Pan Mac acquires French bestseller

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 07/09/2011 - 08:15 Pan Macmillan has acquired a title which has sold, according to the publisher, more than a quarter of a million copies in eight weeks in France and went to number one in the bestseller charts. Editorial director Liz Gough bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Australia, New Zealand and Canada, to Not the Last Goodbye: Reflections on Life, Death, Healing and Cancer by Dr David Servan-Schreiber from Kerry Glencourse at Susanna Lea Associates. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2011-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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