One Direction fanfic author inks worldwide book deal

Following the success of Anna Todd's After series, the wildly popular stories starring the boy band will be published at the end of the year Is fan fiction something to be feared? And where did it all begin?Simon & Schuster have inked a deal for worldwide rights to One Direction fanfic. Anna Todd's wildly popular After series, which was inspired by Twilight and 50 Shades of Grey, will begin making its way to bookshops in November of this year. Todd began writing After in 2013, publishing on the free story website Wattpad. It's the tale of Tessa Young, an 18-year-old whose "simple life" is "shattered ... [by] a rude boy named Harry". Tessa falls for Harry's good looks and his love of Jane Austen; she also meets Harry's friends Niall, Liam, Zayn and Louis. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2014-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]

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S&S's Reidy tells staff to 'resist censorship' after 'tumultuous' 2016

Simon & Schuster's president and c.e.o. Carolyn Reidy has urged colleagues to "resist censorship" in an email to staff in which she summed up 2016 as a "tumultuous year" politically and culturally. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Are small publishers doing all the hard work for the big ones?

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[ The Guardian | 2016-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sandstone to publish 'fresh take' on Jane Austen

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[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obituary: George Turianski

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S to Acquire Adams Media

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lynda La Plante moves to Bonnier Zaffre

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[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Helena Kelly | 'Almost everything we think we know about Jane Austen is wrong'

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[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Industry Stocks: October 2016 Performances

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S snaps up six-figure Scandal

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[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Robert Gottlieb: the editor who changed American literature

The man who ushered classics like Catch-22 into the world, Gottlieb has reason to brag. But in his new memoir Avid Reader he prefers to downplay the editor’s role Joseph Heller, the author of Catch-22, once gave an interview where he credited his editor with kicking his work into shape. After... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Guardian | 2016-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-08-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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