Michael Cader

The Latest Deals An award-winning poet’s memoir finds a new home after a long search, a big biography of Clarence Thomas, talking to animals (for a lot of money), big rights sales for Jonathan Safran Foer’s next novel, and much more (about 15 new ones just since Deal Lunch yesterday) every day — reported live all the time, for members who sign up at PublishersMarketplace. Plus, there’s a searchable archive of nearly 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 […]

It Wasn’t the Heat Thanks and apologies to the 5,912 HTML users who noticed that that version of Friday’s Lunch went out scrambled instead of sunny side up. Today’s should be clearer. And the title of Greg Baer’s book should have been REAL LOVE. Tatum, AOL, Dirty Girls on Film, Weisbach’s First, and Lots More On a pretty quiet August Monday the main news is all about deals made and in the making. Tatum O’Neal was serious when she talked about riding the success of former husband John McEnroe’s book to tell her own story. Variety says she’s close to […]

Black Hawk Pilot, New Diet Book Catches On, and More One of the Black Hawk Down pilots tells his story and an Air Force pararescueman tells tales of missions in Afghanistan, the early trainer of Mike Tyson talks about their split, another book (pre-empted) in the style of Lazlo and Letters from a Nut, how media changes everything in our lives, a forthcoming diet book sells big in paperback and abroad, and still plenty more — (getting close to 60 new ones for the week) every day — reported live all the time, for members who sign up at PublishersMarketplace. […]

Franken’s Return, Eisenhower Talks, and Much More Al Franken’s next book, in the vein of Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot, Eisenhower’s son finally offers a personal reminiscence, a mountain climber uses his experiences as a metaphor for life, a tie-in to the Mage Knight phenomenon, a sequel to a successful cookbook, a suspense writer takes on a new genre, Ben Stein on winning the market’s money even in volatile times, and still plenty more and still more (over 45 new ones iso far this week) every day — reported live all the time, for members who sign up […]

A Big Series and Much More In a rather quiet day for general news there’s still lots of new deal reports. There’s Anne Roiphe’s new novel, another big sale inspired by a NYTimes Magazine article, an ambitious series of popular books on serious topics begins with a UK sale, Patti Breitman’s last deal, an astrology book with a new twist (for a good price), a film deal for Twelve, previously unpublished photograph of the Wright Brothers, fiction that Rush Limbaugh likes, and still more (over 30 new ones in the last two days) every day — reported live and fully […]

Big Fiction, Goldberg, The Scent of Success, and More Literary thrillers for Sonny Mehta and six-figure commercial fiction elsewhere, bestseller Bernard Goldberg’s next media book, two from another NPR host, an American home for The Scent Trails, a high-profile book on reparations, the business of organics, and much more (14 new ones that didn’t make last night’s Deal Lunch) every day — reported live and fully searchable all the time, for members who sign up at PublishersMarketplace. Join Marketplace here and enjoy full benefits Go directly to the latest deals Deal Reports Have a deal to report for Deal Lunch? […]