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 | | Penguin names its YourFry winnersThree projects from the UK and one from the Ukraine have been named as winners in the YourFry competition.
YourFry was launched by Penguin in partnership with file transfer site WeTransfer in 2014 and challenged people to use technology to develop the stories in Stephen Fry’s autobiographies More Fool Me and The Fry Chronicles (both Michael Joseph) in new ways. |
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| | Pushkin buys world rights in US debut
Elena Lappin's Pushkin Press imprint ONE, which publishes one "exceptional" fiction or non-fiction title per season, has done its first world rights deal for a debut novel by 32-year-old American writer Ted McDermott |
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 | | blinkbox Books to close after Waterstones talks failTesco will close its e-books service blinkbox Books at the end of February after talks with Waterstones to buy the platform broke down.
All 60 core staff who work on the blinkbox Books platform are now expected to enter a consultation period over their jobs and are likely to be made redundant.
Waterstones was in exclusive talks to but the e-book platform, but a satisfactory deal could not be reached, The Bookseller understands. |
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| | Review of the Year: Authors - A broad spectrum
The robust children’s market in 2014 has been the main theme of The Bookseller’s Review of the Year features, and it is driven home in our look at last year’s bestselling authors. The top 50 writers are once again eclipsed by the shadow of the Gruffalo, with the mighty Julia Donaldson taking Britain’s bestselling author crown for the second consecutive year.
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 | | Book trade figures pack Debrett's top 500 Literary agent Jonny Geller, authors Malorie Blackman, Hilary Mantel and Kate Mosse, and trade figures Nicola Solomon, Richard Mollet, Gail Rebuck, Charlie Redmayne and Tom Weldon are among the figures on the 2015 Debrett’s 500.
The annual list brings together the 500 most influential and inspiring people in Britain. |
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