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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Mills & Boon, Kobo and W H Smith are launching a Romance Writing Life competition, offering authors the chance to win a book deal with Mills & Boon, ebook promotions from Kobo and in-store support from W H Smith. Entrants must submit a synopsis of their novel and its first chapter via... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Steve Smith will be retiring, due to medical reasons, as of June 1. The company's board has elected current executive v-p and COO Mark Allin as his successor. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The two spiritual leaders will collaborate on the book to share their perspectives on joy and achieving a meaningful life. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Open Road Integrated Media has secured rights to a large body of British writer Alan Sillitoe’s work, as well as the rights to his last, unpublished novel, 'Moggerhanger.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Mantle has pre-empted a debut novel by Sharon Guskin. Associate publisher Sam Humphreys bought UK and Commonwealth rights to The Forgetting Time from Kerry Nordling for Flatiron Books. Amy Einhorn will publish for Flatiron in the US and Canada. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins is reprinting 150,000 copies of Amelia Freer's Eat. Nourish. Glow., after it was recommended by singer Sam Smith. Freer's book is one of the first to be released under the revamped Harper Thorsons list, dedicated to mind, body and spirit. It was published in print and digital on... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Random House has acquired The NOPI Cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi and Ramael Scully. The collection of more than 120 recipes from Ottolenghi and collaborator and NOPI head chef Scully will showcase the pair’s favourite recipes from the celebrated central London restaurant. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pushkin Children’s Books has acquired another book by Tonke Dragt, author of The Letter for the King. Publisher Adam Freudenheim acquired world English rights to the book, which was first published in Dutch in 1966, from Luciënne van der Leije at publishing house Leopold. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Allison & Busby has signed a historical novel from Julian Stockwin. the second in a series of standalone books dramatising pivotal moments. Publishing director Susie Dunlop bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, to The Crakys of War, in a deal with Carole Blake at Blake... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder is the big winner at this year’s Peters Book of the Year award, taking home book of the year for both the junior fiction and teen fiction categories. A Room Full of Chocolate by Jane Elson and A Song For Ella Grey by David Almond, both published by Hodder, were announced as the Books of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic US has acquired a minority stake in Make Believe Ideas (MBI), a UK-based publisher for children aged 0-5, for an undisclosed sum. The companies will showcase a co-branded series – Early Learners ages 0-5 – at the Bologna Book Fair next week and a global English language release is... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion is to publish a smokehouse cookbook, described by its authors as a “meat-lover’s bible”. Amanda Harris, deputy publisher at Orion Non-Fiction, bought world rights to Let There Be Meat by James Douglas and Scott Munro from Nick Canham at The Richard Stone Partnership. Douglas and Munro... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Longterm subscription funding platform Patreon adds creators after acquiring Subbable, a similiar platform founded by the Green brothers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Children’s UK and US divisions will simultaneously publish a new YA novel from Len Vlahos in winter 2017. In House of Stone, fifteen-year-old Jackie's dad is dying of a brain tumour so decides to auction off his life on eBay to a reality TV show producer. Disgusted by the farce the... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate has signed a new work of non-fiction from Man Booker Prize-shortlisted and Orange Prize-winning author Kate Grenville. Editorial director of fiction Louisa Joyner signed UK rights in One Life from Michael Heyward at Text Publishing. The book tells the story of Grenville's mother... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder imprint Coronet has acquired a new book from singer Olly Murs, titled On the Road. Coronet’s editorial Director Charlotte Hardman acquired world rights in a deal with Modest! Management. Coronet published Murs’ first book Happy Days, which told the story of his journey to stardom, in 2012. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orion has acquired two new novels by Liz Fenwick for a “good five-figure advance”. Orion Fiction publishing director Kate Mills bought UK and Commonwealth rights to The Returning Tide and another, as-yet-untitled, novel from Carole Blake at Blake Friedmann. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Smith’s Bookshop chain has triumphed at the Academic, Professional & Specialist Awards, scooping all four titles it was eligible for. Meanwhile Oxford University Press has won Publisher of the Year yet again. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sphere has acquired two novels by debut author Mark Hardie, who began writing full-time after losing his eyesight in 2002. Jade Chandler, senior editor for Sphere Fiction, acquired UK and Commonwealth rights to Burned and Broken and its sequel from Juliet Mahony and Sarah Lutyens at Lutyens... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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