Archives for March 2004

More Schedule Notes Not to overwhelm you with details of my comings and goings but… with most of me having returned from London, here is a more or less usual-size and usual-time Lunch. Tomorrow, however, we’ll become irregular again, as it’s spring break for my boys. A lighter, and perhaps later, Lunch will be served tomorrow. Then we’ll stop until the middle/end of next week. Somewhere in there, we’ll get out another deal round-up. As usual, deals will still be reported live to PublishersMarketplace, along with any demanding news items; the Job Board (bursting with a big batch of new […]

Deals from London and Before Sorry; I accidentally hid the link for most of Friday that takes you to our pre-fair roundup file of over 100 deals from the last week, and many more from the previous couple of weeks that may be of interest in London. It’s once again easy to find that link via the PublishersMarketplace home page, along with dozens of new deals from Friday and over the weekend. Join us as a member to check it all out (and you can also get a daily deal meal, search almost 8,000 deals and the even bigger Who […]

On (to) London Lunch is heading to the London Book Fair. For most of you, Monday’s report will land closer to crumpet time. There may be a Sunday report, too; or not. Tuesday is a travel day, so there will be no regular Lunch, though perhaps we’ll get the deal round-up out then. All will become clear shortly! Throughout, though, you can check the PublishersMarketplace home page for the latest updates, digital photos, and more. Feel free to report deals actively from the Fair, where we’ll be posting as close to real time as possible. If you won’t have computer […]

30 More Once again, we’re reported over 30 new deals since yesterday. Highlights include an Oprah pick’s new novel, a big thriller deal, a former agent’s first novel, fiction from Zadie Smith’s boyfriend, a big recipe collection from Anne Willan, and still plenty more. To be prepared for London, check the Latest Deals regularly through PublishersMarketplace.com. (Where you can also get a daily deal meal, search almost 8,000 deals and the even bigger Who Represents database, and use a variety of tools to make deals and sell rights.) There probably will not be a deal round-up again until after LBF […]

Another 30 Continuing the pattern for the week with the London Book Fair coming up, deal reports once again dominate the news. We’ve added more than 30 new ones since yesterday (giving us over 60 so far since Monday’s round-up). Selected highlights include: Life lessons from the Jets’ head coach, a respected publisher’s own debut thriller, an expansive history of gambling, Napoleon’s final days in power, a family that tracks down the descendants of the family that sheltered their grandfather during the Holocaust, how George Washington used espionage, more fiction, a guide to the “yoga lifestyle,” the return to the […]

So Many Deals I know we just sent out almost 90 deals last night, but with the London Book Fair looming we’ve already logged nearly 40 more new deals this week. Highlights include: seven figures on both sides of the Atlantic for Robin Hobb’s next three fantasies, eight figures for Dean Koontz, the big finale to the Dune chronicles, bestselling British author William Horwood’s memoir, a significant deal for on-the-scene accounts of the heaviest German raid on London in WWII, local-newspaper favorite Donna Hanover’s book on love the second time around, Jeanette Winterson moving to a new publisher, Venus and […]