• SelfMadeHero and Nobrow contend for Eisner Awards
    Tue, 23/04/2013 - 07:15

    British publishers have won nominations for the Eisner Awards, the USA's most prestigious comic and graphic novel industry prizes.

    Books by independent graphic novel publishers SelfMadeHero and Nobrow have both been selected for awards, putting them up against industry giants such as Marvel.

    SelfMadeHero has picked up...

    comics | Eisner Awards | Graphic novels | International | Joshua Farrington | Marvel | Nobrow | Prizes | SelfMadeHero

  • SelfMadeHero signs Peeters
    Fri, 15/03/2013 - 10:54

    Independent graphic novel publisher SelfMadeHero has signed world English rights to a new sci-fi epic from Swiss writer and illustrator Frederik Peeters.

    Aama is a planet-hopping odyssey that follows amnesiac Verloc Nim, as he attempts to learn more about his unhappy past through his diaries and the help of a robotic monkey...

    Frederick Peeters | graphic novel | Joshua Farrington | Katie Allen | Rights deal | SelfMadeHero

  • SelfMadeHero makes appointments
    Tue, 22/01/2013 - 07:00

    SelfMadeHero has appointed Sam Humphrey as its sales and marketing manager.

    The publisher, which specialises in graphic novels with a focus on literary and non-fiction comics, has also promoted Lizzie Kaye to the role of editorial and production manager.

    Humphrey has worked for the past four years at Shiel Land Literary...

    Joshua Farrington | Lizzie Kaye | moves | Peach Publishing | People | Sam Humphrey | SelfMadeHero

  • Abrams snaps up SelfMadeHero
    Thu, 13/10/2011 - 08:52

    US art and illustrated publisher Abrams has announced it is to buy London-based graphic novel publisher SelfMadeHero, in a move that will see the SelfMadeHero imprint launched in the US.

    The purchase will be finalised in the next few weeks. Managing director Emma Hayley, who launched SelfMadeHero in 2007, will stay on in her role...

    Abrams | Bookseller Staff | Graphic novels | SelfMadeHero

  • Moominmania for SelfMadeHero
    Sat, 16/01/2010 - 10:30

    Manga and graphic novels publisher SelfMadeHero has ventured into a different genre, acquiring the Moomins Cookbook for publication later this year.

    Editor Emma Hayley bought world English rights from the Finnish publisher WSOY for an undisclosed sum, in a deal that was finalised this week. The book is due out as a £12.99 hardback...

    Catherine Neilan | Rights deal | SelfMadeHero

  • BLOG: Reading the future
    Fri, 13/06/2008 - 14:23

    Publishing is a risky business. Book commissioning is a peculiar form of gambling involving high risks and occasionally yielding big rewards.

    When editors publicly recount the publishing story behind “surprise bestsellers”, they often cite ‘gut instinct’ as the main factor in their most decision-making process....

    Doug Wallace | Home | Reading the Future | SelfMadeHero
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