It’s been 10 years since David Borgenicht founded Quirk Books, and three years since the Philadelphia publisher released its massive hit, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, a title that has not only sold more than 1.5 million copies (combined print and digital) but launched the mashup book category. The success of PPZ provided Quirk with a boost to the confidence of its publishing team as well as its finances. “We realized that we can make big things happen when we get all the elements right,” said Borgenicht about the impact of PPZ on Quirk’s collective publishing psyche. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The former defense secretary dropped a lawsuit against the Defense Department after it reversed decisions on what parts of his memoir were to be redacted, his lawyer said. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2022-02-05 17:11:36 UTC ]
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Legend Times is to move all of its publishing companies from Booksource to Macmillan Distribution (MDL). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-20 13:14:03 UTC ]
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Brooklyn's Unnameable Books, which was once featured in 2008 on a 'New Yorker' cover illustrating the obstacles indies face against Amazon, is moving down the street from its current location. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-01-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Lars Kepler has moved to Zaffre in a "major" acquisition for the Bonnier imprint, which has bagged two Joona Linna titles and another novel. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2022-01-06 03:55:20 UTC ]
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Serpent's Tail has bagged a post-apocalyptic novel and a memoir from 2020 Goldsmiths Prize winner M John Harrison, who is leaving his long-term publisher Gollancz after 40 years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-19 23:45:16 UTC ]
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DCist reports that workers at DC’s indie bookstore Politics and Prose have decided to unionize, joining a growing list of bookstores (and other workplaces) that have unionized this year. If they do unionize, they’ll become the only bookstore in DC with a unionized workforce. But Politics and... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2021-12-17 16:47:07 UTC ]
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Faber has appointed Canongate’s Hannah Knowles as editorial director to cover Alexa von Hirschberg’s maternity leave. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-13 18:09:37 UTC ]
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Mike Sellars’ horror novel, featuring a zombie-infested Waterstones store, has gone to northern independent press Northodox. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-12-08 08:34:19 UTC ]
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In a move to keep the publishing company independent, founder Sara Miller McCune has signed over her voting share and company control to the SAGE-SMM Trust. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-12-07 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Princeton University Press’ European office has moved from the town of Woodstock, Oxfordshire, to Banbury Road in North Oxford. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-17 16:02:28 UTC ]
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Tyndale announced a multi-year, multi-book deal with Thom Rainer, former president and CEO of LifeWay Christian Resources, days after Rainer's non-compete clause with LifeWay expired. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
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The An Post Irish Book Awards ceremony has been moved to an online only ceremony due to the worsening coronavirus rates in the country. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-16 13:49:06 UTC ]
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Writer Emma Forrest is switching from Bloomsbury to Weidenfeld & Nicolson with a new memoir, Busy Being Free, which is billed as "a love letter to being alive or alone". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-11 05:07:04 UTC ]
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New polling from the Publishers Association (PA) has revealed 61% of respondents feel proud when a UK book has global success, as the organisation continues to urge against copyright changes. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-11-08 22:10:30 UTC ]
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Image Comics has declined a request by union organizers to voluntarily recognize Comic Book Workers United, an effort to unionize the independent comics publisher, and has moved to hold a vote to determine whether the CBWU will represent eligible Image staff. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-11-08 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Claire Douglas' The Couple at No 9 (Penguin) has leapfrogged Richard Osman's The Man Who Died Twice (Penguin) to hit the Amazon Charts' Most-Sold: Fiction number one. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-27 11:26:35 UTC ]
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Benjamin Zephaniah is writing a “powerfully moving” picture book about the voyage of "HMT Empire Windrush" to be published by Scholastic UK in April 2022. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-23 10:30:14 UTC ]
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The literary estate of Iain Banks has moved its representation to the Curtis Brown Group from the Mic Cheetham Agency with a screen deal already secured. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-14 19:12:03 UTC ]
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PRH imprint #Merky Books has landed the "powerful and deeply moving" memoir by Olympic champion and elite runner Caster Semenya. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-06 10:43:15 UTC ]
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Kate Manning has joined award-winning independent children's publisher Magic Cat as publicity and marketing director. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-10-05 21:15:29 UTC ]
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