Sphere has bought two novels by actress and television presenter Denise Welch. In her first deal for the list, deputy publisher for Sphere fiction Maddie West acquired UK and Commonwealth rights in two books from Gordon Wise at Curtis Brown. Welch has starred in programmes including "Coronation Street" and "Waterloo Road", and was also a regular panellist on "Loose Women". The first, If They Could See Me Now, is a story of one woman’s empowerment, of learning to trust yourself and the lessons you’ve learned from life. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Chicago-based Centro Inc., a maker of advertising software, is acquiring a San Mateo-based predictive advertising technology company. Centro announced Wednesday that it is acquiring QuanticMind Inc. Its software uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze data and provide... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal
[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2021-02-24 22:49:15 UTC ]
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Actress and activist Evanna Lynch is publishing a "raw and compelling" memoir with Headline, exploring eating disorders and "the battle between perfection and creativity". Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-15 11:29:21 UTC ]
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Audiobook company RBmedia has acquired Booka, a Barcelona-based audiobook publishing company, and its full catalog of Spanish language titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2021-02-11 05:00:00 UTC ]
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Firefly Press has acquired world rights in Major and Mynah, a junior detective story featuring a hard of hearing protagonist, by children’s author Karen Owen. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-09 14:40:11 UTC ]
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Sphere is republishing A Life in Nature –a portrait of Sir Peter Scott it originally published under the title Happy the Man in 1967–after securing rights from the late conservationist and artist's estate. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-05 05:27:58 UTC ]
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Gallic Books has acquired B: A Year in Plagues and Pencils, a collection of "lockdown drawings" by Edward Carey. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-03 02:35:57 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has acquired (Dis)Connected: How to Stay Human in an Online World by podcaster and author Emma Gannon. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-02-01 17:49:30 UTC ]
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Coronet, an imprint of Hodder & Stoughton, will publish an inside account by former investigative journalist Michael Morley of his interviews with serial killer Dennis Nilsen. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-28 03:07:38 UTC ]
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Shamrock Capital, the parent company of Adweek, has acquired New York-based Bayard Advertising, which specializes in recruitment marketing. Founded in 1923, on Bayard Street in Lower Manhattan, Bayard offers a suite of services, including branding, creative, digital media strategy, programmatic... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2021-01-27 23:07:08 UTC ]
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Actor and director Seth Rogen's “hilarious” Yearbook, a book of essays about growing up, fitting in and standing out, has been scooped by Sphere. Continue reading at The Bookseller
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While undoubtedly personal, Tyson’s memoir offers an accounting of how far we’ve come — and how far we still must go. Continue reading at The Washington Post
[ The Washington Post | 2021-01-27 15:38:06 UTC ]
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Atlantic Books has acquired I Heart Politics: Why Fandom Explains What's Really Going On, Phoenix C S Andrews’ "dazzlingly original" guide to fandom in politics. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-27 03:40:54 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group has secured the rights to My Period: Find Your Flow and Feel Period Positive!, the "one-stop positive guide to getting your period" from author and journalist Milli Hill. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-26 11:34:50 UTC ]
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Headline Review has acquired Honey & Spice plus one more novel by Bolu Babalola, author of story collection Love in Colour (Headline, 2020). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-25 14:45:57 UTC ]
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson will publish Empire of Wild by Canadian indigenous writer Cherie Dimaline on 1st April 2021. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-22 10:24:01 UTC ]
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Sphere will publish Christine Simon's debut novel The Patron Saint of Second Chances in 2022. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-22 05:08:20 UTC ]
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Walker Books has acquired a non-fiction title from Rudimental band member Leon “Locksmith” Rolle and author Derek Owusu. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-22 04:26:28 UTC ]
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Indie publisher Onwe has acquired Rab Ferguson’s middle-grade novel, The Late Crew, and a contemporary debut novel, See My Smile, by Mike Herd (pictured). Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-22 01:44:07 UTC ]
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Canongate is to publish a set of stories from US writer John Edgar Wideman, 40 years after the author released his first collection. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-20 14:47:16 UTC ]
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Aster, part of Octopus Publishing Group, has acquired The Insomnia Diaries: How I Learned to Sleep Again by journalist Miranda Levy. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2021-01-20 14:19:20 UTC ]
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