Veronica Cossanteli’s The Extincts heads to film

Veronica Cossanteli’s middle-grade debut novel The Extincts (Chicken House) is being developed for film by Cirrina Studios, with a 2019 release planned. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Review: Out of Print, a Film by Vivienne Roumani

Out of Print, the film documentary by Vivienne Roumani about the state-of-affairs in the book business and the culture of reading in America circa 2013, is worth seeking out. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Eoin Purcell to head Amazon Publishing UK

Eoin Purcell, formerly editorial director of New Island Books in Dublin, has been appointed to... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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OUP bags Boxtrolls film tie-ins

Oxford University Press is publishing a range of titles this autumn to tie-in with "The... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber's Belton heads for HoZ

Faber's editorial director for non-fiction Neil Belton is to join Head of Zeus to head up a... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UK books power world's top-grossing films

Adaptations of novels by British authors make up 40% of the 20 top-grossing films worldwide since... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Film About ‘Son of Hamas’ Who Spied for Israel Coming to Theaters

'The Green Prince,' a documentary based on Mosab Hassan Yousef’s bestselling memoir ‘Son of Hamas’ previews in July and opens in New York and Los Angeles in September, followed by a nationwide roll out. The film--which tells the story of a Palestinian activist who became a spy for Israel--won an... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers Head to the SoundCloud

Social audio site SoundCloud has become an important too for audiobook marketers thanks to its large user base and ease of use. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dougherty to Head UMP

Mary Dougherty will become the third director since the press's founding 51 years ago. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Green's 'Looking for Alaska' to be adapted to film

"The Fault in Our Stars" author announced that Sarah Polley has been chosen by Paramount to write and direct a film based on his YA book, 'Looking for Alaska.' Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor

[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2014-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Berrett-Koehler Heading to Oakland

Berrett-Koehler Publishers announced it will be relocating to Oakland after 22 years operating out of San Francisco. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lellos to Head Klutz

Stacy Lellos has been appointed senior v-p and general manager for Klutz, Scholastic’s books-plus unit. She succeeds Jeff Pinkser who was named to lead the division in 2012. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Film streaming and downloads to overtake box office in 2017

The growing popularity of downloads and streaming services like Netflix means that Blu-ray and DVD sales are declining News: Ebook revenues to overtake printed books by 2018A study by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has declared that the market for DVDs and Blu-ray is quickly declining, with the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA 2014: Your Opinion Sucks! Best and Worst Book-to-Film Adaptations

No one knows how the first book-to-film critics panel at BookCon will go, least of all Matt Atchity, the editor-in-chief of the online film review site Rotten Tomatoes, who is going to be moderating. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BEA, BookCon Headed for Four Days

The book industry’s largest event will be four days in 2015, with two days for consumer event, BookCon. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Film novelisation for Gollancz

Gollancz is to publish the novelisation of "Robot Overlords", a film starring Ben... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Veronica Roth Added to BookCon Program

Bestselling author Veronica Roth has been added to the list of A-list literary names that will headline events at the consumer show following BookExpo America, BookCon. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Samuel Heads to NBF

Electric Literature editor Benjamin Samuel is the new program manager for the National Book Foundation. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dahl's BFG to be Spielberg film

Steven Spielberg will direct a film version of Roald Dahl’s The BFG for DreamWorks,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Update: No film deal agreed for Harry Quebert Affair

Joel Dicker and his French publisher have denied that The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair (... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Penguin Heads for the Sea with the Octonauts

Penguin Young Readers Group's Grosset & Dunlap imprint has acquired the North American publishing rights to "Octonauts," a daily TV series which features educational themes about marine biology. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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