Transworld buys critical care doctor's memoir

Transworld has bought UK and Commonwealth rights to In Shock by US critical care doctor Rana Awdish, an account of Awdish’s near-death experience and her transition from doctor to patient. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Stork picks up Rozewicz memoir

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"Maverick" Grahame-Smith to Transworld

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Patricia Scanlan moves from Transworld to S&S

Irish author Patricia Scanlan has left Transworld for Simon & Schuster. The novelist, who... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Edith Pearlman wins National Book Critics Circle fiction prize

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Nanny memoir for Avon

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E-book readers are buying plenty – but not in bookstores

The new study by Book Industry Study Group says ebook consumers are buying more books – both print and electronic – but they’re buying mostly online and via in-app purchasing. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

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Sebastian Coe memoir to Hodder

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Anthony Shadid's memoir will be released early

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Marina Chapman memoir to Mainstream

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Four Communications buys majority stake in Colman Getty

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So, Who’s Buying Cookbooks?

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Media Decoder Blog: HarperCollins Is Said to Acquire Rights to Amanda Knox Memoir

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Collins buys Tutu book

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Atlantic buys history of Taiping Rebellion

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