PRH signs audio rights to Barker catalogue

Penguin Random House has acquired the audio rights for Pat Barker's catalogue, commissioning new readings by a star cast including include Simon Russell Beale (pictured).   Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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The Audio Book Club Visits the Dept. of Speculation

This month, Dan Kois, Jessica Winter, and Meghan O’Rourke discuss Jenny Offill’s slim but potent novel Dept. of Speculation. Does the novel’s bifurcated structure work? Is its theme of the difficulty of making art when facing the daily struggles of domesticity resonant? What does that title... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2014-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blink signs memoir from Apprentice star

Blink Publishing has acquired the “revealing” autobiography of Luisa Zissman, a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH grab majority of Summer WHS Book Club titles

Penguin Random House has the lion’s share of titles in this summer's W H Smith Richard... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Recorded Books Buys HighBridge Audio

Recorded Books Inc. has acquired HighBridge Audio, the audiobook imprint of Workman Publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Oyster Signs Three

The ebook subscription service announced new partnerships with Andrews McMeel, Globe Pequot Press, and New Word City. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wattpad Signs with UTA to Rep 'After'

Wattpad has struck a deal with UTA for the agency to represent film and television rights to "After," Wattpad’s most shared story of 2013. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quadrille signs GBBO's Bell

Quadrille has signed a cookbook Recipes from a Normal Mum by Holly Bell. Publishing director... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harper NonFiction signs mental strength title

Harper NonFiction and William Morrow in the US have acquired world English rights to Amy Morin... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion signs kiwi dumplings

Orion Books has bought world rights in a “major” deal for two cookbooks by “The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Audio Book Club Wonders Where’d You Go, Bernadette

This month, Dan Kois, Emily Bazelon, and Meghan O’Rourke discuss Maria Semple’s best-selling comic novel Where’d You Go, Bernadette. Our critics discuss the novel’s unique epistolary/documentary structure; hash out whether its satire of upper-crust parents is biting or toothless; and debate... Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2014-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PubMatch Debuts Transactional Rights System

PubMatch, the book publishing and international rights database founded by Publishers Weekly and Combined Book Exhibit, is introducing a new upgrade at this year’s London Book Fair--Rights@PubMatch. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH launches My Independent Bookshop

Penguin Random House UK has launched My Independent Bookshop - a consumer book recommendation... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH U.K. Launches Reader Recommendation Platform

My Independent Bookshop allows book-lovers to set up a virtual bookstore, share their favorite reads and discover, recommend and review books online. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Distribution: Ingram Signs Two

Ingram has added Clovercroft Publishing and Permuted Platinum to its list of publisher clients. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins signs three from Kearney

HarperFiction has acquired a novel about a marriage that falls apart from Fionnuala Kearney.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Distribution: AMP Signs Deal with Vegan Heritage

Andrews McMeel Publishing signed an agreement with Vegan Heritage Press for sales, distribution and fulfillment in the U.S., Canada, and open market for eight titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury signs Wagner's history of Brooklyn Bridge

Bloomsbury has signed a non-fiction book on the building of the Brooklyn Bridge from former Times... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Print isn't dead after all, magazine biz shows signs of revival

The struggles of print media are far from over, but the first quarter of 2014 has been a particularly upbeat period for the magazine business, and not just because 35 titles launched, compared with... To view the full story, click the title link. Continue reading at Crains New York

[ Crains New York | 2014-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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O’Reilly Abdicates Throne, Patterson Claims Audio Crown

Rocketing to the top of this month’s list of bestselling audiobooks—and snatching the #1 spot from the mega-selling Bill O’Reilly—is James Patterson and Mark Sullivan’s Private L.A. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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IB Tauris signs Ukraine crisis study

IB Tauris has commissioned a book from author Richard Sakwa on the ongoing situation in Ukraine,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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