• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Login
  • Register
Publishers Lunch logo Publishers Lunch logo
  • Publishers Marketplace
  • Site Guide
  • Help
Login Sign Up
  • Personnel
  • AI
  • Compensation
  • Unions
  • Book Bans
  • New Releases
  • Earnings
  • The Trial
  • Archives
Publishers Lunch logo
  • Publishers Marketplace
  • Site Guide
  • Help
  • Publishers Marketplace
  • Site Guide
  • Help

Complete

January 3, 2008By Michael Cader

Lunch for Thursday, January 3

January 3, 2008By Michael Cader

The Books of Winter USA Today previews releases to look for over the next four months — and they tip Geraldine Brooks’ PEOPLE OF THE BOOK as the title getting the most buzz. BN fiction buyer Sessalee Hensley says: “I’m not saying it’s The Da Vinci Code, but there are aspects to it that make you think of it. There’s a lot of art, a lot of history and a lot of religion in it.” Borders’ Zan Farr says it’s her “personal favorite” of the season. And Shelfari’s Dave Hanley says, “Hundreds of people are talking about this book” on […]

Login to read full story

January 2, 2008By Michael Cader

Lunch for Wednesday, January 2

January 2, 2008By Michael Cader

As Threatened, Chuck Norris Sues Penguin On December 21, Chuck Norris followed through on his threats and filed suit against Penguin, alleging that they “have misappropriated and exploited Mr. Norris’s name and likeness without authorization for their own commercial profit” in Ian Spector’s book The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 Facts about the World’s Greatest Human. The suit charges that “some of the ‘facts’ in the book are racist, lewd or portray Mr. Norris as engaged in illegal activities.” Norris seeks damages for trademark infringement, unjust enrichment and privacy rights. Reuters Newspaper Book Coverage, Ups and Downs Chicago Sun Times […]

Login to read full story
  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Page 20
  • Page 21
  • Page 22

sidebar

Primary Free Sidebar

Login

Forgot Password Quick Pass User Login
Get Full Access
The Publishing Industry’s Essential Daily Read

Each Publishers Lunch Deluxe subscription includes full access to our searchable multi-year archive of industry news, a nightly email reporting 10 to 50 deal transactions, and our database of industry contacts, scripts, and posting privileges.

Learn More

RSS Automat

  • Pearson to Acquire Career and Technical Education Leader eDynamic Learning June 16, 2025 Press Release
  • James Frey Has Rich Friends, and They Like His New Book June 12, 2025 WSJ
  • Leon Levy Foundation Awards $300,000 Grant to the Authors Guild Foundation to Preserve Literary Advocacy Archives June 10, 2025 Authors Guild
  • Trending: Tote Bags That Hold Just A Book June 10, 2025 Elle
  • Hadley, MA B&N Workers OK Union Contract After Two Years of Negotiation June 6, 2025 Daily Hampshire Gazette
  • Authors Guild Update On Albert Whitman Bankruptcy Hearing June 5, 2025 AG post
  • "Frozen Yogurt and Fiction Collide" As Pinkberry Promotes Emily Henry (And Their Limited Flavor, Summer Melon Crush) June 3, 2025 Press release
  • JennaFest Draws 200 Readers; She Says She Is Collaborating On a Screen Project with Elin Hilderbrand June 2, 2025 Today
  • Chicago Sun-Times Investigation Admits Everyone Remotely Connected to Bogus AI Supplement Was Lazy, Greedy, or Both May 30, 2025 Sun-Times
  • Shocker: Unbound Successor Boundless Backs Off Promise to Paid Owed Royalties, As Co-Founder and Publisher John Mitchinson Leaves May 30, 2025 Bookseller
Publishers Marketplace logo

Contact Us

News

  • Publishers Marketplace
  • Report News
  • Discuss
  • Classifieds
  • Rights Offerings

Deals

  • Report A Deal

Books

  • Buzz Books

Jobs

  • Job Board
  • Privacy Policy Terms of Use