Lots of New Deals Plenty of interesting deals since Friday and dozens in all in advance of Lunch Weekly, including continuing attention for the founding mothers with a big biography of Martha Washington and a separate project called America’s Revolutionary Mothers, plus the biography of near-contemporary the Marquise du Chatelet, first fiction touted as “a female version of THE CORRECTIONS,” a continuation of the trend for collections of linked stores, deal details for Lee Child’s new publisher and movie option, and as ever, lots more. Access the only live daily deal reporting in the business, as well as the largest […]
Archives for March 2003
Lunch for Friday, March 7
Rock Memoirs, New Fiction, Narrative Non-fiction and More Big pre-London sales continue — get the jump now of dozens of the week’s newest sales, including the uncanny signing of books by both Red Hot Chili Peppers leader Anthony Kiedis and Tommy Lee, hot independent filmmakers The Polish Brothers tell how they do it (and why filmmaking is like plumbing), a top British TV writer’s Hornbyesque debut novel, new fiction for Morgan Entrekin and a pre-empt for an Iowa grad’s debut, a big book on homeland security springboarded by a NYT Magazine article, a dramatic retelling of the race to complete […]
Lunch for Thursday, March 6
I’m late for the train… sorry for the typos… The Latest A big memoir sale at auction, Hot Zone author Richard Preston’s warmer fiction, the US sale for The Knife Man, more from the author of the Bombshell Manual of Style, and as ever, lots of new ones. Make PublishersMarketplace.com your home page (as many of your colleagues have) and get access any time to our Deal of the Day, the top story from Lunch, breaking news as warrants, the latest book reviews from major newspapers, the most recent rights and proposal postings, charts of our most visited links, handy […]
Lunch for Wednesday, March 5
Lots of New Deals As usual, we’ve got over a dozen new deals to share, including the true story of Navy SEALs in a vicious battle in Afghanistan, A successful web site guides modern military spouses in adjusting to and coping with all aspects of military life, a Page Six writer tells how to become famous, interesting adventures in probability, a woman and her shoes, and lots more. Make PublishersMarketplace.com your home page (as many of your colleagues have) and get access any time to our Deal of the Day, the top story from Lunch, breaking news as warrants, the […]
Lunch for Tuesday, March 4
Lots of New Deals We’ve already got almost 20 new deals just since last night’s Lunch Weekly, including the sequel to The Christmas Shoes, a screenwriter’s first novel, more fiction from a Booker shortlisted author, a book optioned by the producer of About Schmidt and Julia Roberts’ production company, Jill Bialosky’s latest novel, a film deal for Bel Canto, a big deal for the founder of Jamba Juice, and plenty more-over at PublishersMarketplace.com. Make PublishersMarketplace.com your home page (as many of your colleagues have) and get access any time to our Deal of the Day, the top story from Lunch, […]
Lunch for Monday, March 3
Godoff’s First, Madonna’s Deal, and More Madonna’s children’s book deal, Ann Godoff’s first big buy for her new imprint, Bob Hope’s birthday collection, a regimen to actually repair DNA, Steven Pinker’s latest, paperback rights to Michael Savage’s bestseller, and still plenty more new deals since Friday. Make PublishersMarketplace.com your home page (as many of your colleagues have) and get access any time to the Deal of the Day, the top story from Lunch, breaking news as warrants, the latest book reviews from major newspapers, the most recent rights and proposal postings, charts of our most visited links, handy quick-search boxes […]