" political autobiography of Wales' First Minister Rhodri Morgan is set to be released by University of Wales Press in September, months after his unexpected death in May. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sainsbury’s has partnered with BookTrust, Penguin Random House and Peppa Pig brand owner, Entertainment One, to commission and exclusively sell children's book Shop With Peppa. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Macmillan imprint Bluebird is to publish the autobiography of 19-year old Yusra Mardini, the Olympic Syrian refugee who swam for three hours to push a sinking boat that was carrying 20 people to safety. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oneworld has paid six figures for a YA trilogy by US actor and screenwriter Jason Segel and his writing partner Kirsten Miller. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The shopkeeper dubbed "rude and offensive" is selling his business in North Yorkshire. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Princeton University Press has sold simplified Chinese rights to historian Jonathan Israel's forthcoming title The Expanding Blaze for six figures. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The first book in the seven-figure, three-book deal Biden signed with Flatiron Books has a title and a publication date. 'Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose' is set for November. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rightwinger said his book – self-published after he was dropped by Simon & Schuster – had sold 100,000 copies, but data shows fewer than 20,000 salesRightwing controversialist Milo Yiannopoulos has branded reported low sales of his new book “fake news” after official figures revealed the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The beleaguered FTSE 100 firm strengthens balance sheet by selling a 22% stake to Bertelsmann in deal valuing the publishing giant at $3.55bn Pearson has sold a 22% stake in Penguin Random House, the world’s biggest publisher, with titles ranging from Fifty Shades of Grey, Jamie Oliver and The... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Shares in the publishing firm rise after it says the sale will raise about $1bn (£776m). Continue reading at BBC News
[ BBC News | 2017-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pearson has agreed to sell 22% of its stake in Penguin Random House (PRH) to co-shareholder Bertelsmann, valuing the publisher at $3.55bn (£2.76bn). The deal means Bertelsmann will increase its control over the publisher, owning a 75% stake, while Pearson will own the remaining 25%. The deal is... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Former Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos has served his former publisher Simon & Schuster US with a $10m lawsuit, days after his self-published memoir was released. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rightwing provocateur seeks damages from Simon & Schuster after it dropped memoir Dangerous over contentious remarks – but imprint says suit is ‘without merit’A $10m (£7.7m) lawsuit announced by far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has been dismissed by his former publisher as... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Veteran Hollywood executive Jonathan Dolgen, who formerly headed Paramount Pictures, has sold his home in Malibu for $18 million. The buyer was Chris Columbus, director of such films as “Home Alone,” “Mrs. Doubtfire” and “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” The English traditional-style home... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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English PEN has awarded Amy Liptrot the PEN Ackerley Prize 2017 for her "exhilarating and rigourously unsentimental" memoir The Outrun (Canongate). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rick Owens and his wife Michèle Lamy held court on Tuesday evening on the first floor of the designer’s store in the Palais-Royal in Paris, where they signed copies of “Rick Owens: Furniture,” the coffee table book published by Rizzoli New York. The pair’s banter provided an insight into the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lina Bengtsdotter's crime novel Annabelle is a hit with rights buyers. The book also has its own song by the author's sister and pop singer, Petra Brohäll. The post Rights Update: Swedish Crime Writer’s Debut Book Sells to 10 Territories appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bluemoose Books is to publish Naseem Khan's memoir Everywhere is Somewhere in November. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-07-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hello! I’m Carolyn Kellogg, books editor of the L.A. Times, and I’ve got some good reading — and listening! — for you over this long weekend. THE BIG STORY Writer Christopher Isherwood and his partner Don Bachardy wrote each other love letters that have been turned into the podcast “The Animals,”... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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