Pan Macmillan has won a six-figure auction for Dark Matter by Blake Crouch, an author previously published by Amazon Publishing. Editorial director Julie Crisp acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to the book from Alexis Hurley at Inkwell Managements, after seeing a 140-page partial. The book was pre-empted in the US by Molly Stern at Crown for a seven-figure deal, and film rights have been optioned by Sony Pictures for $1.25m, after they beat five other film studios. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Fri, 29/07/2011 - 11:20 Usborne has bought a debut novel from prolific young adult blogger Lenore Appelhans, which the publisher expects to be massive following the sale of film rights to CBS Film and interest from YA bloggers. Fiction editorial... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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