Wildfire pre-empts 'spellbinding' thriller from Locke

New Headline imprint Wildfire has pre-empted "compulsive thriller" The Tall Man by Phoebe Locke. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2017-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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PRH Children’s pre-empts world rights in Zurcher debut

Penguin Random House Children’s has pre-empted the world rights to Twelve Nights, the debut children’s book by Andrew Zurcher, director of studies in English at Queen’s College Cambridge. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld acquires guide to algorithms in six-figure pre-empt

Transworld has acquired an "insider's guide" to algorithms as part of a two-book deal in a pre-emptive six figure bid. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hutchinson pre-empts debut Swan Song in six-figure deal

Debut novel Swan Song by Kelleigh Greenberg-Jephcott has been acquired by Hutchinson in a six-figure pre-empt. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Jonathan Cape pre-empts Nicholas Hytner's debut

Jonathan Cape has pre-empted the first book from theatre and film director Nicholas Hytner, former director of the National Theatre. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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W&N pre-empts 'convention-defying' Irish debut

Weidenfeld & Nicolson has pre-empted a "major" and "convention-defying" Irish debut, Restless Souls by Dan Sheehan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld snaps up Rhys in six figure pre-empt

Transworld has pre-empted two novels by Rachel Rhys, Butterflies with Broken Wings plus one other, in a six-figure deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperVoyager pre-empts debut trilogy Godblind

HarperVoyager has pre-empted rights to Godblind, a debut trilogy featuring strong female characters and black comedy in an intricate world. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Borough Press pre-empts fertility novel Red Clocks

The Borough Press has pre-empted rights to a novel set in a near future where reproductive rights have been revoked, called Red Clocks. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Killer crime series to Trapeze in six-figure pre-empt

Trapeze's commissioning editor Sam Eades has pre-empted a debut writer's killer crime series for a six-figure sum within 48 hours of receiving the manuscript. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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'Significant' Bologna pre-empt for Bonnier Zaffre's Supersaurs

Bonnier Zaffre's new dinosaur children's imprint Supersaurs has received a "significant" pre-empt from R Jeunesse, a new children’s imprint at French book publisher Robert Laffont. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sceptre pre-empts neuroscience guide to identity

Sceptre has pre-empted Lost and Found, a "ground-breaking" book about "the new neuroscience of identity". Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pan Mac pre-empts The Holocaust Before Hitler

Pan Macmillan has pre-empted a new history acquisition: The Holocaust Before Hitler. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Headline pre-empts two books by Daisy Buchanan

Headline has pre-empted two books by journalist, columnist and media commentator Daisy Buchanan. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2016-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Volkswagen scandal project pre-empted by Transworld

Transworld Publishers have pre-empted UK and Commonwealth rights to Jack Ewing's account of the Volkswagen emissions-fixing scandal. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sceptre pre-empts western

Sceptre has pre-empted a literary western on the basis of three chapters. Suzie Dooré bought world rights to The Brittle Star by Davina Langdale from Jane Finigan at Lutyens and Rubinstein. The Brittle Star is about John Evert, who lives on a ranch with his mother and their farmhands. They... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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MJ buys debut in six-figure pre-empt

Michael Joseph has acquired a debut novel byUS author Alexandra Oliva in a six-figure pre-empt ahead of the rest of the world. Editorial director Jessica Leeke bought UK and Commonwealth rights to the book, titled The Last One, from Caspian Dennis at Abner Stein on behalf of Lucy Carson at the... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Chatto pre-empts Scream-inspired novel

Chatto & Windus has pre-empted a debut novel inspired by Edvard Munch’s painting The Scream. Publishing director Clara Farmer acquired world rights to The Strawberry Girl by Lisa Strømme from Bill Hamilton at A M Heath. The novel is set in 1893 in a small fishing community in the Norwegian... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Six-figure pre-empt for Carnegie winning Donnelly

Hot Key Books has acquired a new standalone fiction title from Carnegie Medal winning author Jennifer Donnelly in a six-figure pre-empt deal. Junior editor at Hot Key Books, Naomi Colthurst, struck a deal for UK and Commonwealth rights to These Shallow Graves through Cecilia de la Campa,... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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