Archives for December 2003

One Last Lunch Before 2003 is over. Below is an assortment of accumulated items that may be of interest. There’s a modest number of new deals posted over at PublishersMarketplace, and as announced previously, we’ve brought our trial period back out one more time over the holidays, when many of you may actually have a little time to explore all we have offer. If you join, you can view our first-ever list of forecasts for the year, and in a day or two we’ll also post a look at the some of the things that went right in 2003. Sign […]

Monday, December 22 FAMOUS LAST WORDS Will the NYTBR really change? Is Sonny really getting fired? Those are the easy ones. I’ve never been the prognosticating type, but ’tis the season, and I’ve learned from Michael Wolff that it’s often most interesting to be blatantly wrong. With that in mind here’s what you can think about looking forward to in book publishing in 2004: Agency Madness The conventional press rarely covers them, but these days the action is with the literary agencies more than the publishers. And oh the changes we’ll see. Small shops will partner up in all kinds […]

Our Holiday Diet As noted yesterday, we’ll be giving up Lunch for the bulk of the holidays. We’ll definitely have a meaty deal round-up for you early next week. Our daily deal reporting will continue at PublishersMarketplace.com throughout the holiday period, and probably any timely items will be posted straight to the news pages at the site. By tonight or tomorrow, we’ll have a long list of predictions for 2004 posted exclusively at the web site, and we may add a few more treats. Which makes it a great time to join us a member, and use some of that […]

Kitchen Closings I know the holidays are famous for encouraging overeating, but here at Lunch the kitchen is likely to be closed for long stretches. As usual, our exact schedule is to be determined, but here’s what you can expect: We’ll definitely have a big fat deal round-up for you early next week. Our daily deal reporting will continue at PublishersMarketplace.com throughout the holiday period, and probably any timely items will be posted straight to the news pages at the site (we’ll have another treat or two, also — more on that shortly). Which makes it a great time to […]

Lots of Big Deals As the headline says, they include: A sale for a contributor to the New Yorker’s winter fiction issue, an inspirational memoir from Lance Armstrong’s mother, how Asians parent their children to success, a longtime Essence bestselling author signs with a major house, more YA novels from Marlee Matlin, big sales for a British journalist’s debut novel, a biography of the first female Cabinet member, Buzz Aldrin on American’s future in space, and plenty more. The best way to stay on top of deal news all the time as it happens is by joining PublishersMarketplace — where […]

The Latest Already we’ve got a dozen or so deals new since last night’s big weekly roundup, including the latest from Richard Lederer, a work built on Robert Heinlein’s outline, Metallica’s first official book, and plenty more. The best way to stay on top of deal news all the time as it happens is by joining PublishersMarketplace — where you can get a daily deal e-mail, see them live, and search our unparalleled database of nearly 7,000 deals to analyze editors, agents, houses, trends and more. Our memberships are month-to-month, so you’re never committed for very long (unlike most other […]