The Latest Among the 18 new deals since yesterday: A former publishing executive’s second book, a film deal for a first novel that hasn’t been sold to publishers yet, why birds sing, big mystery deal, two books from a successfully self-published author, a former solicitor of the House of Representatives says the Bush administration subverts the law, and of course lots 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 […]