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The Book on Google, How Brains Get Better, More Big Sales A veteran net journalist aims for the definitive book on Google, another big book drawing on new research about the brain (this one focused on how the brain ages and which functions get better over time), we’re introduced to “a Christian Dave Eggers,” a big thriller deal, a big UK sale for a rock autobiography, Karenna Gore Schiff’s unsuing heroines of the last century, lots of new fiction sales (including a first novel from director Ron Howard’s wife), a book for Martin Scorsese, and much more. As usual, PublisherMarketplace.com […]

Perle Writes, Carroll Travels, and More For a quiet day in the headlines, the real news is in the deals: recently resigned head of the Defense Policy Board Richard Perle teams up with a fellow neoconservative for a timely book, a bestselling author turns her book into a whole series, Andrew Carroll travels the globe to compile more war letters, a “Nanny Diaries-esque novel” is set in a Brooklyn private school, a hot chef signs for his first cookbooks, and lots more, all new since last night’s Deal Lunch. As usual, PublisherMarketplace.com members can see them all, search our huge […]

Another Schedule Note The kindergarten is leaving early tomorrow to visit a real fire boat and it’s quite exciting; thus Lunch will probably not be served until well into the afternoon. Big Fiction and Memoir Deals, Evanovich Moves, and More Over 20 new deals since last Friday, including the story of a woman who rose from foster care and the gangs of LA to a job at one of the country’s top law firms, Janet Evanovich’s new publisher, Sherman Alexie’s first work of non-fiction, a fiction buy for Gary Fisketjon (a related screenplay starts filming for Miramax next month), Andrew […]

Dozens of New Reports We mailed out 24 new deals last night, including a screenwriter’s first novel, a big deal based on new research about the brain, actor Faith Ford’s take on Southern cooking, a look at communal living in Brooklyn by a group of famous writers and artists in the early 40s, an insiders look at the history of military intelligence, and lots more. Constant access to new deals (and searchable archives of almost 5,000 past deals) is one of the big draws for lots of members of PublishersMarketplace, but the site is packed with so many features now […]

Lots of New Deals Among the many new reports: William Gibson’s new deal, Nani Power’s next, Katarina Witt on skating and competing, Washington insider Joe Califano’s tales from inside the Beltway, including “startling revelations” about Watergate, Henry Luce’s effect on American policy in Asia, a good deal for the history of the House, and more. As usual, PublisherMarketplace.com members can see them all, search our huge deals database of over 4,500 transactions, get daily deals via e-mail, and more. Join Marketplace here and enjoy full benefits Go directly to the latest deals Plus: * Thursday’s always a busy review day; […]

Frankfurt Stays; Exhibitors Will Receive Revised Pricing As Minimum Stay “Is History” German book industry magazine Boersenblatt reported yesterday that the executive committee of the trade association that owns and operates the Frankfurt Book Fair voted unanimously on Tuesday to keep the convention in Frankfurt, in an agreement that will run up to 2010. The Fair’s vice president for corporate communication Holger Ehling confirms for Lunch that Fair president Volker Neumann has achieved “sizeable results” in which “The rental for the fair grounds will go down in a way which will allow Frankfurt to drastically change its proposed pricing structure […]