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Techbitch

Lucy Sykes Jo Piazza

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English
Penguin Books Ltd
28 March 2016
With humour, savvy and grace, Techbitch is The Devil Wears Prada for the digital age

When Imogen Tate returns from a sabbatical to her post as editor-in-chief of Glossy magazine, she finds her former assistant Eve Morton sitting comfortably in her very own office. Fresh out of Harvard Business School, Eve plans to overhaul Glossy completely, with herself at the helm.

Imogen may have Calvin Klein and Diane Von Furstenberg on speed dial, but she can't tell a Tweet from an Instagram snap and isn't sure how an app differs from a website. Imogen's livelihood is in danger and if she wants to keep her job, she has to get on the tech bandwagon, fast.
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Imprint:   Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 27mm
Weight:   309g
ISBN:   9781405918688
ISBN 10:   1405918683
Pages:   448
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Lucy Sykes moved from London to New York City in 1997 and took the fashion world by storm. She was Fashion Director at Marie Claire magazine for six years and, most recently, Fashion Director for renttherunway.com. Jo Piazza is an award-winning journalist, editor, digital content strategist and author. She is the Travel Editor of Yahoo and currently a contributor to the Wall Street Journal and Elle.com.

Reviews for Techbitch

Lethally funny with sass to spare * Daily Mail * This Years The Devil Wears Prada * Vanity Fair * Funny, fashionable, fabulous - my beach read pick for the summer! * Jane Green * This is what it's really like working at a glossy, New York fashion magazine. Makes The Devil Wears Prada look like My Little Pony * Toby Young, bestselling author of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People * Humour with style and heart . . . You'll have a new appreciation for your office drama after meeting these nightmare colleagues * Best Books of Summer, Glamour * Not since The Devil Wears Prada has the fashion world been so abuzz about a novel! [Tecbitch] counts Zac Posen among its many fans, as insiders play who's who with its thinly veiled characters * Best Beach Read, Ok! * It's The Devil Wears Prada meets All About Eve-complete with a former boss who's a warmer, fuzzier version of Prada's Miranda Priestly. Fast-paced and filled with sartorial wisdom, this debut from journalists Sykes and Piazza is a fun, often funny take on life in the sharp-elbowed world of fashion magazines * Book of the Week, People * Jo Piazza and Lucy Sykes' compulsively readable corner office drama, [is] summer's juiciest beach read * Elle.com * The ONLY Beach Read You Should Be Seen With This Summer: a juicier version of The Devil Wears Prada meets Silicon Valley. Trust us-you won't be able to put it down * Town & Country * This describes the frantic process of taking a Vogue-like magazine from paper to app. . . When Imogen left, she was Queen. When she comes back, she's lost her front-row Fashion week seat to a-What? What are these?-fashion bloggers! Naturally, Imogen regrows her claws. And the book does its share of meowing about the entitled young women who now flood the magazine offices, living large because they still live rent-free at their parents' apartments * The New York Times * Techbitch is relatable to all women, it shows the depths of ferocity of which some women are willing to go in order to succeed, whilst teaching the lesson that playing nice and keeping cool also has its benefits and rewards. I loved the style of writing and felt that all the storylines progressed at the right pace and the outcomes were satisfying, I almost punched my fist in the air in style of Judd Nelson at the end of Breakfast Club when I finished the book. Humorous, touching and about as addictive as shoe shopping, Techbitch is one book that you should stick on your to read list * Belle About Town * While Imogen may know her DVF from YSL she knows nothing at all about Instagram, HTML and Tumblr . . . but she soon will. Fashion just got bitchy! * This Summer's Best Books in Sun on Sunday * A winning romp of a tale.... This breezy, behind-the-scenes tale offers a fresh, modern take on a classic tale of rivalry * Publishers Weekly * The theatre of war is cutting-edge online versus traditional magazines, a sort of 'The Devil Uses Instagram' . . . a great read, packed with brilliant, glam detail and a satirical sideswipes at nerd culture * Daily Mail * Hilariously witty, like a modern day The Devil Wears Prada * Essentials * One our reading list right now is this Devil Wears Prada-esque magazine-set tale * Cosmopolitan * The Devil Wears Prada for the digital age * Good Housekeeping * Sassy, smart and fun **** * Heat Magazine * The Devil Wears Prada does digital * Glamour *


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