Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Fri, 03/06/2011 - 08:55 Penguin has signed one of its big non-fiction titles for Christmas 2012, winning a hotly contested auction for a memoir by "Little Britain" star David Walliams. Katy Follain, Michael Joseph non-fiction publisher, and Louise Moore, managing director of Michael Joseph, beat around six publishers to win world rights to the as-yet-untitled autobiography. The publisher is believed to have paid £1.1m for the rights. Follain declined to comment on the figure, but said a "healthy advance" was paid. read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic UK has acquired three books from debut UK author Gabrielle Kent. Helen Thomas... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Fourteen months after the completion of the Random House–Penguin Group merger, PRH CEO Markus Dohle has created the Penguin Publishing Group, which puts all Penguin adult imprints under Madeline McIntosh, who was named president of the new unit. The move is Dohle’s most aggressive yet in... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Avon has signed rights in three novels by C L Taylor. Senior commissioning editor Lydia Vassar-... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Century is to publish a book by former IRA member turned informant Sean O’Callaghan,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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William Heinemann has acquired a book which will reveal “the powers of the unconscious mind... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Piatkus has acquired a book by musician Amanda Palmer based on her TED talk The Art of Asking.... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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The transformation of Penguin Random Houses’ editorial operations began in earnest today with the announcement of the creation of the Penguin Publishing Group. The new unit, which will house all of Penguin’s adult imprints, will be headed by Madeline McIntosh, currently president of U.S.... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
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Corvus has acquired the debut novel of Vanessa Tait, the great-granddaughter of Alice Liddell,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Hodder & Stoughton is to publish the autobiography of Sachin Tendulkar, the highest-run... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Memoirs dominate the longlist of the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction, with the personal... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Comics can wed different parts of a story together and really show things in ways prose can’t,” said Riva Hocherman, an editor at Metropolitan Books (an imprint of Holt), about "Verax," a forthcoming work of graphic nonfiction that tackles the history of the National Security Agency’s electronic... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sphere has signed two more books from TV presenter and novelist Judy Finnegan. Catherine... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Ingram Publisher Services has signed Magnet & Steel and In the Sports Zone, LLC to its list of publisher clients. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Granta Books has acquired new books from Rachel B Glaser and Amy Bloom, in deals with Cathryn... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Wales-based children’s and young adult publisher Firefly Press has acquired a YA science... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Choc Lit has bought a “steamy romantic trilogy” authored by a television presenter... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Blink Publishing, the adult non-fiction imprint from the Bonnier Publishing Group, has secured... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Harlequin MIRA has acquired the rights to two new novels and two ebook short stories form Kate... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Some of the material from Laura Ingalls Wilder's autobiography, 'Pioneer Girl,' was used as a basis for the famed children's book series, but many of the more intense scenes were considered inappropriate for children. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
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Usborne has acquired a new YA title from Holly Bourne, author of Soulmates and The Manifesto on... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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