Pan Mac acquires four for its biz and science list

Pan Macmillan has made four “major” acquisitions as part of a “significant investment” in its business and popular science lists. Non-fiction publisher Robin Harvie bought UK and Commonwealth rights excluding Canada to The Storyteller’s Secret by Carmine Gallo from SMP. Gallo is the author of Talk Like TED, which Pan Macmillan said has sold 120,000 copies across all territories and formats. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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