Netflix has acquired film rights to Sarah Pinborough’s psychological YA thriller, 13 Minutes (Gollancz), bringing Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, the creators of "Gossip Girl", on board to write. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Some in Canada are protesting the awarding of the 2014 Governor General’s Literary Award to a controversial book about high school gender identity issues. The post Protest Against Controversial YA Award-winner in Canada appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster Children’s Books has acquired Zeroes, the first in a new YA trilogy about teenagers with superpowers. The Zeroes are six teenagers, all born in the year 2000, who live in Cambria, California. Their abilities make them anything but heroes – until a high stakes crisis... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Angry Birds creator Rovio is moving into the YA publishing sector with a new pirate adventure series. Storm Sisters is described as a “high action pirate adventure with a female twist”. It tells the story of five girls, aged 11 to 17, who sail the seas in 1780s looking for clues to why their... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Joseph has acquired a thriller about a woman who survived an attack by a serial killer. Publishing director Maxine Hitchcock bought UK and Commonwealth rights to Black-Eyed Susans, and one other untitled thriller, by Julia Haeberlin from Rachel Kind at Random House in the US. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-01-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Raymond Briggs’ children’s book to be remade as four-part series featuring mix of animation and live action that will be centrepiece of channel’s Christmas 2015 scheduleFungus the Bogeyman is to be brought to back to life by Sky in a four-part adaptation of the Raymond Briggs children’s book.The... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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On Tuesday, Scribd and Oyster both announced partnerships with Macmillan to bring new titles to their ebook subscription services. But how do all-you-can read platforms benefit publishers? The post Publishers Are Lining Up Behind ‘Netflix for Books’ Services. But Why? appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2015-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Christmas sales are picking up in Germany but with only two and a half shopping days left before the shops are legally bound to close at 1p.m. on Christmas Eve, booksellers are facing an uphill battle to finish ahead of 2013. Sales for the year were down by a marginal 1.4% at the end of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon has launched a one-hour new delivery service in selected areas of Manhattan, New York, today (19th December), which it plans to expand in 2015. The service, called Prime Now, promises to deliver in one hour a range of more than 25,000 daily essentials, such as “paper towels, shampoo,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pushkin Press is set to publish three books in the YA series Red Abbey Chronicles by Finnish writer Maria Turtschaninoff. Pushkin acquired the world English rights to Maresi and two subsequent books, from Elina Ahlback at the Ahlback Agency. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jessica’s Schiefauer’s Swedish YA novel Pojkarna (The Boys) is attracting strong foreign rights interest for its daring story about gender transformation. The post Daring Swedish YA Tale Attracts Strong Foreign Rights Deals appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Berlin-based Blinkist condenses nonfiction books down to key points called blinks and is offering an app that delivers books as 15-minute audio summaries. The post Blinkist Condenses Nonfiction Books to 15-Minute Audiobooks appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Crime novels The Cuckoo’s Calling and The Silkworm, written under the author’s pseudonym, to form the basis of new dramaThe BBC will adapt the crime novels written by JK Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, its second collaboration with the Harry Potter author.The Cuckoo’s Calling, the... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-12-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ten titles are in the running for The Bookseller's inaugural YA Book Prize, with two Hot Key books featuring on the shortlist. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author CJ Daugherty discusses the release Night School the Web Series based on her bestselling YA novels — the first of its kind in the UK. The post Author C.J. Daugherty on Adapting Book-to-Web Series appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The best feminist YA fiction is fun to read and generates discussions about the issues facing women today, according to US author E Lockhart, currently touring in the UK. Lockhart’s new novel The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, published by Hot Key Books last month, is about a... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orchard Books has acquired Thirteen Days of Midnight by debut YA author Leo Hunt. The book is about a boy called Luke Manchett who, when his father dies, acquires $6m and a collection of ghosts. The eight spirits want revenge for their enslavement by Manchett senior and Luke has just 13 days to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Usborne has signed a YA novel from Birkbeck creative writing MA alumni Sarah Alexander. Fiction deputy director Anne Finnis acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Hellie Ogden at Janklow & Nesbit UK, while US rights have sold to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New independent publisher Orenda Books has made a flurry of new acquisitions since launching just last month. Orenda Books founder Karen Sullivan has acquired world English language rights for Canada-Australia writer Paul E Hardistry’s debut eco-thriller The Abrupt Physics of Dying. The book... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Young adults dominate the Arabic book market, but publishers are acutely sensitive to the slightest challenge to conservative etiquetteThe boom in young adult fiction has left the Arab publishing world playing catch-up, as authors try to compete with Twilight and The Hunger Games without... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2014-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hot Key Books has acquired two titles for teens from Stuart David, a founding member of the band Belle & Sebastian. Editor Naomi Colthurst bought world rights for Jackdaw and the Randoms and a further untitled Jackdaw book from agent Joanna Swainson at Hardman & Swainson. Bass player... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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