The Week in Deals Last week was a busy one for deal reports, with more than 90 new postings. Some of the latest include: a big auction for a first novel already sold in many other territories, Erik Larson’s newest, two more from Mark Kurlansky, and lots more — plus as always, new ones during […]
Archives for November 2003
Lunch for Friday, November 7
Wow — 40 New Deals As noted earlier, traffic at PublishersMarketplace has nearly doubled this week, driven by our anniversary gala and the big reception to our latest great feature, Who Represents — and now, at least for a day, Deal reports have also practically doubled, with about 40 new ones in the last day. […]
Lunch for Thursday, November 6
Memoir, Leamer, Yoga and More A big UK sale for a memoir from one half of the Starsky & Hutch team David Soul, on offer here shortly, a former Secretary of the Air Force’s look at the Cold War, Laurence Leamer takes on the newest extension of the Kennedy dynasty, two books from Harlem’s renowned […]
Lunch for Wednesday, November 5
Fielding’s Latest, Salvation through Springsteen, and More Among the latest deals: The US deal for Helen Fielding’s new novel (and new character), Stanley Bing’s latest, a big thriller deal, a pre-empt in the UK for a prominent journalist’s book about how as a second generation Pakistani immigrant, he overcame the cloistered British suburbs by an […]
Lunch for Tuesday, November 4
Dozens of New Deals Already we’ve got 25 deals new since last night’s weekly round-up, including getting fit quick from a trainer who preps stars for their movies, Chuck Kinder’s (fictionalized by Michael Chabon as Grady Tripp) first nonfiction book, a novel called “chick-lit set to a hip-hop beat,” an agent’s guide to query letter, […]
Lunch for Monday, November 3
Deal Updates A big movie option for Tawni O’Dell, lessons from Bernie Brillstein, lots of fiction, and of course plenty 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 […]