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EXCLUSIVE: Kurt Mueller, a longtime member of the executive team at The Onion, is joining crowd-sourced publishing firm Inkshares as its chief operating officer. Mueller spent eight years at the satire brand, helping it to grow from a small, newspaper-focused outfit to a digital powerhouse. Univision bought a…

EXCLUSIVE: Endeavor Content has acquired A Gentleman's Murder, an Inkshares debut novel by Christopher Huang and will develop it for television. The novel is set in 1924 London and follows the investigation of a murder at a prestigious soldiers-only club. The victim, whose murder sets the story in motion, is Albert…

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate is in advanced talks to acquire The Punch Escrow, a futuristic novel by Tal M. Klein that was first published by InkShares. The novel’s high concept and strong lead role drew interest from around town this week. The protagonist is Joel Byram, who lives in what seems the best of times in 2147…

Eli Roth & Blumhouse Productions-backed video platform CryptTV is partnering with crowdsourcing book publisher Inkshares on the launch of a collection of new books published under the CrypyTV name and targeted at the platform’s audience as well as the broader horror community. In addition, authors included in the…

Upstart book publisher Inkshares has signed with United Talent Agency, which will now represent all underlying rights from future Inkshares book deals. Intended to “democratize publishing”, Inkshares is a hybrid outfit that uses crowdsourcing techniques to determine which books they’ll publish, rather than relying…