Dozens of New Deals We’ve logged about 30 new deals in the last day, including the founder of Clif Bar’s story of success, a comprehensive volume of new options for dealing with menopause, inside Barry Diller’s empire, a look from the left at House majority leader Tom DeLay, another journalist’s take on a group of soldiers in Iraq, a year in the life of an opera company, and still plenty more posted at PublishersMarketplace.com, with new ones reported live all day and a huge archive to search any time. Join PublishersMarketplace.com today as a member and you can see all […]
Lunch for Wednesday, July 9
Fuentes Moves to Random House Carlos Fuentes makes headlines as he leaves longtime publisher Farrar Straus for Kate Medina at Random House, in a two-book deal represented by Carl Brandt, beginning with the essay collection THIS I BELIEVE, set for release next year, and followed by a political novel, THE EAGLE’S THRONE in 2005. (Both books have already been published in Spanish-language editions; the essay collection was a bestseller in Spain and France.) Roger Straus tells the AP, “I had no idea he was thinking of leaving. I had dinner with him in London not long ago and we swore […]
Lunch for Tuesday, July 8
For All the Latest New since last night’s big Lunch Weekly are a U.S. deal for Arthur Clarke’s first new novel in a decade, the poetry of Dylan, new fiction for Nan Talese’s imprint, more tales of WWII, another book from a conservative, a music producer’s novel based on the true story of an extraordinary woman, and of course lots more, with new ones reported live all day and a huge archive to search any time. 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 […]
Lunch for Monday, July 7
An Officer and a Minister Among the very latest: A good sale for the unauthorized history of MTV, Bono’s book of tell-all conversations, more Canadian fiction, a memoir from the winner of the NYT Magazine-sponsored essay contest for high school students, 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 same low month-to-month fee, you get access to all of our great site features, from the “addictive” book tracker, the awesome Book Review Index, and a complete […]
Lunch for Thursday, July 3
An Officer and a Minister Only 15 new deals so far since yesterday’s preview, including a big deal for a WWII book, a highly decorated police officer’s grim account of life on the force, the adventures of the “Hip Hop Minister,” a McLuhan anthology from his daughter than includes an into by Tom Wolfe, another book for a popular conservative author, and still plenty more, 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 same low month-to-month […]
Lunch for Wednesday, July 2
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 […]