For The Very Latest We already have another 20 or so new deals on top of last night’s round-up. Highlights include: Whoopi for kids, haikus for Jews, a legendary acting teacher’s memoir, a multi-book deal for filmmaker John Sayles, prize-winning poetry, more on Conrad Black, 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 well over 7,500 deals to analyze editors, agents, houses, trends and more. […]
Lunch for Monday, February 23
The Latest Deals About another 20 new ones since last Friday: highlights include the beginning of sales for the UK’s most talked about mystery blogger (being sold in the US this week), an insider’s look from a public defender, a literary editor’s first novel, new books from Sonny Barger and Annie Sprinkle, 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 well over 7,500 deals to […]
Lunch for Friday, February 20
Dozens More Deal news continues to come in at a rapid clip, with over 25 new ones yet again (and 80 new deal reports so far this week). Highlights include: a major deal for a first thriller, a new theory about Attila the Hun, a young psychic’s memoir, a big UK first fiction sale, narrative non-fiction about the business of cadavers, Kavita Daswani’s latest, Lance Armstrong’s quest for six, a critical look at George Bush and the military, with still plenty of others, and no doubt more coming during the day. The best way to stay on top of deal […]
Lunch for Thursday, February 19
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, […]
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 […]