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Stampfel-Volpe Forms Own Agency
Former v-p of Nancy Coffey Literary, Joanna Stampfel-Volpe, has branched out on her own, forming New Leaf Literary & Media.
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2012 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest Winners Announced
Alan Averill has been named winner of the fifth annual Amazon Breakthough Novel contest for his work, The Beautiful Land, while Regina Sirois took home the other top honor, in the young adult fiction category, for her book, On Little Wings.
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Deals: Week of June 18, 2012
Big Fish author Daniel Wallace signs his first novel in five years; true crime writer Carla Norton turns to fiction; and more.
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ALS-Afflicted Florida Journalist Sells Memoir to HarperCollins for $2 Million
In a deal that has the industry abuzz, Susan Spencer-Wendel, a former court reporter for the Palm Beach Post in Florida, has sold a memoir to Claire Wachtel at HarperCollins for a rumored $2 million.
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HC Launches Program to Publish English Language Titles Globally
In a move to make its English language titles available around the globe, HarperCollins has launched a program called HarperCollins 360.
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Deals: Week of June 11, 2012
SMP Trims Down... with Mrs. Amen and more
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Red Wheel Weiser Buys Disinformation Books
Red Wheel Weiser, best known for its New Age, spiritual and inspirational titles, its broadening the scope of its program by acquiring Disinformation Books from the Disinformation Company.
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Parton, Dawkins, Lehane, Others In Flurry of Pre-BEA Deals
With BookExpo America beginning today at the Javits Center, publishers wasted no time in announcing a number of high profile acquisitions this morning.
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Deals: Week of June 4, 2012
Bloomsbury Tilts at Windmills With Egginton and more
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Waxman, Leavell Form New Agency
Agents Scott Waxman and Byrd Leavell have teamed up to form a new shingle, The Waxman Leavell Literary Agency.
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King Signs for New Novel With Hard Case Crime
Titan Books's line of pulp novels, Hard Case Crime, will be releasing a new Stephen King novel called Joyland in June 2013. The book is set in a North Carolina amusement park in 1973.
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Deals: Week of May 28, 2012
Atria lands transgender tale, Rachel DeWoskin's first novel for young adults, and more.
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Random Imprint Acquires Self-Pubbed Phenom on Journey to Heaven
WaterBrook Multnomah, the evangelical Christian imprint of Random House’s Crown Publishing Group, has acquired To Heaven and Back: A Doctor’s Extraordinary Account of Her Death, Heaven, Angels and Life Again by Mary C. Neal, which she self-published in November 2011.
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Deals: Week of May 21, 2012
Lescroart Moves to Atria and more
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Allan Gurganus Moves to Liveright & Co. To Publish Two New Works
Robert Weil, editor-in-chief and publishing director of Liveright & Co., has acquired two new works by novelist Allan Gurganus, author of the acclaimed and bestselling 1989 novel, Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All.