Archives for October 2003

Dozens More Deals Once again, lots of brand-new deals to report, from more post-Frankfurt international sales to a significant deal for first fiction, another war book optioned to Tom Hanks, a sober look at weapons of mass destruction, being a better husband, and as ever, 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 daily deal e-mail, our addictive book tracker to follow your books’ sales […]

Dozens More Deals Lots of post-Frankfurt reports again today (once again, more than 20 in since yesterday morning), including US sales for Dutch and Australian bestsellers and a Booker shortlisted novel, lots of debut fiction (including a novel about Margaret Bourke-White), another look at Governor Schwarzenegger, inside the Wharton School, and of course 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 daily e-mail, our addictive […]

The Latest I know it sounds ridiculous, but we’ve posted over 35 new deals since yesterday morning, none of which made it into last night’s Lunch Weekly — all of which I guess makes up for this otherwise being a pretty dull news day. Just a sampling of the new reports: a new book from Dirty Girls Social Club author Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, the US sale for DIZZY, more chick lit, a judge’s novel, a TV option for Meg Wolitzer (writing under her pseudonym), a film option for Tim Gautreaux, psychoanalyzing President Bush, another children’s trilogy, and still plenty more — […]

Lots of New Deals Almost 30 new ones since Friday morning include Deborah Tannen’s latest, a sweeping look at California today, the story of Emeril, a new anthology from Billy Collins, a NYT food columnist’s memoir, a “thinking man’s thriller,” and still more — with new ones reported live all day, and well over 6,000 in all in our unparalleled archive of deals. Plus you get all of our other great features — an optional daily e-mail, our addictive book tracker to follow your books’ sales positions and cross-reference against bestseller lists, easily postable professional pages, an awesome contact database, […]

Deals Galore US paperback rights are set for the Booker winner (and Finlay’s next novel is apparently called LUDMILLA’S BROKEN ENGLISH) while the US sale is just starting for Jamie Byng’s latest touted first fiction buy (“one of the most assured and understated debuts that I have read in some time”), plus a book and CD package with Johnny Cash’s last interview, the big film sale for Marianne Pearl, more fiction from Kimberla Lawson Roby, a New Yorker writer’s expansion of a recent article, an historical novel from a Pulitzer winner, and still more (almost 25 new ones just since […]

A Tale of Two Novelists (Hemingway and Pamela Anderson) Among the latest deals: Two novels “by” Pamela Anderson, a bio of Dr. Phil, a look at Hemingway’s WWII spy work, Kerik’s film deal, and as usual plenty more — with new ones reported live all day, and well over 6,000 in all in our unparalleled archive of deals. Plus you get all of our other great features — an optional daily e-mail, our addictive book tracker to follow your books’ sales positions and cross-reference against bestseller lists, easily postable professional pages, an awesome contact database, the most comprehensive coverage of […]