Sphere signs autism and Minecraft novel

Sphere is to publish a “moving father-son novel” about autism and Minecraft by journalist Keith Stuart. Senior editor Ed Wood approached Stuart after the journalist, who is games editor at the Guardian, wrote about his experience of playing Minecraft with his autistic son. Wood secured all rights to the book, called A Boy Made of Blocks. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]

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W&N signs popular science book about cancer

Weidenfeld & Nicolson has acquired a popular science book about cancer by geneticist and science writer Kat Arney. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Industry Notes: US Ebook Sales Slightly Up in May; Sourcebooks Signs With Gotham for Film, TV

First time in more than two years: the Association of American Publishers ' monthly StatShot report shows an increase in ebook sales in the US. The post Industry Notes: US Ebook Sales Slightly Up in May; Sourcebooks Signs With Gotham for Film, TV appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador signs second medical memoir from Adam Kay

Picador has acquired a second memoir from comedian and TV writer Adam Kay, author of This Is Going To Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor, in a "major" deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S signs Labour rising star Liam Young

Simon & Schuster has signed a book on the rise of the youth involvement in the Labour Party by rising political star Liam Young. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Toni Terry signs debut fitness book deal

Toni Terry, the wife of footballer John Terry, has signed a deal for her debut fitness book, The Buddy Workout, publishing on 28th December 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sphere takes Hollywood screenwriter's survival space thriller to FBF

Sphere has acquired a blockbuster survival thriller and love story set in space called Across the Void by S K Vaughn. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HQ sign two new titles with Felicity Everett

The People at Number 9 author Felicity Everett has signed a new two-book deal with HarperCollins. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bookouture signs three thrillers from NHS psychologist

Digital publisher Bookouture has bought three crime thrillers from an NHS psychologist set in the “grimy backstreets of South London”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Agent Copeland signs six-figure debut deal with Puffin

Literary agent Sam Copeland has scooped a three-book deal for six figures with Puffin for his debut middle grade series Charlie Changes Into a Chicken. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fourth Estate signs debut Brexit thriller

Fourth Estate is to publish a debut "reading group thriller" set against the politics of Brexit Britain entitled Darling, in May 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Mac signs Faber Academy graduate's thriller

Pan Macmillan has bought two novels by debut author and Faber Academy graduate Trisha Sakhlecha, the first of which is a dark domestic psychological thriller about a disintegrating marriage.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld signs two more from Barney Norris

Transworld has acquired two new works of fiction from novelist and playwright Barney Norris, whose debut Five Rivers Met on a Wooded Plain was shortlisted for Debut of the Year at the British Book Awards. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hayden to join Sphere as commissioning editor

Viola Hayden is to join Little, Brown Book Group as commissioning editor at Sphere Fiction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scribe signs 'ambitious' debut by Jonathan Carr

Scribe UK is to publish Chicago Rising, an "ambitious" debut novel by Jonathan Carr. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber signs Peace's 10th novel Patient X

Faber is to publish the tenth novel from David Peace, entitled Patient X, in April 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Annabel Karmel signs two-book deal with Bluebird

Pan Macmillan imprint Bluebird has struck a two-book deal with food expert Annabel Karmel. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Open Road signs US rights to Adrian Mole ebooks

Open Road Integrated Media has acquired the US rights to the digital editions of the Adrian Mole series by late British author Sue Townsend, including the "iconic" The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 ¾. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld signs 70-year-old debut author as 'summer lead' title

A debut novel by 70-year-old Anne Youngson has been pre-empted by Transworld and is set to become the publisher's lead fiction title for summer 2018. Transworld editorial director Jane Lawson pre-empted UK and Commonwealth rights including Canada to Meet Me At The Museum, described as "the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Waterstones bookseller Walters and Hepburn sign with S&S

Simon & Schuster has made two new acquisitions for its digital-first programme for commercial women's fiction, Digital Originals. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-09-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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