Simon & Schuster has bought a memoir by US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, who was gravely wounded in a shooting earlier this year which cost the lives of six people.

The book, Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope, will be co-written with her husband Mark Kelly, a US Navy captain and astronaut. World and audio rights...

Canongate has sold its controlling stake in Australian publisher Text Publishing to Maureen and Tony Wheeler, the founders of Lonely Planet.

The deal, for an undisclosed sum, generates a "sizeable" amount of cash to invest into the Scottish publisher. Text Publishing founders Michael Heyward and Penny Hueston will retain...

Simon & Schuster Children's Books has acquired a book from its young adult author Becca Fitzpatrick.

Publishing director Ingrid Selberg bought UK and Commonwealth rights, excluding Canada, from Catherine Clarke at the Felicity Bryan Agency, on behalf of Catherine Drayton of Inkwell Management.

The book will be...

Viking has paid a six-figure sum at auction for an authorised biography of The Stone Roses, whose eponymous début has been lauded as one of the best albums of all time.

Editorial director Joel Rickett bought rights to Fool’s Gold by Simon Spence, who ghosted The Rolling Stones’ manager Andrew Loog Oldham...