02/10/2012 @ 12:00AM
In 2007 New York Magazine named Elliott Holt one of the "writing stars of tomorrow." This week, William Morris Endeavor agent Bill Clegg sold her first novel, for six figures, to Andrea Walker at Penguin Press.
01/18/2012 @ 10:00AM
Since PW published a story about Brittany Geragotelis's novel Life's a Witch, the self-published author has been overwhelmed with inquiries from publishers, foreign rights agents and TV and film producers.
01/03/2012 @ 10:00AM
Scholastic has acquired Learners Publishing, a Singapore-based publisher of supplemental learning materials for English-language learners.
01/03/2012 @ 12:00AM
Casemate Publishers has acquired the U.K. –based Oxbow Books Ltd. in a deal that also includes Oxbow’s The David Brown Book Company headquartered in Oakville, Ct.
12/13/2011 @ 12:00AM
In her first acquisition as editor-in-chief of Little, Brown, Judy Clain pre-empted world rights to the debut novel from Peggy Riley, Amity and Sorrow.
12/08/2011 @ 03:00PM
This month's licensing news roundup features three new properties in Random House's Nickelodeon publishing program, Macmillan's Rastamouse license, Sterling's Arthur Christmas books, Nordstrom's Busytown holiday shop, and many more licensing deals.
12/08/2011 @ 12:00AM
Seven Stories Press has announced that it will release Adbusters publisher Kalle Lasn's Occupy Econ 101 in June 2012.
12/06/2011 @ 12:00AM
The Penguin Group has acquired a 45% stake in Companhia das Letras, a 25-year-old publishing house founded by Luiz Schwarcz in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
12/05/2011 @ 10:00AM
Despite attracting 13 million readers to her serialized novel, Life's a Witch, on the online writing community Wattpad, aspiring young adult novelist Brittany Geragotelis decided to self-publish, instead of taking the conventional literary route.
11/17/2011 @ 12:00AM
O’Reilly Media and Publishers Weekly have reached an agreement through which PW will work with O’Reilly to promote and extend the reach of a variety of O’Reilly's Tools of Change for Publishing Conference and events. As part of the agreement, PW subscribers and readers will also receive unique content.
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