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  • Actress Abigail Breslin signs publishing debut with Harper Collins

    Actress Abigail Breslin signs publishing debut with Harper Collins

    MUMBAI: Award winning actress Abigail Breslin, best known to millions for her Academy Award-nominated breakthrough role in Little Miss Sunshine, has solidified herself over the years as one of the rising stars of young Hollywood. Breslin will soon be making her publishing debut with her book called This May Sound Crazy, which will be published by HarperCollins.

     

    She will also be seen in her upcoming television debut role on Fox’s highly anticipated Ryan Murphy’s Scream Queens, has multiple films on the horizon, and a solo album titled The World Now scheduled for release 15 June, 2015.

     

    Written with Breslin’s wit and honesty, This May Sound Crazy is full of cautionary tales and clever advice ranging from why you should stop stalking your ex to how to survive your very own Halloween horror story. In this collection of nonfiction essays, Breslin brings her hilarious and heartfelt voice to the page as she explores the things nearest and dearest to every teen—love, loss, and Tumblr.

     

    “I started my tumblr Mixtapes and Winter Coats because I wanted to share my late night ramblings and feels, such as talking to my cat at 2 am, with all of you. That blog evolved into my book, This May Sound Crazy. I hope when you read it, you’ll see that you are not alone even when you’re wondering when it’s ok to text your crush first, which is the most terrifying situation ever,” says Breslin.

     

    “I’m so thrilled to be working with Abigail Breslin on This May Sound Crazy. She channels the angst of her generation with a fearlessness that’s at once hilarious and deeply moving. Anyone who’s ever had a broken heart or felt lost or who just wished for a perfect Christmas Day will feel instantly understood in these pages,” adds HarperCollins executive editor Dave Linker.

     

    World rights for This May Sound Crazy were sold to Linker from CAA and will be published in October 2015.

     

  • BabyUniverse & HarperCollins Publishers ink video content partnership deal

    BabyUniverse & HarperCollins Publishers ink video content partnership deal

    MUMBAI: BabyUniverse, Inc. an Internet content, commerce and new media company in the pregnancy, baby and toddler marketplace, has announced that it has signed a video content partnership agreement with HarperCollins Publishers.

    Entertaining video segments based on scenarios from the new book, Babyproofing Your Marriage, How to Laugh More, Argue Less, and Communicate Better as Your Family Grows, will be featured on BabyTV.com, an Internet integrated broadcast channel and social networking community focused on the needs of new and expectant parents, informs an official release.

    “We could not be more excited about this unique content relationship and its alignment with the objectives of BabyTV.com,” said BabyUniverse chairman and CEO John Textor. “HarperCollins’ decision to produce entertaining video content as a means to promote this certain best seller is truly visionary in the new media marketplace. With our acute focus on the connection between content and commerce, the content of Babyproofing Your Marriage has found a perfect home at BabyTV.com.”

    BabyTV.com debuted in December 2006 with cross visibility to over 1.7 million monthly unique visitors of BabyUniverse-owned e-commerce properties such as BabyUniverse.com, PoshTots.com and DreamTimeBaby.com, and content properties such as PoshCravings.com and ePregnancy.com, adds the release.

    BabyTV.com is presented in an interactive format in which the consumer can tune in to broadcast-quality streaming television, upload videos to share with the community, interact with live events, engage in e-commerce transactions, browse links on the Web, and participate in BabyTV.com’s online community.

     

  • Fox TV Studios becomes entertainment studio for HarperCollins

    Fox TV Studios becomes entertainment studio for HarperCollins

    MUMBAI: Fox Television Studios (FtvS) will serve as the entertainment studio for HarperCollins Publishers, developing original content based on its existing library, as well as new HarperCollins titles – initially in the mystery and romance categories.

    Content will be developed and distributed across multiple platforms worldwide, including television, DVD, and digital media including internet, mobile/wireless and emerging applications. The announcement was made by Fox Television Studios president Angela Shapiro-Mathes.

    The first deal resulting from the partnership is for TV series development based on the popular legal suspense novels by international best-selling author Lisa Scottoline, which center around a group of female partners in the fictional, Rosato law firm.

    Scottoline’s first novel in this nine-volume series of thrillers, Legal Tender, was published by HarperCollins in 1997. To date, she has written 13 novels. Scottoline presently has 10 million copies in print in the US and is published in 23 countries.

    Additionally, Fox Television Studios has optioned The Reading Group by Elizabeth Noble. Her novel chronicles a year in the life of a group of women who form a book club, only to see their own personal stories, trials and tribulations mirrored in the literary works they discuss.

    “I’m thrilled to be working with HarperCollins in a venture that connects our two worlds in this way. This collaboration gives us unprecedented access to an untapped resource of talented writers – new voices for the TV and digital space. It also allows FtvS to pursue publishing opportunities for the original programming we develop and produce,” said Shapiro-Mathes.

    To facilitate projects and serve as liaison between FtvS and HarperCollins, Fox TV Studios has retained veteran television producer Karen Glass to work out of HarperCollins’ New York City offices. An experienced executive producer, show-runner and development executive, Glass has developed numerous award-winning shows for broadcast, cable and syndication.

    HarperCollins president and CEO Worldwide Jane Friedman said, “This is a unique partnership that offers endless possibilities. We will now have a professional eye to evaluate our incredible publishing lists – both new titles and our unparalleled backlist – to discover books that are worthy of dramatic portrayal. This is another example of HarperCollins’ continuing effort to create additional opportunities for our authors by introducing them to new audiences.”

    Fox Television Studios executive vice president, scripted programming David Madden added, “We are delighted to be working with such a wonderful stable of talented authors. And it’s especially thrilling to get a chance to be in business with Lisa Scottoline. The admirers of her work are worldwide and extremely devoted, and we look forward to developing her ‘Rosato law firm’ novels for screens everywhere, from living rooms to mobile phones and anyplace where thriller fans can watch Lisa’s characters come to life.”