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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PRH Acquires Brazil's Companhia das Letras

Penguin Random House has acquired majority ownership of Brazilian trade publishing house Companhia das Letras. Penguin first invested in the company in 2012. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indigo Press acquires four for 2019

The Indigo Press, the publishing arm of the MILD Group, will publish titles by Ahmad Danny Ramadan, Lucia Osborne-Crowley, Richard Seymour and Parker Bilal in 2019.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton Marks 150 Years in Book Publishing

At 150 and now owned by Hachette, the UK's Hodder & Stoughton has a huge list of hits to its name and was ahead of the Penguin paperback revolution with pocket-size hardcovers in the 1920s. The post Hodder & Stoughton Marks 150 Years in Book Publishing appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Knopf Acquires New Easton Ellis Title

Bret Easton Ellis will release his first work of nonfiction in April 2019. 'White' will, its publisher, Knopf, said, combine "commentary and personal reflection in a wide-ranging exploration of our reputation economy." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Juno Dawson’s 'Meat Market' acquired by TV production company

Unstoppable Film & Television has acquired the production rights to Juno Dawson’s upcoming YA novel Meat Market (Quercus Children’s Books), about a 16-year-old girl who is catapulted from her South London council estate to the international world of fashion. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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LadBible moves closer to acquiring fellow viral publisher Unilad

Administrator for collapsed firm has been informing rival bidders they are out of runningLadBible has moved closer to taking control of rival Unilad after administrators handling the fire sale of the collapsed viral Facebook publisher informed several bidders they were out of the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2018-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chatto acquires Sadie Jones's first contemporary novel, 'The Snakes'

Chatto & Windus has signed an "unflinching" new novel from Sadie Jones called The Snakes, telling the story of a marriage and a family whose sins come back to bite them.  Publishing director Clara Farmer, who dubbed it a pacy novel of "tight plot turns and urgent moral questioning",... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus pre-empts new espionage history from Henry Hemming

Quercus has pre-empted a new book by espionage historian Henry Hemming: Our Man in New York. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Second Josie Silver novel acquired by Viking

Viking has acquired a second novel by Josie Silver, whose debut One Day in December is currently a number one Kindle bestseller. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder to publish bedtime stories for stressed adults

Hodder & Stoughton is publishing Bedtime Stories for Stressed Out Adults - a collection of “soothing and consoling best loved stories and poems aimed to calm an anxious mind before sleep”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BuzzFeed News’ Ben Smith: ‘Every company needs diverse business models’

Once dependent on Facebook, the publisher is broadening the ways it distributes its news and makes money. The post BuzzFeed News’ Ben Smith: ‘Every company needs diverse business models’ appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday

[ Digiday | 2018-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Smith, Power and Berry win Forward poetry prizes

Danez Smith has been announced as the winner of the Forward poetry prize for best collection, with awards also going to Phoebe Power and Liz Berry. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lightning Books acquires latest from bestselling NZ writer

Eye Books imprint Lightning Books has acquired The Beat of the Pendulum by New Zealand author Catherine Chidgey. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton buys rugby memoir by Ian Robertson

Hodder & Stoughton has acquired world rights to a memoir by rugby commentator and former international player Ian Robertson. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Adaptive Books Acquires New Titles Plus the Zane Grey Estate

Founded in 2012 by veterans of the entertainment business, Adaptive Studios is an unusual business venture originally focused on repurposing moribund or abandoned movie scripts into new content for different media, including books, movies, and TV shows. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Patti Smith discusses activism in the age of Trump: 'I’m not going down with the ship, that’s for certain'

Patti Smith is speaking from a pasture in Brittany, France, she explains by way of apology at the beginning of a recent phone conversation. The musician, poet, memoirist and activist is about an hour out from showtime there, a period that she uses to ground herself before taking the stage. Given... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon Smith wins Shakespeare’s Globe Book Award

Academic Simon Smith is the winner of this year’s Shakespeare’s Globe Book Award. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Trapeze's Emma Smith moves to Ebury

Trapeze commissioning editor Emma Smith is joining Ebury Press as editorial director, covering maternity leave for Sara Cywinski. She takes up her new role in October, reporting to deputy publisher Andrew Goodfellow.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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VitalSource acquires Acrobatiq assets

Digital content provider VitalSource Technologies has acquired the assets of learning and data analytics platform Acrobatiq, Inc. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2018-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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