The Booker Prize moves sales, especially for the winner. Not only does the British literary prize matter to U.K. readers, but Americans apparently care as well. After Julian Barness The Sense of an Ending was awarded the Booker last week, the authors English publisher, Jonathan Cape, announced it would be going back to press for 125,000 copies (after two reprints already), while Knopf (which publishes Barnes in the U.S.) said it would be going back to press for 40,000 copies. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'
[ Publishers Weekly | 2011-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hannah Sheppard, creative director at IPR License, reminds self-publishers that getting the basics right are key when pursuing international rights deals. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The film rights to YA debut novel Half Bad by Sally Green have been snapped up by Fox 2000, hard... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Children’s was selling translation rights in apps for the first time at this... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Books has promoted senior rights manager Nirmal Sandhu to the position... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2013-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Back in the 1980s—before bookstores began weighing the addition of cafes, possibly with wine and beer licenses—stores like Louie’s Bookstore Café in Baltimore and Trident Booksellers & Café in Boston aimed specifically to integrate food for the mind and the body. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-03-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Unlike the owners of a physical tome, buyers of ebooks are licensees with lots of limitations. It's time to change the rules.There's a crass old joke about how you can never buy beer, just rent it. Who would think that the same joke applies to book buying in the digital age? Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2012-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A ruling on John Wiley & Sons Inc. v. Kirtsaeng – a case expected to come before the Supreme Court early next year – could make it illegal for non-profits and businesses to resell copyrighted works produced abroad. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Caffeine Nights Publishing has signed its first foreign rights deal, selling Korean translation... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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General George S. Patton Jr. once famously said that "A good solution applied with vigor now is better than a perfect solution applied ten minutes later." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At Frankfurt's annual Rights Directors Meeting, Wuping Zhao told the audience that Chinese publishers acquired rights to 15,592 foreign titles in 2011, up from just 1,664 in 1995. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Little, Brown imprint Abacus has acquired a debut novel by Natalia Sanmartin Fenollera, The... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Despite a dip in overall book sales down under, Australian agents and rights managers report a booming business from the Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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A M Heath is bringing the first novel for 15 years from Charles Palliser, author of The Quincunx... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Janklow & Nesbit is bringing a thriller, Early Riser, which marks a new direction for writer... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Since the publisher’s launch in early 2009, the Experiment’s biggest success has surprised even its staff: Forks over Knives: The Plant-Based Way to Health has become a smash hit, selling 127,000 copies since its publication in summer 2011 (it’s also the #47 bestselling book of the year so far... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In its first frontlist deal with agency Conville & Walsh, US digital publisher Open Road has... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Walker Books Group has acquired global rights in YA title The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2012-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Apple has opposed a government proposed judgment in an ebooks price-fixing lawsuit, stating that the judgement seeks to terminate and rewrite its contracts... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2012-08-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chen Guangcheng, whose nighttime escape and conflict with the Chinese government led to a diplomatic crisis for the United States last spring, is writing a memoir to be published next year. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2012-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Digital Rights Management software was originally meant to restrict pirating of ebooks, but many complain because of the restrictions it places on users. Continue reading at The Christian Science Monitor
[ The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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