HarperCollins Publishers has acquired world English rights to two more books by Patricia Cornwell. The two Kay Scarpetta novels will be published by HarperCollins around the world, including in the UK, Australia/New Zealand, Canada, and India. The first book will be published in the autumn of 2016, with the second following in autumn 2017. The deal was negotiated by David Highfill, v.p. and executive editor at William Morrow with Esther Newberg of ICM Partners. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-05-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Children’s Group has acquired a three-book teen series from founder of #UKYAChat, blogger and YouTuber Lucy Powrie in a pre-emptive deal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Buccaneer Media has optioned the "astonishing" hotly tipped debut novel The Doll Factory by Scottish potter Elizabeth Macneal. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Almost a third of school-age children are from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds. But they will still struggle to find characters who resemble themselvesBooks can show us the world both as it is, and as it could be – “mirrors and windows”, as the author Malorie Blackman notes. For... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2018-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Now that data-marketing giant Acxiom has sold its marketing solutions platform to Interpublic for $2.3 billion, eyes are turning to Axciom's other big business: LiveRamp, which helps brands link their data with real people. While observers wonder whether LiveRamp will also go on the block, the... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2018-07-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Brian May’s London Stereoscopic Company is publishing its seventh title in October to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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HarperCollins is the first publisher to rush out a book celebrating England’s “Young Lions”, announced hours after the team crashed out of the Fifa World Cup following a heart-breaking defeat to Croatia in extra time. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Celadon picks up an unusual memoir by CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Martha Teichner; Little, Brown buys a book about a group of British women who changed the course of World War II; and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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FaithWords takes a memoir from a Sudanese refugee; InterVarsity is combining two classics into a single book with updated and revised content. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Simon & Schuster UK has signed a two-book deal for a "sizzling" debut police procedural by Waterstones Sheffield event manager Russ Thomas. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TV producer Amanda Ross has criticised Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan for shifting their book club to W H Smith after their recommendation show ended on television. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Among the titles optioned this week are a Stephen King short story from the 1970s and a biography of the notorious commodities trader and tax dodger Marc Rich, who was pardoned by Bill Clinton. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Ondaatje's novel "The English Patient" won the Golden Man Booker Prize, a special award established to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the prestigious British literary prize, on Sunday night. "The English Patient" beat out four other books to claim the award, which was voted on by the... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Capping months of shortlisting and a public vote, the Man Booker Prize for Fiction's 50th anniversary 'Golden Man Booker' best-of-the-best novel has been named. Michael Ondaatje's 'The English Patient' is from the "middle" decade of the prize's five, the 1990s. The post Michael Ondaatje’s ‘The... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2018-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje (Bloomsbury) has triumphed over competition from the likes of Hilary Mantel and George Saunders to be crowned the best Man Booker Prize winner of the last 50 years. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Ondaatje speaks Sunday after winning the Golden Man Booker Prize for his novel "The English Patient" at the Royal Festival Hall in London. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Michael Ondaatje’s 'The English Patient' has been named the winner of the Golden Man Booker Prize, given to the best work of fiction previously awarded the Man Booker Prize over the last 50 years. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Welcome to the Books newsletter! I’m books editor Carolyn Kellogg, writing my last newsletter from our Spring Street address — next Friday we’ll be packing up for our new digs in El Segundo. THE BIG STORY When I saw that Parkland, Fla., shooting survivors David Hogg and his sister Lauren Hogg had... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2018-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In this week’s column, R.L. Stine goes graphic, Claire Needell takes her sophomore novel to HarperTeen, Neal Porter signs a Caldecott Medalist, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2018-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Philip Jones calls on the industry to make books part of the national conversation. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2018-07-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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