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

Imogen Tate, 42 ans, rédactrice en chef du magazine Glossy, est une véritable légende dans le milieu de la mode. Imogen est de la vieille école : elle peut compter Alexander Wang ou Diane von Furstenberg parmi ses proches mais lidee de devoir etre spirituelle en 140 caracteres lui tord lestomac. Elle na jamais envoye un tweet de sa vie, quant a Instagram... Apres un long arret maladie, elle trouve son ancienne assistante, Eve Morton, aux commandes de son precieux magazine. Armee de son iPhone, dun diplome de Harvard et dune ambition demesuree, Eve est bien decidee a transformer le numero de septembre (367 pages) en appli et a evincer les dinosaures dun autre age. Pour Imogen, le temps est venu de sadapter aux nouvelles technologies et de se battre pour sauver sa carriere.

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.

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 Imogens 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 Imogens glossy pages. But Imogen isnt ready to give up her hard-earned career without a fight. Where Eve has Twitter followers, Imogen has experience, talent and real relationships, and shes prepared to fight for the fashion world she knows and loves. Even if it means going to war with a ruthless Techbitch . . .Praise for TechbitchThis Years The Devil Wears PradaVanity FairLethally funny with sass to spareDaily MailThe Devil Wears Prada does digitalGlamourSassy, smart and fun ****Heat MagazineOne our reading list right now is this Devil Wears Prada-esque magazine-set taleCosmopolitan The Devil Wears Prada for the digital agePrimaHilariously witty, like a modern day The Devil Wears Prada EssentialsLow cunning and high stakes at a glamorous Manhattan fashion magazine creates an irresistible mix in Techbitch... think The Devil Wears Prada for the digital ageGood HousekeepingThe 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 cultureDaily Mail 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 Summers Best Books in Sun on SundayThis describes the frantic process of taking a Vogue-like magazine from paper to app. . . When Imogen left, she was Queen. When she comes back, shes 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 apartmentsThe New York TimesJo Piazza and Lucy Sykes compulsively readable corner office drama, [is] summers juiciest beach readElle.com

A GMA SUMMER MUST-READ! From the bestselling authors of The Knockoff, an outrageously funny novel about one womans attemptthrough clay diets, naked yoga, green juice, and cultish workout classesto win back her career, save her best friend, and lose thirty pounds."When Janey Sweet navigates topless yoga and ruthless cycling classes in Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazzas satire, she realizes shes better off without the green juice."Us WeeklyWhen Janey Sweet, CEO of a couture wedding gown company, is photographed in the front row of a fashion show eating a bruffin--the delicious love child of a brioche and a muffin--her best friend and business partner gives her an ultimatum: lose thirty pounds or lose your job. Sure, Janey has gained some weight since her divorce, and no, her beautifully cut trousers dont fit like they used to, so Janey throws herself headlong into the world of the fitness revolution, signing up for a shockingly expensive workout pass, baring it all for Free the Nipple yoga, and spinning to the screams of a Lycra-clad instructor with rage issues. As Janey eschews carbs, pays thousands of dollars to wellness gurus, and is harassed by her very own fitness bracelet, she cant help but wonder: Did she really need to lose weight in the first place?

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.