From our Deals page: Fox News host Bill O’Reilly’s new “major book that will surprise people,” about which no further details are being released for another month or two, following his longtime publisher Steve Rubin to Holt, with Gillian Blake editing, for publication in 2011, by Eric Simonoff at William Morris Endeavor. The deal is for one book, though Rubin remarks, “I hope it will be the continuation of a very long and happy relationship” with O’Reilly.
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PFD Is Representing Horror Film Maker
It shows you what the once-illustrious British literary agency has become, as their Frankfurt announcement is representation for Hammer Films–maker of movies like Dracula and Curse of Frankenstein in the 50s, and moribund since the mid-80s, now returning to filmmaking. PFD’s Caroline Michel says they will “bring new life to the brand with exciting contemporary writers,” trying to pitch the horror movie company as just like the James Bond franchise.Variety
Geddes Switches to Distribution Model
Photographer Anne Geddes and her company the Geddes Group will publish their own books as of 2010, with Perseus Distribution handling sales and distribution. Geddes has been published in North America by Andrews McMeel.
Sanford Book Cancelled
Governor Mark Sanford’s book under contract with Sentinel is not going forward. The publisher says in a brief statement: “Sentinel has agreed to release Governor Mark Sanford of South Carolina from his contract to write a book about fiscal conservatism, which was to be called WITHIN OUR MEANS and was scheduled for publication in March 2010. This is a mutual decision. We wish Governor Sanford the best.”
James Frey, for Kids–and Perhaps Anonymously?
James Frey is co-writing a YA novel, I AN NUMBER FOUR, that is proposed as the first in six-book series. DreamWorks acquired film rights for “high-six figures” on Friday for director Michael Bay, first reported by the Hollywood Reporter. Publishing rights are on submission via agent Eric Simonoff at William Morris Entertainment. No one has officially confirmed Frey’s involvement, and in the submission Simonoff bills it as by an “unnamed New York Times best-selling author and a young up-and-coming writer.” One publishing executive told the NYT, “I think we’re all confused. I think we’re wondering, ‘Are you hiding it because […]
That Book that Governor Mark Sanford Might Have Been Writing
Early on during South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford’s disappearance his office assured reporters he was off working on a book. At a news conference Wednesday Sanford admitted to an extramarital affair (the cause of his leaving the country) and said he would resign his post as head of the Republican Governors Association. The NYT notes “the governor had been considered a rising star among conservatives, but this bizarre turn of events has changed his prospects, at least for the time being. At the end of the news conference, a reporter asked whether he would resign from his post as governor. […]