Consistent with our deal stats preview from Friday, the most notable trend from this London Book Fair dealmaking season is the surge of big deals — and “major” deals in particular — for nonfiction. And that’s without counting Hachette’s pickup of Marie Kondo and Scott Sonenshein’s next book, or other just-announced nonfiction from today including books…
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London Book Fair Deal Trends: Market Swings Hard to Nonfiction
It’s that time again. We leave behind the luminous, rapturous accounts of heated snapping up of a few projects in advance of an upbeat rights fair to give you a look at the actual data on the marketplace for new book projects over the past five weeks, starting March 5. As usual, today we provide…
People, Etc.
Noah Eaker will join Flatiron Books as editorial director, reporting to Amy Einhorn, starting November 13. He has been executive editor at Random House. Jessica Williams has been promoted to senior editor at William Morrow. Sarah Armstrong has been promoted to client relations manager at Ingram Publisher Services. Vogue talks to Ghost, the “real-life New York book…
Briefs: New EL James, New Chandler Reps, Brzezinski Expands Concerns, and More
The surprise EL James book people at Penguin Random House have been whispering about was announced on Tuesday: DARKER: Fifty Shades Darker as Told by Christian, continues the retelling of her trilogy from Christian Grey’s point of view that began with GREY. Vintage will publish the trade paperback on Tuesday, November 2. The publisher says they will…
Heading Into Frankfurt, Deal Volume Rises, and Mid-Sized Fiction Bets Gain
Moving past the annual hype over “heated auctions,” it’s time for our first check-in on the actual state of dealmaking heading into the Frankfurt Book Fair, with the big final week still to come. For now, total deal volume is looking strong — particularly for adult titles, with those categories trending in line with 2014,…
Clinton and Patterson Co-Author A Novel, For Joint Publication By Little, Brown and Knopf
Knopf and Little, Brown announced jointly on Monday that they will co-publish a novel co-authored by former president Bill Clinton and James Patterson, THE PRESIDENT IS MISSING, on June 11, 2018 (six days before Father’s Day). Century will publish in the UK and Commonwealth, excluding Canada, and Suzanne Smith at Knopf will oversee the sale…