Help navigation
- Thursday, 23 May
Log in to TheBookseller.com
-
Thu, 18/04/2013 - 11:10Puffin title But Excuse Me That is My Book by Lauren Child, and Tom's Mad Mop by Celia Warren and Bill Ledger (Pearson UK) have been selected as this year's free Booktime books.
One and a half million free books are gifted through the scheme operated by charity Booktrust in partnership with Pearson, with 730,...
-
Fri, 15/02/2013 - 06:30Penguin Children's is streamlining its branding and will be releasing titles through only three imprints—Ladybird, Puffin and Penguin—abandoning specialist teen imprint Razorbill in a bid to communicate more directly with readers.
Razorbill, first established in the US, was launched in the UK two years ago. The...
Charlotte Williams | children's | Graham Sim | Home | Ladybird | Penguin | Penguin Children's | Puffin | Razorbill | Tom Weldon -
Mon, 07/01/2013 - 15:57Eoin Colfer has been named as the author of the first of Puffin's eleven Dr Who short stories, with his tale—A Big Hand for the Doctor—to be published globally in e-book form on 23rd January.
The Artemis Fowl author has written a story featuring the First Doctor, as played by William Hartnell, set in...
Charlotte Williams | children's | digital | Dr Who | e-books | Eoin Colfer | Home | Puffin -
Mon, 07/01/2013 - 07:45Puffin has acquired a debut novel which is likened to "A Monster Calls meets Jacqueline Wilson", winning rights at auction.
Executive editor at Puffin Fiction, Alexandra Antscherl, bought UK and Commonwealth rights (excluding Canada and Europe) for Dandelion Clocks by Rebecca Smith, as well as a second...
-
Thu, 03/01/2013 - 08:45Puffin is joining in the Doctor Who 50th anniversary celebrations by publishing a year-long e-short series, featuring one title for each manifestation of the Doctor, all written by "exciting names" in children's fiction.
The first of the 11 e-books will be released on 23rd January 2013, with its author to be revealed on...
Charlotte Williams | children's | doctor who | Home | Puffin -
Mon, 03/12/2012 - 13:15Ben Horslen has been appointed as editorial director of Puffin Fiction.
Horslen is currently senior editor at Random House Children's Publishers, where he has worked with authors including Jacqueline Wilson, Simon Mayo and Bear Grylls.
Francesca Dow, Penguin Children’s m.d. said: "I am excited that Ben is...
children's | Home | Katie Allen | moves | People | Puffin -
Wed, 21/11/2012 - 08:54Puffin has acquired two new titles in Garcia and Stohl's Beautiful Creatures series.
Editor Anthea Townsend acquired UK and British Commonwealth rights from Little, Brown US in Beautiful Creatures: The Manga (A Graphic Novel) and Beautiful Creatures: The Official Movie Companion.
The Beautiful Creatures...
children's | film | Home | Katie Allen | Puffin | Rights deal -
Tue, 20/11/2012 - 16:15Jeff Kinney's seventh Diary of a Wimpy Kid novel, The Third Wheel (Puffin), has become one of the fastest-selling children's books since official sales records began.
The hardback children's title, which recounts Greg Heffley's attempts to secure a date for his school's Valentine's Day dance, sold 91,...
Charts | Christmas | Jeff Kinney | Philip Stone | Puffin | Wimpy Kid -
Tue, 16/10/2012 - 08:30Puffin is releasing the first six Wimpy Kid books by Jeff Kinney as e-books for the first time on 30th October, building up to the simultaneous e-book and hardback release of the seventh title, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel on 14th November.
As part of the series branding in e-book form, the books will carry their own...
-
Fri, 28/09/2012 - 08:00Egmont has appointed Sarah Hughes as publishing director for its fiction list, with Hughes moving from Puffin to take up the post.
Hughes will start her new role on 3rd December, having been fiction publishing director at Puffin.
Cally Poplack, m.d. of Egmont Press and Egmont USA, said: "Egmont Press has a strong...
Cally poplack | Charlotte Williams | children's | Egmont | Egmont Press | moves | People | Puffin | Sarah Huges
EC urged to act over e-book 'ecosystems'
(10)
Mollet calls for government u-turn on copyright
(1)
Major restructure for Waterstones management staff
(1)
Digital leap at Bloomsbury
(1)
Oxford University Press is a...
Dependent upon skills and experience
A leading international Publisher of...
Excellent salary package
TheBookseller
-
The Man Booker International Prize to Lydia Davis
-
RT @TheFutureBook: Publishers should embrace entrepreneurial authors | @suw for FutureBook t.co/SkbMMwChx4
-
Orbit's Holman and Clarke swap locations - Tim Holman, senior vice-president and publisher of the Orbit divis... t.co/RKRGDkwEY4
©2012 Bookseller Media Ltd rights reserved.
