The Borough Press bags Bennett brace

The Borough Press commissioning editor Cassie Browne has signed two further novels from Andrea Bennett. The author was signed by the HarperCollins imprint through its open submissions scheme. Borough released Bennett’s début, Galina Petrovna’s Three-Legged Dog Story, in the UK in August, and the book has sold into five international territories. The follow-ups - due in 2017 and 2019, with world rights acquired directly from Bennett - take place in Azoz, the Russian town which was the setting for Bennett’s début.   Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Poetry presses thrive as readers turn to verse in straitened economic times

Many thriving poetry publishers in the North have likened its recent boom to its popularity under Margaret Thatcher in the 1980s, arguing the form offers a unique type of human connection.   Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Orion bags Faber Academy graduate’s debut

Orion has snapped up rights to Faber Academy graduate Rebecca Ley's "achingly sad" debut.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Looking for a summer thriller? Here are 9 picks for your beach bag.

Neighbors from hell, kidnappers, bad cops, international troublemakers: They’re all here. Continue reading at The Washington Post

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Former editor launches electronic music publisher Velocity Press

A newly formed electronic music book publisher, Velocity Press, has launched with a book promising to be “a radical reworking of British dance music’s origin story”. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Muswell Press snaps up actor's 'outstanding' debut

Muswell Press will publish The Lizard by actor Dugald Bruce-Lockhart, with William Boyd branding the thriller "outstanding".  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Publisher to Lead New Mexico Press Association

Veteran newspaper publisher Sammy Lopez has been appointed executive director of the New Mexico Press Association. Lopez was most recently Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

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Zaffre bags 'timely' reality show novel from debut author Acton

Zaffre has bagged an "unbelievably timely" debut novel from Helly Acton, which has already been optioned for TV, in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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John Blake bags true story of Birmingham's Peaky Blinders

John Blake Publishing has bagged the true story behind Birmingham’s Peaky Blinders by Professor Carl Chinn. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Princeton University Press snaps up The Obama Portraits

Princeton University Press will publish The Obama Portraits, in association with the National Portrait Gallery, Washington.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Everything With Words bags democracy guide for first adult book

Indie children’s publisher Everything With Words has landed its first adult book, a “brilliantly funny” guide to democracy by ex-MP Bob Marshall Andrews and illustrator Martin Rowson. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Press Release: Akadémiai Kiadó Partners with Sheridan PubFactory to Host All of Their Journals

Hanover, PA — Akadémiai Kiadó is relaunching their AKJournals publishing program―60+ peer-reviewed STM titles―on Sheridan PubFactory’s online hosting platform. Balázs Réffy, CEO, Akadémiai Kiadó said: “As the most prestigious STM publishing organization in Central and Eastern Europe, we are... Continue reading at Publishing Executive

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Ramin Named Brandeis University Press Director

Sue Berger Ramin, former associate publisher at David R. Godine, has been named to the newly created position of director of Brandeis University Press. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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W F Howes bags audiobook rights to Wolff's Siege

Audiobook publisher W F Howes has bagged exclusive UK and Commonwealth rights to the highly-anticipated Siege by Michael Wolff. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Hamlyn bags Pinnock's second Eat Shop Save book

Octopus imprint Hamlyn has bagged a second TV tie-in by "Eat Shop Save" host Dale Pinnock. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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BookExpo 2019: Veteran Editors Launch Avid Reader Press

A bookseller once said that readers think they love writers, but without knowing it, they love editors just as much. That notion is at the foundation of Avid Reader Press, the newly announced Simon & Schuster imprint. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Ted Adams to Launch Clover Press

IDW cofounders Ted Adams and Robbie Robbins are teaming up to launch Clover Press, a new publishing house that will release prose works, graphic novels, art books, and other works. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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H&S bags 'captivating' Downes debut in two-book deal

Hodder & Stoughton has bagged the "captivating" debut thriller from Anna Downes in a two-book deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Headline bags Buxton debut on foul-mouthed crow's battle to save humanity

Headline has bagged the “uniquely hilarious” debut novel from Kira Jane Buxton about a “foul-mouthed” crow’s battle to save humanity from extinction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Mark Saunders, UVA Press Director, Dies of Heart Attack

Mark Harril Saunders, director of the University of Virginia Press since 2013, died suddenly of a heart attack at his home over the weekend. He was 52. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Charco Press signs North American distribution deal

Scottish indie Charco Press has signed a distribution deal with Ingram's Consortium to break into the North American market.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

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