Lucy Sykes

Techbitch is the wickedly witty and acutely observed novel from Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza about how to keep up in a tech-obsessed world. Imogen Tate, editor-in-chief of Glossy magazine, is a legend in the fashion world. But when she returns from a sabbatical to find her twenty-six-year-old former assistant, Eve Morton, behind her desk, she realises times are changing. Armed with a business degree, naked ambition and an iPhone, Eve announces she has been brought in to turn Imogen's beloved magazine into an app. With herself at the helm. In this terrifying new world, Imogen is almost invisible. In place of her team of dedicated staff is a constantly evolving line of twenty-something bloggers at their desks day and night ('Only losers need sleep!'), amateur snaps instead of elegant photo shoots, and a URL address in place of Imogen's glossy pages. But Imogen isn't ready to give up her hard-earned career without a fight. Where Eve has Twitter followers, Imogen has experience, talent and real relationships, and she's prepared to fight for the fashion world she knows and loves. Even if it means going to war with a ruthless Techbitch...Praise for Techbitch: "The Devil Wears Prada does digital. " (Glamour). "Sassy, smart and fun " (Heat Magazine). "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 Devil Wears Prada for the digital age." (Good Housekeeping). "One our reading list right now is this Devil Wears Prada-esque magazine-set tale." (Cosmopolitan).

An outrageously stylish, wickedly funny novel of fashion in the digital age, The Knockoff is the story of Imogen Tate, editor in chief of Glossy magazine, who finds her twentysomething former assistant Eve Morton plotting to knock Imogen off her pedestal, take over her job, and reduce the magazine, famous for its lavish 768-page September issue, into an app. When Imogen returns to work at Glossy after six months away, she can barely recognize her own magazine. Eve, fresh out of Harvard Business School, has fired the gray hairs, put the managing editor in a supply closet, stopped using the landlines, and hired a bevy of manicured and questionably attired underlings who text and tweet their way through meetings. Imogen, darling of the fashion world, may have Alexander Wang and Diane von Furstenberg on speed dial, but she cant tell Facebook from Foursquare and once got her iPhone stuck in Japanese for two days. Under Eves reign, Glossy is rapidly becoming a digital sweatshophackathons rage all night, girls who sleep get fired, and fun means mandatory, company-wide coordinated dances to Beyonce. Wildly out of her depth, Imogen faces a choicepack up her Smythson notebooks and quit, or channel her inner geek and take on Eve to save both the magazine and her career. A glittering, uproarious, sharply drawn story filled with thinly veiled fashion personalities, The Knockoff is an insiders look at the ever-changing world of fashion and a fabulous romp for our Internet-addicted age. From the Hardcover edition

Una exitosa y moderna comedia urbana sobre el mundo de las revistas de moda y su adaptación a la revolución de Internet.Nueva York. Una de las capitales de la moda. ¿Cuánto darías por triunfar como directora de una exitosa revista de moda? Todo. Toda una vida de duro trabajo como una mujer independiente y urbana. Como hizo Imogen Tate en su dia para llegar a ser directora editorial de la revista Glossy.Ahora, con cuarenta y dos años y despues de un periodo de baja laboral, Imogen vuelve a la oficina donde se encuentra con una gran sorpresa: su ex asistente Eve Morton (recien graduada en la Harvard Business School) esta planeando quedarse con su puesto y revolucionando la revista. Y es que Eve tiene la intencion de cancelar la exitosa version impresa a favor de la digital.¿Dejara Imogen que Eve la reemplace como si hiciera un clic en su ultra moderno Smartphone? ¿Luchara para recuperar el puesto que le corresponde? ¿O se rendira al acoso de la inoportuna e irreverente Eve?Una exitosa, divertida y glamurosa novela que permite adentrarse en los entresijos del cambiante mundo de la moda y su adaptacion a la revolucion de Internet.