Dozens of New Deals Like a billboard of pre-Frankfurt highlights, our deal reports are filled with 25 new projects since last Friday morning — including a prize-winning French import and a US home for French teen sensation Flavia Bujor, a new deal for Stewart O’Nan with much praise already in, paperback life for a Book Sense favorite and a bestselling fiction writer’s new paperback deal, big debut fiction and major deals for another novelist, “the American answer to Nick Hornby,” a startling look at the descendants of Southern slaves who colonized Liberia and established their own plantations, the “new anti-semitism,” […]
Archives for October 2002
Lunch for Friday, October 4
The Latest Deals Lots of pre-Frankfurt deal reports again (about 20 from yesterday), including a Day in the Life of the US Armed Forces, multiple deals for debut fiction (including a big one for a Canadian author), a first-person account of a year in the life of an IRS agent, a collection of contemporary political essays, an insiders’ guide to Major League Baseball parks, the seven weeks leading up to the Civil War, housebreaking a man, and more with, as always, new deals live during the day. Catch up on them all now by joining at PublishersMarketplace. And our searchable […]
Lunch for Thursday, October 3
The Latest Deals Suze Orman switches houses again, a journalist covers the rise and fall of ImClone, the second sexual revolution, the decline of the average American, a contemporary retelling of Snow White, a book from a PBS host, a biography of educational leader Albert Shanker and more with, as always, new deals live during the day. Catch up on them all now by joining at PublishersMarketplace. And our searchable archive has well over 3,000 deals, great for researching agents, editors, houses, seasons, topics, and more. Join Marketplace here and enjoy full benefits Go directly to the latest deals Deal […]
Lunch for Wednesday, October 2
Skakel, Sykes, the Stars’ OB and More Among the newest dozen or so, ReganBooks signs the journalist and investigator who helped build the case against Michael Skakel, a major deal for Michael Marshall, a big sale for UK rights to Plum Sykes’s Bergdorf Blondes, a biography of Leni Reifenstahl, all about the Globetrotters, an obstetrician to the stars launches a series of books based on quick success for a small-press version of his popular methods and more with, as always, new deals live during the day. Catch up on them all now by joining at PublishersMarketplace. And our searchable archive […]
Lunch for Tuesday, October 1
The Latest Deals With about 20 new deals since last night’s Deal Lunch, we’ve got Carl Lennertz’s part-memoir / part-inspirational A LETTER TO MY DAUGHTER: And Other Things I Wish I Had Said (Sooner) to Family, Friends and Teachers Along the Way, a debut from an Indian author that’s sold for six figures in both the US and UK and now selling in translation, a pre-empted first story collection, a novel from a popular online diarist, an Atlantic article turned book, the first 2004 presidential campaign book, and lots more, plus more deals reported live during the day. Catch up […]