Bonnier News - books

Bonnier Carlsen Book Tusen gånger starkare To Be a Feature Film

By Bert Menninga on 2010-07-22
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Christina Herrström's book Tusen gånger starkare will hit the big screen in September.

On September 24, the latest Swedish book-to-movie will have its premiere when Christina Herrström's young adult novel Tusen gånger starkare (A thousand times stronger) makes it to movie theaters around Sweden.

The book was published in 2006 by Bonnier Carlsen and received rave reviews.

Tammi Educational Hits New Niche with Home & School Series

By Bert Menninga on 2010-06-16
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Educational books for children before they start school to launch in August.

Not being No. 1 has its advantages. So says Sanna Lukander, content director at Tammi Educational in Finland: "You can be more flexible and take more risks."

A division of book publisher Tammi, Tammi Educational is the No. 3 educational materials publisher in Finland, producing textbooks, guides and other materials for all school ages including adults.

Tammi's Manga Imprints Capture Finland's 13-year-olds

By Bert Menninga on 2010-06-07
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Sangatsu Manga and Punainen jättiläinen, Tammi's two manga imprints, try a novel way to reach their core audience.

The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines manga as "a Japanese comic book or graphic novel." A pretty colorless description for a complex genre. Read back to front, top to bottom and right to left, with conventions for storytelling, style of illustration and even the ratio of text to picture, manga has become a global phenomenon. Although real manga is always from Japan, it has spawned versions in other cultures and inspired designers with its often elegant illustrations. And it's been a hit everywhere from the U.S.

Kids Book Series "Ranger in Danger" from Five Mile Press

By Bert Menninga on 2010-06-04
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With a launch for kids at a zoo and a popular web game, Five Mile Press' new "Ranger in Danger" series is already a success.

What better place to launch a new animal book series for kids than at a zoo - which is where Australia's Five Mile Press released its new Ranger in Danger series recently.

Norwegian Bestseller in the Making

By Bert Menninga on 2010-03-29
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The Norwegian rights to the hottest book at the Bologna Book Fair went to Cappelen Damm.

Norwegian book publisher Cappelen Damm scored a coup when it signed up the book rights for children's novel The Emerald Atlas by John Stephens, which was the talk of the recent Bologna Book Fair. Not only did Cappelen Damm secure the Norwegian rights, it managed to get them before the book fair even started.

The book, the debut novel of Stephens, has received a lot of buzz in the industry. The first in a planned series, it is being described as a cross between C.S.

Awards for Show Me How

By Bert Menninga on 2010-02-19
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Weldon Owen's international succes, Show Me How, wins two awards.

Show Me How, one of Weldon Owen's top titles with 410,000 copies sold in 17 international editions, recently won the Booksellers' Medal of Honor from the Dutch publisher and bookseller industry organization CPNB. The award, which is given to non-fiction books published in the Netherlands, is for books that that not only do a great job of informing readers about a topic without any prior knowledge, but also serve as ambassadors for all books within the genre.The various titles are as ambassador of all books in their genre.

Adlibris launches Letto, a Swedish e-reader

By Niklas Sessler on 2010-02-10
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The Nordic countries’ biggest online book retailer Adlibris today launches a Swedish e-reader, Letto. A special online book store for e-books adapted for Letto and other e-readers opened as well, with books in the open format epub. 

"Letto is a new way to read books," says Pär Svärdson, CEO of Adlibris. "We have looked at e-books for a decade, but it seems they are beginning to be taken seriously now."

The latest Swedish books as well as a broad selection of classics are easy to find and download at www.adlibris.com/letto.

"Adlibris' idea is to offer a wide choice for book lovers," says Svärdson. "Letto is as small as a book but big enough to hold an entire library. It's easy to carry in a bag, to work or to the beach.

Weldon Owen-cookbook #1 in William-Sonoma stores

By Linnea Pontvik on 2010-01-26
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20,000 copies of Ebelskivers sold in December

Weldon Owen-published book Ebelskivers was the #1 selling cookbook at Williams-Sonoma stores in December, selling over 20,000 copies in December and 50,000 copies since its September publication.

Ebelskivers, stovetop filled Danish pancakes, are one of the hottest trends in cooking right now.

 

New Managing Director at Five Mile Press

By Niklas Sessler on 2010-01-04
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The Five Mile Press in Melbourne announces that Alexandra Maramenides has been appointed Managing Director

Alexandra Maramenides, who was until recently Children's Rights director at Simon and Schuster UK, will be joining the company in January 2010.

The book that set the record

By Niklas Sessler on 2009-12-16
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How long is the world’s longest mustache? Who is the oldest person to win an Oscar? And how much did the world’s most expensive coin cost?

The answers to these questions, and hundreds of others, can of course be found in Guinness World Records, the book that is a record in and of itself. With over 100 million copies sold since its first edition in 1955, it is the world's most-sold licensed book. Today it is published in 25 languages in more than 100 countries.