Many of this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair conversations are focused on speculating about recent news stories—former ceo Charlie Redmayne’s abrupt departure from Harper Collins UK, and who will take over from Jon Karp as Simon & Schuster ceo—where no one has any concrete information. Among the biggest recent deal announcements is Bessel van der Kolk’s COME TO YOUR SENSES, the follow-up to The Body Keeps the Score, which sold for eight figures to Macmillan, along with a workbook and two kids’ books to be published by Macmillan Children’s. Reportedly, several international publishers are vying for rights at the fair. And […]
