Transworld pre-empts 'tense' debut Bad Apple

Transworld has pre-empted a "tense" debut, Bad Apple by Zoje Stage, which the publisher says takes domestic suspense "to a whole new level". Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chatto pre-empts Scream-inspired novel

Chatto & Windus has pre-empted a debut novel inspired by Edvard Munch’s painting The Scream. Publishing director Clara Farmer acquired world rights to The Strawberry Girl by Lisa Strømme from Bill Hamilton at A M Heath. The novel is set in 1893 in a small fishing community in the Norwegian... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Six-figure pre-empt for Carnegie winning Donnelly

Hot Key Books has acquired a new standalone fiction title from Carnegie Medal winning author Jennifer Donnelly in a six-figure pre-empt deal. Junior editor at Hot Key Books, Naomi Colthurst, struck a deal for UK and Commonwealth rights to These Shallow Graves through Cecilia de la Campa,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld signs Jasmon debut

Transworld is to publish a “spellbinding and charged” debut novel by Sarah Jasmon. Assistant editor Bella Bosworth bought UK and Commonwealth rights to The Summer of Secrets and one other novel from Carrie Plitt of Conville & Walsh. The Summer of Secrets tells the story of Helen, a shy... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Murray pre-empts McLaughlin stories

John Murray has pre-empted a collection of short stories and debut novel from Irish writer... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Canongate pre-empts detective series

Canongate has pre-empted a new crime series by author Sally Andrew ahead of the Frankfurt Book... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Viking pre-empts 'major' JFK biography

Viking has pre-empted a major new biography of former US president John F Kennedy. The book,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Head of Zeus pre-empts Roman trilogy

Head of Zeus has pre-empted UK and Commonwealth rights for a “positively Shakespearean... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Humanoids Debuts Comics App for Apple and Android

Humanoids, the famed French comics house now based in Los Angeles, has released the Humanoids Comics app for iOS and Android. The app offers retail access to more than 60 Humanoids titles. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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HarperCollins Children's pre-empts Steven Camden

HarperCollins Children's Books has acquired a debut project from spoken word poet Steven... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Walker pre-empts on Parsons crime

Century and Arrow publisher Selina Walker has bought three crime novels from author and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Tor unwraps pre-empt deal

Tor UK has pre-empted UK rights in two novels by Australian author Rjurik Davidson, acquiring the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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International pre-empts for Olsson's Chain of Events

Swedish thriller Chain of Events by scriptwriter Fredrik T Olsson has attracted a rush of... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HC Children’s pre-empts SF action-adventure series

HarperCollins Children's Books has acquired new science-fiction action-adventure series,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Debut from L,B's Hodgson among pre-Fair deals

A first novel from Little, Brown¹s editor-in-chief Antonia Hodgson is among the hot deals... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder pre-empts Sarah Lotz

In a whirlwind pre-Frankfurt deal, Hodder & Stoughton has pre-empted high-concept novel The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Picador pre-empts US hot book

Picador has pre-empted a debut novel and short story collection by US author Nickolas Butler,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld buys bestselling US debut

Transworld has acquired a debut novel which has already sold over 250,000 copies in the US,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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"Seven figure" pre-empt for Puffin at Bologna

Puffin has acquired a "major new trilogy" for a rumoured seven-figure pre-empt at the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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Desirable pre-empt to Orion

Weidenfeld & Nicolson and Orion have acquired My List of Desires, pre-empting the novel in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2012-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S pre-empts Typhoid Mary title

Simon & Schuster has pre-empted a historical novel about Typhoid Mary for a six-figure sum.... Continue reading at The Bookseller

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