Michael Cader

Bestsellers and Bimbos We sent out 23 new deals to PublishersMarketplace.com members last night; a sampling includes Louise Erdrich’s big children’s book deal, the tale of a costly and nearly forgotten battle from WWII, Ann Rule’s long-awaited non-fiction crime chronicle, narrative non-fiction, the royal cousins who ruled much of Europe, an Olympian’s triumph over liver disease, the memoir of a Special Forces sergeant, the tempting PHI BETA BIMBO, and of course lots more. Join PublishersMarketplace.com today as a member and you can see all the deal news, and sign up to get them delivered every day by e-mail. For the […]

Times 2, Literary Fiction, and More Among the 14 new ones since last night’s big Lunch Weekly, there’s full details on the second book to examine the New York Times, lots of new literary fiction, the biography of a Hollywood innovator, a new book from a conservative bestseller, and as ever, much more. (About 75 new deals from last week, the latest entries in our unique archive that now comprises almost 5,500 transactions.) Join PublishersMarketplace.com today as a member and you can see all the deal news, and sign up to get them delivered every day by e-mail. For the […]

From Bush’s Brain to the Mommy Brain and Back Again Among the 17 new ones since last Friday: the co-author of Bush’s Brain returns to his favorite subject, a big first fiction sale in the UK that’s coming this way shortly, a member of Hillary’s ghost team examines “the phenomenon of the political outlaw,” a Pulitzer-winner’s look at THE MOMMY BRAIN (it’s sharper than cliches would have you believe), a sleep expert’s advice, and as ever, much more. (About 75 new deals from last week, the latest entries in our unique archive that now comprises almost 5,500 transactions.) Join PublishersMarketplace.com […]

More Big Deals A big film deal for the DaVinci Code, a journalist/dad’s take on Soccer Nation, Penguin signs a bestselling conservative author, Lawrence Thornton’s new novel and more fiction at auction, a big deal for Britain’s answer to Walter Cronkite, all about JFK, hats and American culture, and still plenty more. As ever, members of PublishersMarketplace.com can check the new deals any time, get them delivered by e-mail, and search our deal archive (now with nearly 5,500 transactions). For the same low month-to-month fee, you get access to all of our great site features, from the “addictive” book tracker […]

We Now Resume Our Regularly Scheduled Programming Thanks for your patience; Lunch will pick up its as-regular-as-usual schedule today, though beware of slightly foggy/jet-lagged reports for the next couple of days. Catching Up on Deals I know you got two Deal weeklies while I was gone, and since the last update we’ve already got about 50 new ones posted from just the last few days. Selected highlights include a behind-the-scenes look at Broadway stars, a blacklisted actor’s memoir of life in exile, a big sale for the Park Avenue version of Nanny Diaries/Devil Wears Prada, the first of many books […]

The Latest Almost 20 new deals since yesterday morning to share, including a dual memoir from the history-making sisters Loretta & Linda Sanchez, the first such pair to serve in Congress together, a pre-empt for a successfully self-published novel, a novel about Mary Todd Lincoln, more secrets of baby whispering, more volumes in a bestselling Japanese series come to America, and still plenty more (not to mention full access to our 5,000-plus deal archive). 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 […]