Oneworld children's imprint Rock the Boat has landed a “thrilling and heart-wrenching” new middle-grade novel from 2020 Carnegie award-winner Anthony McGowan in a five-figure pre-empt deal. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2021-08-06 16:47:19 UTC ]
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Global goodwill ambassador for UN women Emma Watson and political activist Gloria Steinem enthralled an audience of 950 people yesterday at an event to mark the launch of Watson's new feminist book club. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Casablanca Book Fair hosted its first rights hub, which brought together passionate publishers and agents for discussions of Arabic, African and francophone literature. The post A New Gateway to Publishing in Africa and the Middle East: Casablanca’s First Rights Hub appeared first on... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Seven trade figures reflect on the life and legacy of the late George Weidenfeld. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In an unpredictable and somewhat paradoxical print performance in 2015, the trio of publishing behemoths all posted respectable growth; yet the ‘Big Three’ collectively claimed their second-lowest share of the market as mid-sized outfits thrived. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oneworld is to publish a book on ‘Jihadi John’ by British journalist Robert Verkaik, the only journalist to have met and interviewed Muhammed Emwazi. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pushkin Press has sold US rights for The Red Abbey Chronicles by Finnish author Maria Turtschaninoff to Abrams Books in a six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oneworld has partnered with the charity Give a Book to encourage UK publishers to donate books to prison reading groups. Inspired by The Prison Book Club by Oneworld author Ann Walmsley, which recounts the author's experience of running a book club in a men's prison, the initiative aims to... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The ongoing turmoil in the Middle East along with the refugee crisis there and in Europe has been the source of a clutch of manuscripts on offer at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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No Exit Press has acquired five books in a pre-Frankfurt Book Fair buying “spree”. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canadian screenwriter Elan Mastai's debut novel 'All Our Wrong Todays' has been nabbed in a preempt by Maya Ziv at Dutton. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook is instituting something akin to employee performance reviews for app publishers in its ad network, grading how well their inventory achieves advertiser objectives like driving downloads or selling product.The company already uses that information to decide which ad buys it doles out to... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2015-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literary agency PFD will this week hold auctions in Germany and the UK for Romanian novel The Book of Mirrors by EO Chirovichi. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Crime writer James Oswald has signed a “significant six-figure” deal for two new books in his Inspector McLean series with Michael Joseph. Publishing director Alex Clarke bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, to the books from Juliet Mushens of UTA. Oswald’s first Inspector... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oneworld has appointed Alex Christofi as commissioning editor for non-fiction, following the departure of Mike Harpley. Christofi will report to Oneworld’s publisher, Juliet Mabey, and focus on acquiring "big-ideas" books across a range of narrative non-fiction. Christofi was previously an... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Head of Zeus has struck a six-figure deal for a thriller series by Stefan Ahnhem. Laura Palmer, publishing director at Head of Zeus, bought UK and Commonwealth rights excluding Canada to the first three books of the Fabian Risk Series from Jolise Beaton and Gillian Fizet at House of Anansi... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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According to insiders, David Kuhn at Kuhn Projects is shopping an essay collection by the comedian that some believe will draw a high seven figure advance. Kuhn did not respond to requests for comment. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Middle Eastern cuisine has become more popular in the West, with new cookbooks highlighting dishes from Syria, Lebanon, Israel, and other countries. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Random House Children's Books US has bought the rights to Matt Haig’s upcoming Christmas book, A Boy Called Christmas, for a six-figure sum from Canongate. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House UK Children's has acquired a teen book by Emily Barr in a six-figure deal. Editorial director Ruth Knowles bought world rights to The One Memory of Flora Banks, along with a second stand-alone novel, from Lauren Pearson at Curtis Brown. The book is about Flora, a teenage... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Go Set a Watchman has become a major hit in a year that needed one and raises questions about American society and its publishing and reading culture. The post On Harper Lee, Pre-orders, and Book Product appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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