Santa Montefiore and Simon Sebag Montefiore’s The Royal Rabbits of London is set to be turned into a hybrid-animated live-action feature film by a division of 20th Century Fox. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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How the self-published Swedish picture book become an overnight international sensation. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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After selling roughly 300 copies prior to last week, self-published picture book 'The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep' moved more than 29,000 print copies in the week ended August 23. It's also rumored that the book were acquired by Random House for seven figures. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Century is to publish The Dirty Game: Uncovering the Scandal at FIFA by Andrew Jennings, the investigative reporter whose evidence provided the basis of the FBI investigation that led to the arrests of FIFA executives and the resignation of Sepp Blatter. Jennings has been investigating FIFA for... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A one-eyed fox must survive a volcano and enemies in the natural world in this beautifully illustrated wordless graphic novel from the creators of 'Love: The Tiger.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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An insomniac rabbit is the hero of a book which has become a surprise best seller. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2015-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Carl-Johan Forssén Ehrlin’s self-published book claims to cure young insomniacs, but should bedtime stories be about tricking children to conk out? Related: Can an app really persuade children to go to sleep? I am the parent of a child whose nightly requests for more stories, more songs, a... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Century is to publish a book celebrating the life of Deirdre Barlow, a character on ITV’s “Coronation Street”. Deirdre: A Life on Coronation Street is described as a “tribute to one of Corrie fans' all-time favourite characters”. Anne Kirkbride, who died in January this year, played the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary agency Johnson & Alcock has acquired Fox Mason, the literary agency set up by Ben Mason in 2010, for an undisclosed sum. Johnson & Alcock is taking on the liability for Mason’s 20 authors as well as his employee Becky Thomas, who joins Johnson & Alcock as an associate... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kim Kardashian may be the queen of selfies, with a best-selling book to prove it, but she's not the first over-sharing, narcissistic reality show star. That dubious title would go to the Bellacourts of the upcoming Comedy Central series Another Period. They're the debauched, filthy-rich... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2015-06-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In 1915, after working as a page at Doubleday and with publisher Mitchell Kennerley, Alfred A. Knopf accepted a $5,000 advance from his father to begin an eponymous publisher. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dennis Publishing weekly magazine to be handed out for free on Friday in London, Manchester, Edinburgh, Leeds, Bristol and BirminghamThe Week is to give away 100,000 free copies on Friday to mark its 20th anniversary in the largest sampling campaign the weekly news digest’s history.Copies of the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alan C. Fox, author of 'People Tools for Business: 50 Strategies for Building Success, Creating Wealth, and Finding Happiness' (SelectBooks/Midpoint, 9781590792872) will appear on the 'Meredith Vieira Show' on Wednesday, May 13. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Celebrities including Sir Paul McCartney, the members of One Direction and Kate Moss have contributed to a charity children's book about a half-girl, half-dinosaur, launched today (14th April) at the London Book Fair by Fat Fox Books. Holly Milbank, m.d. of Fat Fox Books, was inspired to create... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Singapore-based Page One's new bookstore concept in Hong Kong started by looking at what readers loved in books and building from there, says CEO Mark Tan. The post Page One’s 21st-Century Asian Bookstore Strategy appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Century has acquired, in a “hotly contested auction”, the autobiography of Johnny Marr, co-founder of The Smiths. Marr founded The Smiths alongside Morrissey, before going on to create super-group Electronic with Bernard Sumner of New Order. He worked in bands including The Pretenders, The... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When it comes to catering to Millennials, Total BooX believes that eliminating the the friction in the traditional ebook purchasing process is key. The post Total BooX: Ebooks for the Way the 21st-Century Reader Reads appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Century and Arrow has acquired rights to two more novels by Emma Kavanagh. Jenny Geras, Arrow publishing director, bought UK and Commonwealth rights, including the EU and Canada, from Camilla Wray at the Darley Anderson Literary, TV and Film Agency. Kavanagh’s debut novel, Falling, was... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The West Baltimore home of a defunct century-old book publisher that once commanded offices in Chicago and San Francisco will go on the auction block Wednesday — a casualty of Hurricane Katrina, technological change and even the "For Dummies" instructional book series. Continue reading at Baltimore Sun
[ Baltimore Sun | 2014-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The lack of diversity in the book publishing industry is not new or surprising to veterans of the business. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-12-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scientist and broadcaster Professor Mark Miodownik has won the £25,000 Royal Society Winton Prize for Science Books with Stuff Matters (Viking). Miodownik was announced as the winner at a ceremony held at the Royal Society last night (10th November), hosted by anatomist and broadcaster... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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