Pushkin buys novel by Danish author Nors

Pushkin Press has acquired the UK and Commonwealth rights to a novel by Danish author Dorthe Nors. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Blackwell’s buys Keele campus bookshop

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W&N buys Honeywell debut

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ether for Authors: Is Today’s Book Marketing All in the Algorithms?

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Harvill Secker buys history of humankind

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookstores: For Buying or Showrooming?

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin SA buys four Brynard novels

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette US buys Hyperion

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scotland inspires new Asterix author

The author of the new Asterix comic book says the Scottish landscape inspired the latest epic adventure Asterix and the Picts. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Author faced 'hostility' over book

Author Ros Barber recalls the early hostile reaction she received for her award-winning debut novel in which playwright Christopher Marlowe is credited as the true author of Shakespeare's plays. Continue reading at BBC News

[ BBC News | 2013-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ether for Authors: Why Are the Big Six So Silent?

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'I Am Legend' author Richard Matheson has died at 87

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[ Los Angeles Times | 2013-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Divergent' author Veronica Roth will pen four original short stories

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[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin urges dismissal of Author Solutions case

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Anger over authors’ website links to Amazon

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cornerstone's Dunn buys Coogan

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Vice Magazine's newest fashion spread depicted models dressed like Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, and others in the act of committing suicide. The photos were taken down after a public outcry. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate buys Bergner on female desire

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dyslexic author wins book prize

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[ BBC News | 2013-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sheffield authors triumph at Northern Writers' Awards

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[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fostering Literary Respect for Underrepresented Regions, Authors

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[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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