The Latest Deals Richard Paul Evans leaves Simon and Schuster for a “huge” new two-book deal, a book that reveals how to write a business plan that matches the data banks use to evaluate you, a Sopranos co-star has a memoir of Jersey days, and more Register here to view the deals, search our 2,000+ deal database, and get an optional daily deal e-mail See all the latest deals Canada Plans National Read The CBC is organizing a country-wide reading of a work of Canadian fiction, scheduled to start in April. (Among other activities, the network will read the selected […]
Lunch for Thursday, March 14, 2002
The Latest Deals Judy Blume will write her first new Fudge book in 12 years, and the backlist Fudge titles get a new home, plus a big film deal for MANHUNT, a US home for CHEET, and more. Register here to view the deals, search our 2,000+ deal database, and get an optional daily deal e-mail See all the latest deals Perseus Buys Running Press The Perseus Publishing Group is acquiring Running Press, to create what our friends in the film business might call a mini-major. Knowledgeable insiders put Running Press’s annual sales at over $60 million, and the NY […]
Lunch for Wednesday, March 13, 2002
The Latest Deals Yesterday’s include a significant work on middle-class mothers in the aftermath of the women’s revolution, a Harvard Law student’s first novel (complete with a rave from Scott Turow), Eleni Gage’s journey to her family’s roots, and much more. Register here to view the deals (and get an optional daily deal e-mail) See all the latest deals Cronin is Hemingway/PEN Winner Justin Cronin won the 2002 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for first fiction, for his story collection MARY AND O’NEIL, and Elizabeth McCracken won the L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award for NIAGARA FALLS ALL OVER AGAIN. Both authors […]
Lunch for Tuesday, March 12, 2002
The Latest Deals and New Features More deals already, including Bill Mechanic’s high six-figure fiction buy, another film buy for Walter Dean Myers, a home for the ex-Eagles guitarist, a high-priced deal for novelist Dani Shapiro, and more. Register here to view the deals (and get an optional daily deal e-mail) See all the latest deals Appeals Court Says Rosetta Can Keep Operating as Random Pursues Case Rosetta Books can continue to operate while Random House pursues its case againt the e-publisher, after a Federal appeals court upheld the earlier denial of a preliminary injunction. While it’s always tempting to […]
Lunch for Monday, March 11, 2002
The Latest Deals and New Features Big new deals include a book about John Walker Lindh, Deepak Chopra’s first cookbook, an insider account of Israel’s destruction of Iraq’s nuclear reactor, a history of the CIA-led coup in Iran in 1953, the novel of the moment for the London Book Fair that’s being compared to Thomas HANNIBAL, plus a big fiction sale in London, and much more — all in advance of Deal Lunch, with updates during the day as we receive them. Plus, today we launch a major revamping of the member categories and pages at PublishersMarketplace.com. One of the […]
Publishers Lunch for January 31, 2002
Deals and Refinements A new work from “brilliant young British historian and rising star” Lucy Moore and a self-published novel propelled into a big deal after being named a Book Sense 76 pick lead the latest deals at PublishersMarketplace. And our new home page puts a lot of useful features right up front — now you can see the deal of the day, member of the day, the latest job postings, and an ever-changing list of our 10 most popular member pages every time you hit the home page (which also tracks the number of new rights postings, deals, and […]