Seth Auction, Idol Bonanza and More Deals drive the headlines today, as the eight publisher UK auction for Vikram Seth’s new book ends with Little, Brown getting rights for just about the rumored amount of $2.25 million, and a North American rights offering following soon from agent Irene Skolnick. With far less hand-wringing Simon Cowell is voted a $2 million advance for his book, and other big deals include Zbigniew Brzezinski’s latest, a new one from the author of Fermat’s Last Theorem, a big film deal for a book that’s still being written, a big paperback deal, and still plenty […]