Partnership profile: Mantle's Smart Works for Trollope title

For the launch of Joanna Trollope’s 20th novel, Mantle pursued a series of partnerships to reach a new audience, as Pan Macmillan’s communications director Emma Bravo explains. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mantle debut optioned for TV

A debut novel published by Mantle, Ray Celestin’s The Axeman’s Jazz, has been optioned for television by independent film production company See-Saw Films.  See-Saw Films, which produced “The King’s Speech” and “Shame”, optioned the rights from Lucinda Prain at Casarotto, Ramsay &... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Authors' profiles key in resurrecting fiction brands

The reputation of an author writing a continuation novel in a well-established brand series is just as important as the brand itself, publicists have told The Bookseller. Novelist Sophie Hannah added that authors who are fans of the series they are writing in can channel the original author... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Platinum Games is working on a new 'NieR' game for PS4

It's been five years since NieR last arrived on consoles, but at today's Square Enix E3 press conference, the publisher announced that a new title is in-development for the PlayStation 4. Fans of the franchise will be pleased to know that Platinum Ga... Continue reading at Engadget

[ Engadget | 2015-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oetinger34, Community-Based Publishing Platform, To Release First Titles

This July, the first titles will appear from Oetinger34, a creative platform for authors, illustrators and readers launched by German publisher Oetinger in 2014. The post Oetinger34, Community-Based Publishing Platform, To Release First Titles appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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RM Books to stock PRH titles

Children’s and YA titles from Penguin Random House UK, including those by DK and Rough Guides are being made available for purchase on school ebook platform RM Books. RM Books offers a range of textbooks, topic books and fiction ebooks for schools to purchase or rent. Penguin Random House... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Trust chooses Nosy Crow title for Booktime

Reading charity Book Trust has chosen Nosy Crow’s Open Very Carefully, by Nicola O’Byrne and Nick Bromley, to send to reception-aged children through this year’s Booktime scheme.  For Booktime, which is now in its 10th year, Book Trust will send packs with the book, as well as a reading guide,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ads, airline seats, and higher revenue: yield optimization at work

Just as it has for airlines, yield management -- controlling inventory availability in a way that affects prices and maximizes revenue -- will significantly improve revenue for online publishers. A unified yield management platform will give publishers a unified marketplace in which all buyers... Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2015-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Egmont reveals first ‘classics’ titles

Egmont has announced the first six titles in its new classics range, including Just So Stories and Alice in Wonderland. The series, which is replacing the ‘heritage’ series, will launch in August with The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham, Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling, Peter Pan by J... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Black Mirror Is Almost as Smart as a Good Sci-Fi Book

In the latest episode of the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast the panel discusses why Black Mirror is better than most other sci-fi TV. The post Black Mirror Is Almost as Smart as a Good Sci-Fi Book appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2015-06-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Key Ideas For Publishers Working In a World of Large Tech Companies

As long as technology companies such as Facebook and Twitter exist, publishers will have to navigate relationships with them.   This theme pervaded a panel Monday at the 67th World News Media Congress in which industry thought leaders discussed ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2015: Buzzing Debut YA Titles

Here’s an advance peek at why the editors participating in today’s Young Adult Editors’ Buzz Panel are especially enthusiastic about the novels they will spotlight, as well as their observations on the value of this forum for generating early book buzz. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trigger Mortis revealed as title for Horowitz's Bond

Anthony Horowitz’s forthcoming James Bond novel will be called Trigger Mortis (Orion), and the book will see the return of iconic Bond Girl Pussy Galore. Plot details for the book have also been revealed today (28th May), on what would have been James Bond creator Ian Fleming’s 107th... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kobo Hopes Payments Will Boost ABA Partnership

Dubbed “eRead Local” the program will run for 100 days, during which time participating ABA members will receive $5 for every new Kobo customer they deliver. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2015: Celebrating Hijuelos—His Work Lives On

The sudden death of Oscar Hijuelos at age 62 in October 2013 was a shock to the literary world. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Will Self's 'amanuensis' to publish memoir of working for the novelist

Matthew De Abaitua’s Self & I covers the six-month period he spent reading, drinking and rolling ‘special cigarettes’ as assistant to the Booker-shortlisted author in the early 1990sFrom an interview involving shooting whisky bottles and smoking “special” cigarettes to an attempt to take a... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-05-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mantle signs two from Rosie

Mantle has acquired two books by debut novelist Diana Rosie. The first, Alberto’s Birthday, is set in Spain and tells the story of an old man – orphaned during the Spanish Civil War – and his grandson, who go in search of the former’s birthday. Mantle’s Sam Humphreys said: “This is such a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Freelance With A Family: Advice On Making It Work From One Of America's Top Rock Critics

Jessica Hopper on how she kept her creative dream job—and her family—thriving.In the early '90s, then-ninth-grader Jessica Hopper started putting out a fanzine to write about her favorite bands in Minneapolis. She turned that into assignments for local publications like City Pages, and then... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2015-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Endless buys majority stake in The Works

Endless has acquired a larger stake in The Works, after buying executive chairman Anthony Solomon's stake, and is to open 30 new stores this year as part of its growth programme for 2015. Endless, a venture capitalist company which also owns a stake in The Book People, is now a majority... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan acquires sports psychology titles

Macmillan has acquired two books by sports psychologist Professor Damian Hughes. Non-fiction publisher Robin Harvie acquired world rights to The Five Steps to a Winning Mindset and one other book from David Luxton at DLA. Luxton is the author of How to Think Like Sir Alex Ferguson, which was... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Story of mother on trial to Mantle

Mantle associate publisher Sam Humphreys has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to The Mother by Yvvette Edwards from Eve White. The book follows a mother attending the trial of the boy accused of killing her teenage son. Mantle will publish spring 2016. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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