A New Record? It’s hard to believe, but we sent out over 40 new deals last night to subscribers of our daily deal mail from PublishersMarketplace.com. Buoyed by a lot of foreign rights transactions, highlights include a new imprint from the Wharton School, a successor to the Darwin Awards, cultural contributions from American-American communities in Los Angeles, inside the PGA tour, a year in the life of an inner-city school debate team, a big house picks up a small press’s regional bestseller on parenting, a big deal for the author of Stellaluna, the rise and fall of London’s first celebrity, […]
Archives for February 2004
Lunch for Wednesday, February 18
Still More Deals On top of last night’s big deal round-up, we already have more than 20 brand-new deals, including new books from Douglas Brinkley and Mike Perry, a comedian/activist’s political essays, a major cooking memoir, more from Mr. Rogers, a book that includes a DVD of great moments in sports, and still plenty of others. 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, […]
Lunch for Thursday, February 12
Schedule Note As parents with school-age children know, somehow an efficient holiday to honor two of our leading presidents has turned into a lengthy mid-winter break. Thus Lunch is going on the road for a few days, to places of uncertain internet access. We’ll back on next Wednesday for sure, perhaps a day earlier. In the meantime, as usual, PublishersMarketplace remains your 24/7 home for publishing news and features — deals, jobs, and all of out other features will remain active, so keep your favorite links handy for regular checking: Deals Jobs Register Fiction (New and Bestselling), Miss Spider, and […]
Lunch for Wednesday, February 11
Still More Deals Yes we’ve had yet another day of numerous deal reports. Among the latest you’ll find: new fiction from Jennifer Haigh and Douglas Coupland, a biographer’s first novel, guidance for Latinos from a CBS news personality, a look at the three cousins who ruled Europe before WWI, and of course 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, […]
Lunch for Tuesday, February 10
A Note to Readers Our mail service is trying a different way of sending Lunch today, so with luck some of you are getting us again after having to go without for a while. Webmasters, please note that we are now mailing through a new IP range: 65.77.104.* Deals Lead It’s one of those days when deals are driving the news, as we’ve recorded 26 new ones since last night’s big weekly roundup. The latest highlights include: Steven Johnson on why pop culture makes you smarter, an auction for a very successful self-published book, a John Lennon bio authorized by […]
Lunch for Monday, February 9
Yunque, Dershowitz, the Beatles and More Over 25 new deals since Friday morning, including Edgardo Vega Yunqué’s new novel (and new publisher), Alan Dershowitz’s latest, revelations from famed sound engineer to the Beatles (and many others) Geoff Emerick, ice cream entrepreneur Ben Cohen on “showing George the door in 2004,” another book from a comic, and still much 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 […]