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HarperCollins Publishers and Harlequin to align North American sales efforts

Toronto-based romance publisher Harlequin, which was purchased by News Corp. in May, will be part of a new North American cross-selling effort with its parent publisher "to maximize sales opportunities for both organizations." Harlequin will ... Read More »

January 14, 2015

Deal spotlight: Greystone acquires book based on Oscar-nominated title More Than Honey

By Becky Robertson

A meeting at the 2013 Frankfurt Book Fair has resulted in Greystone Books acquiring international English-language rights to More Than Honey: The Survival of Bees and the Future of our World. Co-written by Swiss filmmaker ... Read More »

January 14, 2015

Allan Stratton sells overseas

By Becky Robertson

Andersen Press U.K. has acquired world rights (excluding English Canada) to Allan Stratton’s YA psychological thriller, The Dogs, in a deal arranged by Stratton. US rights were sold to Sourcebooks in the U.S.; Penguin in Australia; ... Read More »

January 14, 2015

UBC library acquires rare Oscar Wilde novels, OUP gives authors guidelines for international markets, and more

By Becky Robertson

University of British Columbia library acquires 19th-century homosexual literature believed to be authored by Oscar Wilde Oxford University Press tells authors to avoid mention of pork and other subjects potentially offensive to international markets Poetic ... Read More »

January 14, 2015 | Filed under: Book links

2015 RBC Taylor Prize finalists revealed

By Becky Robertson

RBC Taylor Prize founder Noreen Taylor and prize trustee Vijay Parmar, president of RBC Wealth Management's PH&N Investment Counsel, announced the shortlist for the 2015 RBC Taylor Prize, honouring excellence in Canadian literary non-fiction, at ... Read More »

January 14, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Deal: Lori Lansens sells in seventh territory

By Becky Robertson

Bertrand has acquired Brazilian Portuguese rights to Lori Lansens’ The Mountain Story in a deal arranged ... Read More »

January 13, 2015

Distribution changes: Publishers Group Canada

By Becky Robertson

Effective immediately, Publishers Group Canada is no longer the distributor for Kabbalah Publishing, Entangled Publishing, Fonthill Media (an imprint of Global Book Sales), and Sierra Club Books (an imprint of Counterpoint). Returns will be accepted ... Read More »

January 13, 2015

Buckrider Books acquires Johanna Skibsrud poetry collection

By Becky Robertson

Wolsak and Wynn senior editor Paul Vermeersch has acquired North American English-language rights to Landscape Studies, a new ... Read More »

January 13, 2015

Drawn & Quarterly to publish Kate Beaton’s Hark! A Vagrant follow-up

By Becky Robertson

Drawn & Quarterly editor Tom Devlin has acquired North American English-language rights to Kate Beaton’s follow-up to her best-selling 2011 collection Hark! A Vagrant. Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection takes a satirical look at ... Read More »

January 13, 2015

Distribution changes: UBC Press

By Becky Robertson

Effective immediately, University of British Columbia Press will no longer distribute Manchester University Press or Berghahn Books. Returns will be accepted until March 31. Berghahn Books will handle all returns after this date, and Oxford ... Read More »

January 13, 2015

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HarperCollins Publishers and Harlequin to align North American sales efforts

Deal spotlight: Greystone acquires book based on Oscar-nominated title More Than Honey

Allan Stratton sells overseas

UBC library acquires rare Oscar Wilde novels, OUP gives authors guidelines for international markets, and more

2015 RBC Taylor Prize finalists revealed

Deal: Lori Lansens sells in seventh territory

Distribution changes: Publishers Group Canada

Buckrider Books acquires Johanna Skibsrud poetry collection

Drawn & Quarterly to publish Kate Beaton’s Hark! A Vagrant follow-up

Distribution changes: UBC Press

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