Michael Cader

The Latest Deals Elizabeth George moves to Harper, plus there’s an anthology of short stories inspired by popular songs with contributions from a wide variety of young writers, a memoir of teaching, a teenager selected by Teen People as “one of 10 teenagers most likely to change the world” looks at his generation — and those are just the latest among the almost 60 new deals from this week. Catch up on them all now by joining at PublishersMarketplace. And our searchable archive has well over 3,000 deals, great for researching agents, editors, houses, seasons, topics, and more. Join Marketplace […]

Halberstam, Delinksy, the Three Wise Men, and Much More In a busy week of reports we’ve got over 20 new deals since yesterday’s Lunch, featuring three new books from David Halberstam (two of them sports related), a new imprint for bestselling author Barbara Delinksy (though still within the same corporate family), a trio of books rescued from BookSense’s list of favorite out of print holiday books, an in-depth look at the Biblical Three Wise Men and an expansive look at the history and economic importance of cotton, a new deal for a Kelly Ripa-favored author, a big deal for novelist […]

Notes and Deals I’m not sure why, but today’s dispatch has shaped up as a special catfight edition. The NY Post puts Peter Richmond’s “substantial” deal for a Peggy Lee bio that we posted yesterday at $200,000 — as new deal reports swell with everything from the US version of the controversial Why People Do Hate America to a successful young French novelist, a major fiction deal for a writer born and raised in Afghanistan, Jeff Frank’s latest, a deal for a Clancy co-author, the mysteries of the western locust, the dramatic tale of tracking down diamonds confiscated from Jews […]

Peggy Lee, The Countess of Elgin, a Lucky Author, Lots of Fiction, Fitness, Fans, and More With the holiday break we’ve got literally dozens of new deals just since the end of last week, including a rising fitness author switching houses in a four-book deal, a big biography on Peggy Lee, a novelist boosted by an earlier Lunch appearance (and Book Sense endorsement) signing for another, a NY Times staffer’s first novel, the surprising tale of the woman who brought home the Elgin marbles, a new book from a Worst Case Scenario co-author, an instant book on the ethics of […]

The Latest Deals The latest reports include a significant deal for sex expert Lou Paget, a big fiction sale in London, a new book from Gerald May, M.D., (yesterday should have simply indicated a new deal for Mary McGarry Morris, not a new home), and about 65 other transactions in all since our last Deal Lunch (the next one will be on Tuesday). See them live and catch up on them all now by joining at PublishersMarketplace. And our searchable archive has well over 3,000 deals, great for researching agents, editors, houses, seasons, topics, and more. Join Marketplace here and […]

The Latest Deals A new home for Mary McGarry Morris (and another novelist moves to Putnam from FSG), a bestselling novelist’s daughter takes to the mass market, film rights to Robert Bingham’s novel, why corporations are “legally organized to behave like psychopathic personalities,” and much more — with new deals reported live all the time, for members who sign up at PublishersMarketplace. And there’s a searchable archive of well over 3,000 deals, great for researching agents, editors, houses, seasons, topics, and more. Join Marketplace here and enjoy full benefits Go directly to the latest deals Deal Reports Have a deal […]