Usborne buys 'dark and twisting' fairy tale

Usborne has acquired the UK and Commonwealth rights to The Peculiar Peggs of Riding Woods, a dark fairy tale by TV production coordinator Samuel J Halpin. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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Odedina makes first buys for Oneworld

Sarah Odedina has made her first acquisitions as children’s publisher at Oneworld imprint Rock the Boat, buying books by Olivia Levez and Nikki Sheehan. Odedina has bought world English rights to The Island by debut novelist Olivia Levez. The book, which will be published in March 2016, is... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury buys ‘Pug’ young fiction series

Bloomsbury Children’s Books has acquired a three-book young fiction series about a pug dog from debut author Laura James. Ellen Holgate, editorial director at Bloomsbury Children’s Books, acquired world rights from Gill McLay at the Bath Literary Agency. The first book, Captain Pug, is about... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Doctor Who' series 9 trailer has a 'Game of Thrones' twist

Two fan cultures collide in the new "Doctor Who" trailer that was dropped at Comic Con 2015. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Orenda Books signs dark comedy thriller

Orenda Books has signed world English language rights to a debut "deeply moving thriller". Rights to Epiphany Jones by Michael Grothaus was signed by Orenda's pubisher Karen Sullivan from Maggie Hanbury of the Hanbury Agency. Described as an "energetic, inventive, gritty and deeply moving... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Don't buy gun-shaped cellphone cases, authorities implore

Police and prosecutors in New Jersey are asking people to please not buy a cellphone case that looks like a gun. "It's a terrible idea, and it's very dangerous," New Jersey state police said on Facebook. "We strongly recommend that you do not use this product. "Officers do not have the luxury of... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-07-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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S&S buys Australian debut

Simon & Schuster has bought a "unique" debut from an Australian author. S&S ssistant fiction editor Carla Josephson bought UK, Commonwealth & ANZ rights in All These Perfect Strangers by Australian prize-winning author Aoife Clifford from Rebecca Ritchie and Clare Forster at Curtis... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bonnier buys Totally Entwined Group

Bonnier Publishing has acquired Lincolnshire-based commercial fiction publisher Totally Entwined Group for an undisclosed sum.   Bonnier is acquiring the whole company and its imprints Totally Bound Publishing (romance), Pride Publishing (LGBTQI fiction), Finch Books (YA), Evidence Press... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Quercus buys cycling title by Geraint Thomas

Quercus has acquired a book about cycling by Olympic gold medallist and world champion Geraint Thomas after a "fierce auction".   In The World of Cycling According to G, which will be published in hardback and ebook on the 29th October, Thomas talks about the world of cycling, from “grovelling... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scribd buys Librify

Scribd has acquired Librify, a social e-reading platform, for an undisclosed sum. Librify was founded in 2013 and launched publicly last summer as a social e-reading site for book clubs with a retail offer.  Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Strident acquires animal tale by Holman

Scottish publisher Strident has acquired an illustrated children’s book by actor and anthropologist Hugh Holman. The Almost Animals is about Angle, a crocogator who lives with the other mixed-up animals in a world called Nowhere. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan buys historical title by Nixey

Pan Macmillan has acquired a book about how the forces of Christianity destroyed the texts of the ancient Greeks and Romans. The Darkening Age, by historian and journalist Catherine Nixey, will tell the story of how all over the ancient Roman world books were burnt, temples were thrown down and... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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British children's stories startup Lost My Name tells a $9m funding tale

After 600k personalised picture-book sales, London firm secures investment from Silicon Valley firms Google Ventures and GreycroftChildren’s storytelling startup Lost My Name raised its first $100k of funding in 2014 on TV show Dragon’s Den. Now the London-based firm is turning to Silicon Valley... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dark Horse Finally Debuts on Comixology

Dark Horse, the last major comics house to withhold its titles from Comixology--the dominant digital comics marketplace--has signed an agreement to start selling its list via the platform. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Blackout': A deep, dark-humored drinking memoir

These are perilous times for a writer to tackle the subject of women's drinking, entwined as it's become with the tripwire topics of rape and sexual consent. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2015-06-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Abacus buys Jonasson's '100-Year-Old Man…'

Little, Brown imprint Abacus has acquired UK rights to Jonas Jonasson’s The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window And Disappeared. Independent Hesperus was ordered to stop selling or distributing the title in April after a High Court hearing brought by Hachette Book Group US, which... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette UK buys Nicholas Brealey

Business and personal development publisher Nicholas Brealey Publishing has been bought by Hachette UK, with the business becoming an imprint within John Murray Publishing. The deal will see founder Nick Brealey continue to manage the lists, reporting into John Murray Press m.d. Nick Davies,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette UK Buys Nicholas Brealey Publishing

Hachette UK has acquired Nicholas Brealey Publishing in a deal that includes the company’s U.S. imprints Davies L. Black and Intercultural Press. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Usborne signs Peter Bunzl

Usborne Publishing has acquired a middle-grade book by debut author Peter Bunzl. Rebecca Hill, Usborne fiction director, acquired the world rights (excluding the US and Canada) in a two-book deal from Jo Williamson of Antony Harwood, to Cogheart, which is about a girl investigating her father’s... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Get ready for more buy buttons on Facebook

When you’re not liking your friends’ photos on Facebook, you’re likely to soon have more opportunities to buy stuff.Facebook is expanding its partnership with Shopify, which helps businesses create online storefronts. Facebook has been testing buy buttons in the News Feed and on businesses’... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2015-06-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Usborne shortlisted in business awards

Usborne Publishing is shortlisted for one of this year’s Private Business Awards 2015, which celebrate the best companies in the private sector. Usborne is shortlisted for the Private Business of the Year Award alongside market data provider Argus Media, brewery BrewDog and IT solutions... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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