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Joining André Deutsch in the late 80s, I saw a great editor at the top of her game, tirelessly working to bring good writing to perfectionIndependent publishing was at a dangerous moment in 1987 when I was ushered at the age of 26 into a lowly place in the publicity department of André Deutsch Ltd.…

Under the aegis of Ashleigh Gardner, Wattpad Studios' deputy general manager for publishing, the reading and writing platform at last has announced the development of its own publishing wing, Wattpad Books. The post Wattpad Books: The Next Stage in the Platform’s Content Development appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Under the aegis of Ashleigh Gardner, Wattpad Studios' deputy general manager for publishing, the reading and writing platform at last has announced the development of its own publishing wing, Wattpad Books. The post Wattpad Books: The Next Stage in the Platform’s Content Development appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The writer remembers the keen eye of a tough but inspiring editor and a warm, unshockable confidanteIt is a rare and special privilege to be seen. Not simply noticed or even admired, but assessed and appreciated as you really are, flaws and all. It takes a particularly powerful and kind observer to see truly and…

Remarkable editor at André Deutsch who later in life found success as a frank and clear-sighted memoiristDiana Athill, who has died aged 101, was one of book publishing’s most remarkable editors, but in the latter part of her life it was her own writing that brought her much-enjoyed literary success. First there was Stet (2000),…

HarperFiction have inked another two-book deal with author Cressida McLaughlin.

Bloomsbury’s senior commissioning editor Richard Atkinson, responsible for the publishing of books such as Polpo and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage series, has left the company and is focusing full-time on writing his family memoir.

Michael Palin will return to the stage for a brand new one-man stage show to celebrate the paperback publication of his latest book Erebus: The Story of A Ship.

DC Entertainment will this spring launch DC Ink and DC Zoom – imprints for YA and MG graphic novels – in the UK.

Caroline Ridding, founder and publisher of Aria, the digital-first imprint of Head of Zeus, has been made redundant from the company.