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Archive for July, 2010
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![There might be something to internet self-publishing after all. Marta Acosta, author of the Casa Dracula series, was having a hard time getting traction on her YA novel, The Shadow […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Shadow-Girl-115x115.jpg "Marta Acosta lands YA book deal after publishing online")
Marta Acosta lands YA book deal after publishing online
Posted on July 14, 2010 | No CommentsThere might be something to internet self-publishing after all. Marta Acosta, author of the Casa Dracula series, was having a hard time getting traction on her YA novel, The Shadow […] -
![Rumors are swirling that Eric Bana is the lead contender to play Nick Stone, the main character in Andy McNab’s bestselling series. Hyde Park Entertainment has optioned the rights and […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Andy-McNab-firewall-115x115.jpg "Andy McNab’s Firewall gearing up for a feature")
Andy McNab’s Firewall gearing up for a feature
Posted on July 14, 2010 | No CommentsRumors are swirling that Eric Bana is the lead contender to play Nick Stone, the main character in Andy McNab’s bestselling series. Hyde Park Entertainment has optioned the rights and […] -
![In what may be the first English translation of an Arab horror/science fiction author, Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing announced it will publish Ahmed Khaled Tawfiq’s bestselling Arabic novel Utopia in English […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Tawfiq-115x115.jpg "Arab dystopian smash hit finally getting an English release")
Arab dystopian smash hit finally getting an English release
Posted on July 13, 2010 | No CommentsIn what may be the first English translation of an Arab horror/science fiction author, Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing announced it will publish Ahmed Khaled Tawfiq’s bestselling Arabic novel Utopia in English […] -
![Though this movie is going to be very, very different in tone from the three-issue comic mini-series it was based on – which was a gritty revenge story – I […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/red-movie-poster3-115x115.jpg "Red trailer")
Red trailer
Posted on July 13, 2010 | No CommentsThough this movie is going to be very, very different in tone from the three-issue comic mini-series it was based on – which was a gritty revenge story – I […] -
![As a thank you to their fans, Ilona and Gordon Andrews (the team behind the fantastic Kate Daniels series) has released a series of scenes written by Gordon to illustrate the […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Curranvol1-115x115.jpg "Free Kate Daniels bonus extra")
Free Kate Daniels bonus extra
Posted on July 13, 2010 | No CommentsAs a thank you to their fans, Ilona and Gordon Andrews (the team behind the fantastic Kate Daniels series) has released a series of scenes written by Gordon to illustrate the […] -
![Tim Adler at DHD broke the story that Curzon Artificial Eye, the arthouse distributor/exhibitor, is building a cinema inside Waterstone’s flagship Piccadilly store in the UK. Trade magazine The Bookseller […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/waterstones-115x115.jpg "Cinemas opening in UK bookstores? Brilliant!")
Cinemas opening in UK bookstores? Brilliant!
Posted on July 13, 2010 | No CommentsTim Adler at DHD broke the story that Curzon Artificial Eye, the arthouse distributor/exhibitor, is building a cinema inside Waterstone’s flagship Piccadilly store in the UK. Trade magazine The Bookseller […] -
![Northern Irish helmer Tom Collins will produce and direct a feature adaptation of Seamus Deane’s tome “Reading in the Dark.” Script has already been penned by “Public Enemies” scribe Ronan […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/readinginthedark-115x115.jpg "Reading in the Dark to be a feature")
Reading in the Dark to be a feature
Posted on July 13, 2010 | No CommentsNorthern Irish helmer Tom Collins will produce and direct a feature adaptation of Seamus Deane’s tome “Reading in the Dark.” Script has already been penned by “Public Enemies” scribe Ronan […] -
![Cinema Libre is developing a feature version of John Perkins’ “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man,” his behind-the-scenes memoir about the global banking structure and Third World Development. Los Angeles-based […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/EconHitMan-115x115.jpg "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man – in development")
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man – in development
Posted on July 13, 2010 | No CommentsCinema Libre is developing a feature version of John Perkins’ “Confessions of an Economic Hit Man,” his behind-the-scenes memoir about the global banking structure and Third World Development. Los Angeles-based […] -
![Reveille and Jack Black’s Electric Dynamite Prods. have optioned the TV rights to journalist/author A.J. Jacobs’ best-selling non-fiction book My Life As An Experiment for a potential half-hour comedy series. Esquire Editor-at-Large […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/cover_my-life-as-an-experiment-115x115.jpg "My Life As An Experiment optioned")
My Life As An Experiment optioned
Posted on July 13, 2010 | No CommentsReveille and Jack Black’s Electric Dynamite Prods. have optioned the TV rights to journalist/author A.J. Jacobs’ best-selling non-fiction book My Life As An Experiment for a potential half-hour comedy series. Esquire Editor-at-Large […] -
![Alan Ball, the Emmy winning writer/producer behind Six Feed Under and True Blood, has set up Charlie Huston’s novel, The Mystic Arts of of Erasing All Signs of Death, at […]](https://bookyurt.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/mysticarts-115x115.jpg "Charlie Huston novel heading to HBO")
Charlie Huston novel heading to HBO
Posted on July 12, 2010 | No CommentsAlan Ball, the Emmy winning writer/producer behind Six Feed Under and True Blood, has set up Charlie Huston’s novel, The Mystic Arts of of Erasing All Signs of Death, at […]
