Orion has pre-empted a guide to successful parenting written from the point of view of an... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fourth Estate has bought a title chronicling Premier League outfit Leicester City’s unlikely title challenge. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chronicle Books has paid a six-figure advance for a picture book by debut author and illustrator Brendan Wenzel, following an eight-publisher auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Independent specialist bookshop Tonbridge Christian Book Centre has been bought by Christian bookshop chain CLC Bookshops for an undisclosed sum. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rowman & Littlefield has acquired Stackpole Books, the 85 year-old publisher of military and nature books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Square Peg has acquired a book by naturalist Stephen Ross about one of Britain’s favourite birds, the robin. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones has hit the half-way point in its Buy Books for Syria campaign, having raised £500,000 through book sales to help those affected by the conflict in the Middle East. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins has acquired The Midlist, a daily e-mail newsletter that features ebook deals from a variety of publishers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sherman’s Books, with five stores in Maine, is about to add one more in Damariscotta. With the purchase, the mini-regional chain will also take a new name and become Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shops. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Watkins Media has purchased Cygnus Book Club, adding it to the company’s portfolio which includes publishing imprints. Watkins, which bought Watkins, Nourish, Angry Robot from Osprey last year and which will soon launch an imprint called Repeater books, also owns the Watkins Bookshop in Cecil... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones has said its 'Buy Books For Syria' campaign has already been a “great success” after first few days. While the company could not yet give sales figures for how many titles customers had been bought under the appeal, Sandra Taylor, head of PR and events at Waterstones, said it... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Allen Lane has acquired an “extraordinary” new book on the Third Reich and drug use, which was published in Germany this month. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion has snapped up rights to a humour gift book from the owner of Marnie the Dog, who has over 1m followers on Instagram. Anna Valentine, non-fiction publishing director at Orion, bought UK & Commonwealth rights from Nicole Bond at Grand Central Publishing for Marnie the Dog: I’m a Book,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scottish publisher Freight Books has acquired fellow Glasgow-based independent publisher Cargo Publishing. The deal, for an undisclosed sum, was completed last week, with authors informed this week. Gill Tasker and Helen Sedgwick, the directors of Cargo, will work for Frieght on a consultancy... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic has acquired Troubadour, also known as The Travelling Book Company, for an undisclosed sum. Steve Thompson, co-group m.d. of Scholastic UK, said the publisher had been tracking Troubadour’s progress for some time. “We know that by having a flexible approach to providing schools with... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dulwich Books has been bought by Susie Nicklin, executive chair and co-founder of The Marsh Agency, for an undisclosed sum. The deal came about Dulwich Books’ former owner Sheila O’Reilly told The Bookseller that she was looking for a business partner to help expand the company in multiple... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-09-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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B2B content company Globe Business Media Group has sold its portfolio of law books to a management-led team for an undisclosed sum. The buyers of the division, Globe Law and Business, are a consortium led by Jim Smith, a publisher who spent a number of years on the board of Lexus Nexus. Sian... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A snapshot of today’s educational ebook market, and where influencers think it is heading. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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WH Allen has acquired a book about championing new ideas, with a foreword written by Sheryl Sandberg. Jamie Joseph, WH Allen senior commissioning editor, bought UK and Commonwealth rights to Originals by Adam Grant from David Miller at Rogers, Coleridge and White. In Originals Grant shows how... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion is to publish nutritional health coach and blogger Madeleine Shaw’s follow-up to Get the Glow (Orion). Anna Valentine, publishing director of non-fiction, bought world rights from Alice Russell at Found for Ready, Steady, Glow. In Ready, Steady, Glow Shaw will offer “nourishing recipes... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The private equity firm Shamrock Capital Advisors has acquired the audiobook publisher Recorded Books from Wasserstein & Co. for an undisclosed price. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-08-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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