Lott, Hart, Another Assistant, and More Over 20 new deal reports in the last day include Trent Lott finalizing his memoir deal, plus a sale for a National Book Award finalist, another “assistant novel” (this one about Hollywood), a big UK sale for Lauren Weisberger, Carolyn Hart’s latest, two new ones from Elizabeth Kolbert, a “malicious little novel” featuring a character that has appeared on This American Life, a film sale for Bangkok 8 (and another film sale for a book proposal that hasn’t been placed yet), and still plenty more — with new ones reported live all day, and […]