Walker to republish Alex Rider series

Walker Books is marking the 15th anniversary of Anthony Horowitz’s first Alex Rider novel by releasing new editions of the entire series. The publisher has also organised a writing competition with the NLT to mark the anniversary. All 10 books in the spy series, which started with Stormbreaker in 2000 and ended with Russian Roulette in 2013, will be released with new cover art and bonus content on the 2nd April (p.b, £7.99). The cover images were designed by Two Dots, the studio that created the packaging for Ubisoft’s video games Assassins Creed and Far Cry. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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EXCLUSIVE: Curalate raises huge Series C round

Curalate, the image monetization software provider based in Center City, just tacked on $27.5 million more in venture funding through a Series C round. Local firm First Round Capital joined the round, which was led by NEA in Silicon Valley. Curalate is now backed by more than $40 million as it... Continue reading at Silicon Valley Business Journal

[ Silicon Valley Business Journal | 2016-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Selberg pens vlogging fiction series for MCB

Ingrid Selberg, the former m.d. of Simon & Schuster’s Children’s Division, is teaming up with Emma Young to write a middle-grade fiction series about vloggers for Macmillan Children’s Books. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Kaite Welsh pens 'feminist' Victorian crime series

Headline has acquired a "feminist" Victorian crime series by journalist Kaite Welsh, about a "trailblazing" female doctor-turned-detective. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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SMP Mounting Major Push for Final Two Books in Archer Series

St. Martin's Press plans a worldwide marketing push on TV, radio, print and online for the release of the final two titles in Jeffrey Archer's Clifton Chronicle Series, beginning with 'Cometh the Hour' in February. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-01-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Walker announces final title in Klassen trilogy

Walker Books Group has announced that the final title in Jon Klassen’s picture book trilogy will be We Found a Hat, published in October. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-01-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Yahoo Shutters Screen, Scales Back Original Series

Just four days into 2016, Yahoo is making good on a plans announced at the end of 2015. The struggling tech giant has shut down Yahoo Screen, a 5-year-old digital video platform that housed its original series, its first livestream of an NFL game, and old episodes of Saturday Night Live. The... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2016-01-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Datebook: A film series at the Hammer and works about language at LACE in the New Year

New Year’s weekend will be generally quiet as far as openings go — though the museums will all be doing their thing, with some terrific shows ongoing. But the art world gets cooking again early next week with the opening of a film festival at the Hammer Museum and a show at LACE that examines the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times

[ Los Angeles Times | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Lady Victoria Hervey pens series for Totally Entwined

Finch Books, a new YA imprint of the Totally Entwined Group, has signed a three-book deal with Lady Victoria Hervey. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hitler's Mein Kampf to be republished in Germany

Adolf Hitler’s political manifesto Mein Kampf is to be published for the first time in Germany since the end of the Second World War, the BBC has reported. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow buys fantasy series by Ellen Renner

Nosy Crow has acquired a middle-grade fantasy series with a “feminist twist” by Ellen Renner. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Walker acquires new teen guide by Nicola Morgan

Walker Books has acquired The Teenage Guide to Friends, a book aimed at helping teenagers navigate friendships and peer group issues, by Nicola Morgan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Festive series fiction hits the shelves

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[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New Daisy Waugh detective series to Constable

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[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Television series Jessica Jones is Netflix's latest Marvel

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[ Stuff | 2015-11-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Mac wins detective series in three-way auction

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[ The Bookseller | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HMH Launches SF/F List Curated by 'Best American' Series Editor

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[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Journalist Alex Mar: 'A Reader’s Guide' to Witchcraft and the Occult in America

After spending five years researching the occult in America, Alex Mar draws parallels between witchcraft and her childhood Catholicism. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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