Ebury Publishing imprint Virgin Books has acquired a “timeless business book” by a basketball coach. Ed Faulkner, Ebury deputy publishing director, bought UK and Commonwealth rights to Eleven Rings by Phil Jackson from Simon Trewin at WME. During his career as head coach of the Chicago Bulls and LA Lakers basketball teams, Jackson won more championships than any other coach in the history of professional sports. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
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Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Fri, 07/10/2011 - 10:55 Simon & Schuster has bought UK and Commonwealth rights to two books by commentator and Rugby World Cup winner Will Greenwood. Simon & Schuster Sport commissioning editor Rhea Halford bought rights from Lisa Norman at... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 19/08/2011 - 10:24 Vintage has acquired two debuts, each to be published in spring 2012, with one by a Danish author living in Australia, and the other by an author born in Hong Kong and now living in the US. Editor Alison Hennessey has... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-08-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 24/06/2011 - 13:31 Ian Fleming Publications has appointed Jonny Geller and Curtis Brown as the literary agents worldwide for the Ian Fleming James Bond novels as well as future Bond literary works, taking over from Simon Trewin at United... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Mon, 20/06/2011 - 10:13 Transworld has bought UK and Commonwealth rights excluding Canada to a memoir by US tennis legend Jimmy Connors. Giles Elliott, Transworld senior editor, bought the rights from Maggie Hanbury at the Hanbury Agency. The as yet... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Fri, 10/06/2011 - 10:32 Simon & Schuster has bought a non-fiction title dissecting all aspects of taste, from art appreciation to culinary dissection. Non-fiction commissioning editor Colin Midson bought UK & Commonwealth rights to You May... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Tue, 24/05/2011 - 09:38 Pan Macmillan has bought UK and Commonwealth rights (including ebooks) to seven books by self-published US sensation Amanda Hocking. Julie Crisp, editorial director at Tor, bought the rights from St Martin's Press in the United... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Benedicte Page Publication Date: Tue, 17/05/2011 - 15:50 Granta senior editor Bella Lacey has bought UK and Commonwealth rights in a book by New Yorker staff writer Rebecca Mead about the novel Middlemarch. Lacey acquired the title in a "competitive" four-way auction handled by... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Written By: Graeme Neill Publication Date: Wed, 06/04/2011 - 14:45 Tindal Street Press has bought UK and Commonwealth rights to a book about an obsessive ex-professional footballer's relationship with Manchester United player Ryan Giggs. Senior editor bought UK and Commonwealth rights to Bring... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Mon, 21/03/2011 - 15:36 Jacqueline Wilson is to write an updated version of E Nesbit's classic children's novel Five Children and It in a new deal with Puffin. Elv Moody, editorial director for Classic Puffin, and Alexandra Antscherl, Puffin senior... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2011-03-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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