Deal News About 15 new deals so far since our last dispatch, including a good deal for a few fitness program favored by many female movie stars, a Dutch bestseller gets two English-language publishers, a major deal for a British television personality, an inspirational collection edited by a well-known publishing executive, an answer to “why white kids love hip hop,” and as ever, plenty more-plus new ones live as we hear them, and our unparalleled archive of over 5,500 recent deals to search. Plus you get all of our other great features-an optional daily e-mail, our addictive book tracker to […]
Lunch for Friday, July 18
Le Carre Moves, Another Gore Writes, and More Over a dozen new ones again since yesterday, including: John le Carre moves houses, Kristin Gore’s first novel, a big book on diabetes, an auction for a book that uses computer analysis to show the relationship among names, Nicholas von Hoffman goes after the Bush administration, and much more, all posted at PublishersMarketplace.com, where members can view deals as they are reported, get a daily deal e-mail, and search our archive, now bursting with over 5,500 deals. Join PublishersMarketplace.com today as a member and you can see all the deal news, and […]
Lunch for Thursday, July 17
Deal News Among the latest dozen or more deals: a book about the uncharacteristic triumph of race horse Funny Cide and the team of non-blueblood owners, unglamorous trainer and over-the-hill jockey, another big paperback sale, outlandish adventures along the silk road, a well-known magazine writer’s take on two iconic cultural critics, a new look at Jay Gould, and much more, all posted at PublishersMarketplace.com, where members can view deals as they are reported, get a daily deal e-mail, and search our archive of over 5,500 deals. Join PublishersMarketplace.com today as a member and you can see all the deal news, […]
Lunch for Wednesday, July 16
Seth Auction, Idol Bonanza and More Deals drive the headlines today, as the eight publisher UK auction for Vikram Seth’s new book ends with Little, Brown getting rights for just about the rumored amount of $2.25 million, and a North American rights offering following soon from agent Irene Skolnick. With far less hand-wringing Simon Cowell is voted a $2 million advance for his book, and other big deals include Zbigniew Brzezinski’s latest, a new one from the author of Fermat’s Last Theorem, a big film deal for a book that’s still being written, a big paperback deal, and still plenty […]
Lunch for Tuesday, July 15
Triumph on Skis , Battles with the French, and More New since last night’s big Deal Weekly, over a dozen deals so far, including a big paperback fiction buy, Olympic medalist Bode Miller telling his unconventional story, Judith Michael’s next book, new fiction, a declaration that “France has been our oldest enemy,” and why (and how) witness misidentification can be conquered, all posted at PublishersMarketplace.com, where members can view deals as they are reported, get a daily deal e-mail, and search our archive of over 5,500 deals. Join PublishersMarketplace.com today as a member and you can see all the deal […]
Lunch for Monday, July 14
For All the Latest About 20 new deals so far since last Friday and more to load in a little later in the day, including Jack Canfield’s big agreement with a new house, a big deal for “Justice Downwind meets The Hot Zone,” a science writer reworks a story about a major area of cell research and a family that benefited from this cutting edge work into a big auction and a new publisher, the untold story of Truman Capote and the Black and White Ball, Warren Adler’s sequel to his best-known book, and of course lots more, with new […]