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Author
Series
Magpie murders volume 1
Language
English
Description
"From New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz comes Magpie Murders, a brilliant and strikingly original reimagining of the classic whodunit (a la Agatha Christie) with a contemporary mystery wrapped around it"--
Author
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Language
English
Description
Savannah Cade's dreams are coming true. The Claire Donovan, editor-in-chief of the most successful romance imprint in the country, has requested to see the manuscript Savannah's been secretly writing while working as editor herself--except at her publishing house, the philosophy is only highbrow works are worth printing and commercial fiction, particularly romance, should be reserved for the lowest level of Dante's inferno. But when Savannah drops...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After five years working at Parson's Press, an old-school business book publisher, Nora is the last editorial assistant standing, desperate to get out. But she can't leave until she finds another job to cover rent, especially when Parsons cuts already unlivable salaries. That's when Nora is forced to lie her way into moonlighting for a rival publisher...and maybe poaching a few authors along the way. But when Nora accidentally falls for Andrew Santos,...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Regretfully rejecting his college mentor's depraved manuscript, publishing editor Kyle Broder finds himself targeted by his increasingly obsessed mentor, whose book Kyle gradually realizes may be a confession to a cold-case disappearance.
Author
Series
Deadly edits volume 1
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"After splurging to buy her childhood home in the Catskills, recently widowed Mikki Lincoln emerges from retirement as a freelance editor. With her ability to spot details that others fail to see, it's not long before Mikki earns clients--and realizes that the village of Lenape Hollow isn't the thriving tourist destination it was decades ago. Not with a murderer on the loose . . ." -- Publisher's annotation.
Author
Series
Yue du Riben xiao shuo volume 19
Publisher
Gai ya wen hua you xian gong si
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
A literary editor at a large publishing house accidentally read a new manuscript by a has-been writer. He was deeply moved and wanted to publish it as a book. But even if the writer was once somewhat famous, he is now box-office poison...
In order to get the book published smoothly, the editor began to look for an entry point. Tips from seniors, fanning the flames from competitors, communication with business departments, and impressing the hearts...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
1953. Simon Putnam, newly hired by a distinguished New York publishing firm, gets his first assignment: editing The Vixen, the Patriot and the Fanatic, a lurid bodice-ripper improbably based on the recent trial and execution of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. It is a potboiler intended to shore up the firm's failing finances. Simon's mother was a childhood friend of Ethel Rosenberg's; his parents mourn Ethel's death. Simon meets The Vixen author, reckless,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"There was every possibility that I was dead, and my brain hadn't got the memo. Or maybe it was that I wished I were dead. On reflection, that was more likely. Normally sharp-witted, book editor Sam Clair stumbles through a post-launch party morning with the hangover to end all hangovers. But before the Nurofen has even kicked in, she finds herself entangled in an elaborate saga of missing neighbors, suspected arson and an odd, unidentified body....
Author
Series
Deadly edits volume 3
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Forgotten on the outskirts of quaint Lenape Hollow, Feldman's Catskill Resort Hotel has outlasted its heyday as a popular tourist destination and now awaits demolition. But once Mikki is hired to edit a revealing memoir by Sunny Feldman, the last living relative of its original owners, the doomed resort quickly ends up back in the spotlight. Unfortunately, everyone's attention shifts to Mikki when a body is discovered at the demolition site. Seen...
10) Clause & effect
Author
Series
Deadly edits volume 2
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"As a professional editor, Mikki Lincoln is used to crimes against the English language. As an amateur sleuth, she's finding catching criminals a lot more dangerous than catching typos ... Nestled in the picturesque Catskills, the village of Lenape Hollow prepares to celebrate the 225th anniversary of its founding. Freelance book editor Mikki Lincoln has been drafted to update and correct the script, left over from the town's bicentennial, which is...
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lauren Kate comes an enemies-to-lovers romance about an editor, her bestselling author, and one life-changing secret. What she doesn't know about love could fill a book. With a successful career as a romance editor, and an engagement to a man who checks off all ninety-nine boxes on her carefully curated list, Lanie's more than good. She's killing it. Then she's given the opportunity of a lifetime: to work...
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"From the bestselling author of Lily and the Octopus comes a funny, poignant, and highly original novel about an author whose relationship with his very famous book editor will change him forever--both as a writer and a son. After years of struggling as a writer in 1990s New York City, James Smale finally gets his big break when his novel sells to an editor at a major publishing house: none other than Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Jackie, or Mrs. Onassis...
13) This is pleasure
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In this powerful short fiction, Mary Gaitskill--whose searing honesty about gender relations has been legendary since the appearance of Bad Behavior in the 1980s--considers our moment through the lens of a particular #metoo incident. The effervescent and well-dressed Quin, a successful book editor and fixture on the New York arts scene, has long been one of Margot's best friends. When several women in his field accuse him of inappropriate touching...
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