Dole, An Unusual Paperback Sale, and More Among yesterday’s 25 new deal reports: The long-running (seven figure) auction for Bob Dole’s book has finished, Scholastic’s first paperback sale to an adult imprint, a big lifestyle books deal, Val McDermid’s latest, and plenty more. Join hundreds of colleagues (and competitors) in getting all the day’s deals […]
Archives for April 2004
Lunch for Tuesday, April 13
More Today, and Every Day In addition to last night’s big weekly deal round-up, we’ve posted over 20 new ones already at PublishersMarketplace.com, including Kim Cattrall on her favorite subject, “competitive eating,” the story of the man who led the “band of brothers,” the return of the Metrosexual Guide to Style author, laughing at the […]
Lunch for Monday, April 12
Fiction Follow-Ups, An Agent’s Book, and More Among the 20 new deals since Friday: A well-known agent’s first book (an anthology), Edward Docx’s next novel, another book from John Lithgow, more from Azar Nafisi, and plenty more are among the almost 90 deals from last week. Catch up on them all, and search well over […]
Lunch for Friday, April 9
A Bestseller Returns, Assistant Lit, and More Once again, more than 20 new deals since yesterday (and 75 so far this week). Highlights include: A major deal for a current bestseller, a novel from two publishing editorial assistants, more big children’s deals in advance of Bologna, cleaning up the World Trade Center site, Ben Greenman’s […]
Lunch for Thursday, April 8
Friedman, Burke, Children’s Fantasy, and More Among the 27 new reports since yesterday: Bestselling NY Times columnist Thomas Friedman’s new book, more from Alafair Burke, an adult thriller writer’s children’s fantasy novel (to be pitched hard in Bologna), the latest from an NBA finalist, more film deals, Katy Sparks’ first cookbook, a history of the […]
Lunch for Wednesday, April 7
Over 20 New Deals Among the latest: two big paperback sales for small presses, ex-Notre Dame football player Rudy Ruettiger inspires young athletes, conservative financier Richard A. Viguerie, doing meaningful work, a biography of Hugh Hefner, and still plenty more. Catch up on them all, and search well over 8,000 transactions (by editor, house, agent, […]