Smith out as Hodder acquires Quercus

Mark Smith, chief executive of Quercus, is to leave the publisher following its sale to Hodder... Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W H Smith closes 60% of stores as Johnson shuts shops and libraries

W H Smith has closed around 60% of its shops after the Prime Minister ordered non-essential stores to shut owing to the coronavirus outbreak. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-23 20:27:47 UTC ]
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Arcade Acquires, and Publishes, Abandoned Woody Allen Memoir

Woody Allen's memoir, acquired and then dropped by Hachette's Grand Central Publishing imprint earlier this month, has been bought by Skyhorse imprint Arcade Publishing, which has released the title today. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Rowling, Smith and Oliver make British Book Awards '30 from 30' shortlist

JK Rowling, Zadie Smith and Jamie Oliver have made the shortlist for the British Book Awards "30 from 30" trophy that will crown one book the “best” of the past three decades. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-18 13:31:41 UTC ]
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Thomas & Mercer acquires two thrillers from Susi Holliday

Thomas & Mercer, an imprint of Amazon Publishing, has signed a two-book deal with psychological suspense writer Susi Holliday.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-18 03:55:15 UTC ]
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Penguin Life acquire ‘timely and important’ book about mental health in sport

Penguin Life will publish a "timely and important" book about mental health in sport by Gary Bloom titled Head in the Game.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-17 22:31:22 UTC ]
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Hodder to publish memoir by YouTuber Calum McSwiggan

Hodder has acquired a celebrity memoir, Eat, Gay, Love, by the YouTube star and radio presenter Calum McSwiggan.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-17 11:41:15 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow acquires 10 children’s books by Pamela Butchart

Independent publisher Nosy Crow has acquired 10 new titles from the award-winning author and schoolteacher Pamela Butchart. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-17 11:26:59 UTC ]
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Hodder strengthens fiction editorial team

Hodder & Stoughton has made some changes to its fiction editorial team, making new hires of Noor Sufi and Molly Power as commissioning editors for its crime and thriller and SFF lists, and promoting Kimberley Atkins to publisher for Women's Fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-16 13:08:15 UTC ]
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W H Smith issues £40m profit warning as coronavirus hits travel business

W H Smith has warned the impact of the coronavirus outbreak could cut its profit by up to £40m as the pandemic hits its Travel business.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-12 09:57:11 UTC ]
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Zadie Smith and Nick Laird picture book goes to Puffin

Puffin has snapped up Zadie Smith and Nick Laird's "endearing" debut picture book, Weirdo, featuring a judo suit-wearing guinea pig.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-10 07:57:19 UTC ]
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Granta acquires 'urgent' Trump book by New Yorker's Gessen

Granta has acquired an “urgent” exploration of Donald Trump’s presidency by New Yorker journalist Masha Gessen.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-05 21:48:24 UTC ]
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Seven Dials acquires volunteer's memoir of battling ISIS

Seven Dials has acquired the "explosive" story an ordinary man who went to Syria as an international volunteer to fight alongside the Kurdish YPG against ISIS. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-03-04 14:20:59 UTC ]
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Ronan Farrow calls Hachette “wildy unprofessional” for acquiring Woody Allen’s book.

Yesterday, Grand Central Publishing, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, announced that they would be publishing Woody Allen’s memoir, Apropos of Nothing, a book we all once thought would never see the light of day, considering his history of sexual misconduct. The news, as we noted yesterday,... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-03-04 11:40:05 UTC ]
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Seattle Magazine Acquired By Local Entrepreneur

Seattle magazine is coming home. The 54 year-old monthly has been acquired by local entrepreneur Jonathan Sposato, co-founder and chairman of the tech site GeekWire.com and the online photo editing service PicMonkey, he announced Monday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The seller,... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2020-03-02 22:55:02 UTC ]
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Hodder signs Tanya Byrne's festive romance

Hodder & Stoughton has snapped up "cosy, festive romance" Someday at Christmas by YA author Tanya Byrne, writing under the pen name Lizzie Byron. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-27 23:09:19 UTC ]
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Hodder snaps up debut author's reimagining of Siege of Troy

Hodder & Stoughton has snapped up debut author Claire Heywood’s “vivid and illuminating reimagining of the story of the Siege of Troy”, Daughters of Sparta. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-27 00:11:49 UTC ]
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Riverdale Avenue Books Acquires Circlet Press

Independent publisher Riverdale Avenue Books has acquired the assets of Circlet Press, an independent small press focused on science-fiction and fantasy works with sex-positive erotic themes. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-26 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Zadie Smith and Ben Lerner shortlisted for Rathbones Folio Prize 2020

Zadie Smith and Ben Lerner are among the eight authors shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize 2020. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-25 23:52:49 UTC ]
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Famed Restaurateur And Lifestyle Guru B. Smith Dies At 70

Smith was a successful model, restaurateur and the host of a nationally syndicated lifestyle talk show. Continue reading at The Huffington Post

[ The Huffington Post | 2020-02-23 18:37:05 UTC ]
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Danez Smith: ‘Being a Poet Means Committing to Vulnerability’

Danez Smith burst into national recognition in 2014, when their poems about the Black Lives Matter movement found piercing resonance in a time of social and political change. Smith won the Individual World Poetry Slam that year, as well as the Lamda Literary Award for Gay Poetry for their book... Continue reading at Literrary Hub

[ Literrary Hub | 2020-02-21 09:49:13 UTC ]
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