The Latest Deals As predicted, last Friday brought many new intriguing deal reports, including the second big book about Perdita/Mary Robinson (this one from the same team behind the bestselling book about her friend Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire), a big book about the literary James family, a fresh look at the Brothers Grimm and where they really got their fables, a simple new plan to battle heart disease, controlling childrens’ moods through better eating, and lots more (about 60 in all since the last Lunch Weekly). Join us as a member at PublishersMarketplace.com and see them all-plus you can search […]
Lunch for Friday, January 31
A Busy Week Among the latest deals, two interesting books about words, first fiction from a young Iowa grad, a strong sale for a diary called “part instruction book, part therapy, part religious cult, part sheer anarchy,” the latest from David Niven, and more-about 50 new deals so far this week, and Friday’s tend to be busy days for new reports. Join us as a member and catch them all as we report them, either at the site or through our optional daily deal e-mail. Join Marketplace here and enjoy full benefits Go directly to the latest deals Report Your […]
Lunch for Thursday, January 30
Hollywood Novel, Fantasy Trilogy, New Peck, Moose’s Publisher Truly deal news (with 16 new reports) leads the headlines today: the auction has indeed closed for that talked-about Hollywood assistant’s novel, as Chief Charles Moose’s publisher emerges, M. Scott Peck reveals the true story of an exorcism, praised crime Denise Mina moves publishers, Arthur Levine buys a new fantasy trilogy at auction, Karin Slaughter scores a big UK deal, and truly lots more (including a cookbook from the chief of communications at the FBI). To see them all, and for the latest news every day, please join us now as a […]
Lunch for Wednesday, January 29
Lots of New Deals Another very busy day has yielded lots of new deal reports, as former Dell/Delacorte editor-in-chief Leslie Schnur sells her first novel in a lengthy auction, and there’s more first fiction at auction, a new house for rising novelist Steven Sherrill, Deirdre Imus authoring a big benefit cookbook, advice from a man Time Magazine called one of the greatest marketers of the 20th century, and lots more. To see them all, and for the latest news every day, please join us now as a member at PublishersMarketplace. Check them all out, search our deals database of well […]
Lunch for Tuesday, January 28
Assistant Fiction, Biography, and More The end of the auction for Mimi Hare and Clare Naylor’s Hollywood roman-a-clef THE SECOND ASSISTANT (set in an agency) is said to be imminent according to the NY Daily News. As for deals already closed, there’s an unusually large stockpile of about 20 new ones, including a massive FDR biography from an unusual writer, a novelist stepping up to a good deal at a larger house, a pre-empt for a young woman’s memoir of alcohol abuse, an unusual hero from the early days of baseball, and truly a lot more — as well as […]
Lunch for Monday, January 27
Sorry; complicated day, so Lunch is late, yet still hastily assembled Chief Moose Sells Story; Will County Approve It? It’s one of the more unusual deal news items we’ve come across; Maryland’s Montgomery County police chief Charles A. Moose, put in the news spotlight by last fall’s sniper case, has reached a deal for his book proposal, co-written with Charles Fleming, though agent David Vigliano won’t announce the publisher until tomorrow. But as the Washington Post pointed out, the county has strict rules regarding public officials “using the prestige of his or her office for personal gain” and barring any […]