Archives for October 2003

Likeskind, Cabot, Jordan, and More Another busy deal day, again with about two dozen new reports. The sale of Daniel Libeskind’s memoir (and an update on rights sales) leads the way, though we still can’t figure out why the NY Post has it in for him so much. Plus, Meg Cabot gets seven figures, a former UN official exposes the organization’s “incompetence, corruption and anti-semitism,” Garbo is pictured, there’s Neil Jordan’s latest, Macadam/Cage’s first three-book deal, the story of a German girl sold into slavery in the US and then found by her parents years later, a controversial assertion that […]

Lots of Deal News It’s a mighty quiet news day, balanced only by a wealth of new deals: Natalie Goldberg’s latest (for a new publisher), a new book (already optioned for TV) from the author of Eight Simple Rules for Dating My Daughter, a big thriller sale, the author of Kitchen Boy’s new historical fiction, Phyllis Diller’s fetchingly titled memoir, a raucous road story in search of dead rockers’ graves and more, and yes still others — 20 in all since yesterday, plus new ones during the day, and our unique archive of almost 6,500 deals available for searching any […]

The Latest Deals New reports include a well-known editor’s narrative non-fiction sale, Katie Fforde’s latest, a US sale for a hot first novel, the follow-up to Soul of a Citizen, and of course more, plus new ones during the day, and our unique archive of almost 6,500 deals available for searching any time (to learn about agents, editors, seasons, buying patterns, and more). All for members of our PublishersMarketplace.com. Register here for PublishersMarketplace.com Go directly to the latest deals Report Your Own Have a sale or purchase to report for the next Lunch Weekly? Just e-mail to deals@publishersmarketplace.com, or use […]

The Latest Deals On top of last night’s 90-plus deals in Lunch Weekly, brand-new postings include Christine Todd Whitman’s book, a big buy at Knopf Children’s, a motivational speaker’s heartfelt story, and of course more, plus new ones during the day, and our unique archive of almost 6,500 deals available for searching any time (to learn about agents, editors, seasons, buying patterns, and more). All for members of our PublishersMarketplace.com. Register here for PublishersMarketplace.com Go directly to the latest deals Report Your Own Have a sale or purchase to report for the next Lunch Weekly? Just e-mail to deals@publishersmarketplace.com, or […]

A Big Week of Deals Catch up on a big 95 deals from last week, including the long-awaited new work from a Canadian novelist, a basketball star’s ex on how to cope with being married to a powerful person, a novel that offers a look at the big ego of a big agent, and as usual still plenty more — all at PublishersMarketplace, where members can view deals as they are reported, get a daily deal e-mail, and search our archive, now bursting with well over 6,000 deals. Plus you get all of our other great features — an optional […]

Fleischer, a Year in Morocco, and More We’ve got over 80 deals to catch up on since Monday; among the latest are the close of the auction for Ari Fleischer’s book, a big film sale for Jarhead and another for Marc Acito’s hot novel, a big UK sale for a quirky Year of Provence-in-Morocco selling in the US now, a history of the Senate, the correspondence and friendship between James Baldwin and Sol Stein, beekeeping as a larger meditation on life, bestseller Markus Buckingham’s next, and still plenty more — all at PublishersMarketplace, where members can view deals as they […]