Walker snaps up CBeebies' Elliott for six figures

Walker Books and Walker Books US have jointly acquired a middle-grade fantasy trilogy from CBeebies actor Joseph Elliott. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2018-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder snaps up Robson's 'Intelligence Trap' in overnight pre-empt

Hodder has pre-empted BBC journalist David Robson’s The Intelligence Trap, a book that has now sold in six territories internationally, with US rights snapped up in a six-figure deal at auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Macmillan Children's scoops fantasy trilogy in six-figure Bologna deal

Macmillan Children’s Books has secured fantasy trilogy Children of Blood and Bone by debut writer Tomi Adeyemi in a "hotly contested" six-figure auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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John Murray snaps up spy thriller first published as Kindle Single

John Murray publisher Mark Richards has pre-empted a novel about a "psychopathic but glamorous and alluring" Russian assassin, Codename Villanelle, by Luke Jennings. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-04-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Desmond Elliott Prize longlists Spufford, de Waal and Buchanan

Titles by Francis Spufford, Kit de Waal and Rowan Hisayo Buchanan have been longlisted for the £10,000 Desmond Elliott Prize for first-time novelists. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book Proposal from 'Hidden Figures' Author Making Rounds

Margot Lee Shetterly, whose 2016 nonfiction bestseller 'Hidden Figures' served as the basis for the unexpected box office smash of the same name, is currently taking meetings with the major publishers. Some insiders guessed that this new work could fetch well into seven figures. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TV rights to Sometimes I Lie bought for six figures

Legendary Entertainment has acquired the TV rights to Alice Feeney's debut thriller Sometimes I Lie (HQ), in a six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HQ acquires 'uncompromising' debut for five figures

HQ is to publish A Home That Never Was, an "exceptional" and "uncompromising" debut by Michelle Sacks. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Bloomsbury Children's snaps up The Wren Hun ahead of Bologna

Bloomsbury Children’s Books has bought world rights to a debut YA novel by Mary Watson and one other title ahead of Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Gollancz acquires Wooding's fantasy trilogy for six figures

Gollancz has acquired an epic "coming-of-age" fantasy trilogy from author Chris Wooding in a six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder Children's snaps up YA from Nikesh Shukla

Hodder Children’s Books has secured a two-book deal with award-winning author Nikesh Shukla, after a “hotly contested” auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sixties rock 'n' roll title snapped up by Icon

Icon Books’ Duncan Heath has acquired In Search of the Lost Chord by “rock music veteran” Danny Goldberg. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hot Property Shriver seals six-figure HC deal

HarperCollins has signed a six-figure deal with Lionel Shriver for world English-language rights to Property. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Wisdom signs six-figure S J Parris deal

Stephanie Merritt, author of historical crime fiction under the pseudonym S J Parris, has signed a six-figure, two-book deal for UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding Canada) with HarperCollins crime and thriller publisher Julia Wisdom. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-03-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Faber snaps up YA verse novel about gun crime

Faber Children's will publish a YA verse novel about American gun crime from author Jason Reynolds. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld pre-empts The Truth Spectrum for six figures

Transworld has acquired The Truth Spectrum by Hector Macdonald in a six-figure pre-empt for publication in spring 2018. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Frankfurt Book Fair Releases Facts and Figures from 2016

Citing strong response to its LitAg and to the Business Club offering, Frankfurt Book Fair found 90 percent of its exhibitors involved in purchases. The post Frankfurt Book Fair Releases Facts and Figures from 2016 appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2017-01-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TV rights for debut Rattle snapped up

Freelance journalist Fiona Cummins' debut novel Rattle (Pan Macmillan) is being adapted for television by Stephen Susco, screenwriter behind "The Grudge" and "Red". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2017-01-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Six-figure US pre-empt for Piatkus' Christmas quarantine novel

North American rights to Francesca Hornak's debut Seven Days of Us (Piatkus), along with a second, untitled novel by the author, have been snapped up in a six-figure pre-empt by Berkley. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Book and TV rights snapped up for Newham's crime debut

HQ has won two books by debut author Vicky Newham with TV rights selling to Playground Entertainment after a "hard-fought" five-way auction. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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