New Jonathan Franzen novel Purity due out next autumn

‘Multigenerational American epic’ from the author of The Corrections and Freedom set for September 2015 publicationThe American contingent may have missed out on this year’s Man Booker prize, but next year could be a different story after it was announced that a new novel by Jonathan Franzen, a decades and continents-spanning “multigenerational American epic”, will be released next autumn.Franzen’s fifth novel, Purity – his first since 2010’s Freedom stormed the bestseller charts – will see the author telling the story of Purity Tyler. Known by the distinctly Dickensian name Pip, she is a young woman searching for her father, moving from America today to South America and East Germany before the fall of the Berlin Wall. Publisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux’s president Jonathan Galassi told the New York Times that the story “hinges on the mystery of Pip’s family history and her relationship with a charismatic hacker and whistleblower”. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2014-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Multimillion-selling author also publishing new memoir of encounter with spirit guides after his 2012 plane crashJonathan Livingston Seagull, the adventurous bird who launched a million spiritual journeys in the 1970s, has flown back into view.His creator, Richard Bach, sold millions of copies... Continue reading at The Guardian

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Dan Brown-trumping French bestseller due in English next year

The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair, which topped book charts across Europe, set for English publication in 2014A literary thriller that has sold almost a million copies in France and has knocked Dan Brown's Inferno off the top of bestseller lists across Europe this summer, will be... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Autumn statement: UK's special effects industry cheered by tax relief plan

Chancellor's measures to help film business likely to encourage more Hollywood studios to use British post-production facilitiesThe UK's film special effects industry has received a shot in the arm with the government announcing plans to make it easier for Hollywood studios to qualify for UK tax... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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98 British publishers folded last year due to ebooks, discounts

Closures were up 42% over the previous year, according to the Guardian. The companies that folded included the 26-year-old healthcare publisher Panos London and Evans Brothers.Ninety-eight British publishers closed their doors in the year ending August 2013. The cause? E-books and online discounts. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Marsan and Carvel for Jonathan Strange adaptation

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For digital publishing, our platforms are Zinio for replica flipbooks, GTXcel’s Revista CMS for websites, and StreamSend for e-newsletters, plus the usual suspects Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest social media channels with various vendors lending tools to manage. Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Dave Eggers novel this autumn

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Sports hailed in "very solid" autumn offer

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Giving Brazilian Literature Its Due in English and at Frankfurt

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Barnes, Franzen, Al-Khalili on Warwick Prize longlist

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rushdie's autumn schedule 'unaffected by cynical attack'

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Waterstones Autumn Book Club titles revealed

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News Corp parts ways with chief digital officer Jonathan Miller

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[ Media Week | 2012-08-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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