Lott, Hart, Another Assistant, and More Over 20 new deal reports in the last day include Trent Lott finalizing his memoir deal, plus a sale for a National Book Award finalist, another “assistant novel” (this one about Hollywood), a big UK sale for Lauren Weisberger, Carolyn Hart’s latest, two new ones from Elizabeth Kolbert, a “malicious little novel” featuring a character that has appeared on This American Life, a film sale for Bangkok 8 (and another film sale for a book proposal that hasn’t been placed yet), and still plenty more — with new ones reported live all day, and […]
Lunch for Tuesday, September 9
More New Deals Among the many new ones you wouldn’t find in last night’s fat Lunch Weekly are good sales for two thriller authors (one originally self-published), NBA finalist Atul Gawande’s ambitious new project, an Iowa grad’s debut novel, and still plenty more — with new ones reported live all day, and just under 6,000 in all in our unparalleled archive of deals. Plus you get all of our other great features — an optional daily e-mail, our addictive book tracker to follow your books’ sales positions and cross-reference against bestseller lists, easily postable professional pages, an awesome contact database, […]
Lunch for Monday, September 8
The Latest Deals 20 new deals since Friday morning include a Beatles “insider” sharing his stories (and Paul McCartney provides the foreword), plus Harvard Medical School’s consumer line, the true story of a woman who became an acclaimed painter after going blind, Fox reporter Major Garrett’s reevaluation of the Republican takeover of Congress in 1995, Joan Lunden’s book on how better eating habits for children can extend lives, and still plenty more — with new ones reported live all day, and just under 6,000 in all in our unparalleled archive of deals. Plus you get all of our other great […]
Lunch for Friday, September 5
The Latest Deals Among the more than a dozen new deals since yesterday there’s a posthumous autobiography of Celia Cruz, Jonathan Rauch’s latest, and a soap star’s first novel, plus of course plenty more — about 45 for the week so far, and just under 6,000 in all in our unparalleled archive of deals. Plus you get all of our other great features — an optional daily e-mail, our addictive book tracker to follow your books’ sales positions and cross-reference against bestseller lists, easily postable professional pages, an awesome contact database, the most comprehensive coverage of major reviews and more. […]
Lunch for Thursday, September 4
Finishing a Busy Week Once again a lot of new reports, including a book about Beckham and his new team Real Madrid, Sean Astin’s memoir of filming the Lord of the Rings, publisher Beau Friedlander’s first novel, the Bobby Darin story, a Warhol colleagues’ interviews with friends, Claire Tomalin’s latest, and still plenty more — along with our archive of nearly 6,000 deals. Plus you get all of our other great features — an optional daily e-mail, our addictive book tracker to follow your books’ sales positions and cross-reference against bestseller lists, easily postable professional pages, an awesome contact database, […]
Lunch for Wednesday, September 3
Back to Work Deals: Heinlein, Lithgow, and More A burst of over 15 new deals includes a good deal for a newly discovered “lost novel” by Robert Heinlein, a hundred things to love and hate about TV, an homage to the 60s spy thrillers, a concert oboist’s look inside orchestra life (and analysis of the decline of classical music), John Lithgow’s advice for parents, a big UK fiction sale, and as usual lots more — along with our archive of nearly 6,000 deals. Plus you get all of our other great features — an optional daily e-mail, our addictive book […]