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New Deals Lots more news in a busy week — among the most recent are a significant fiction deal for a NYTimes notable author, the end of a bestselling children’s series, a major “Passages for women in their 50s and 60s,” an auction for a bestselling mystery writer, the first real-life look inside The Body Farm, secrets to a good lawn from a guy who should really know, Susan MacDougal finally tells her story, and truly a lot more, live during the day. Plus, now Marketplace members can read Lunch on the Web and access our new archive of previous […]

Eat Well at BEA As indicated earlier, every day at BEA we’ll publish a printed daily filled with Lunch-style coverage of the convention. Publishers Lunch will *not* be e-mailed during the three days of BEA; to pick a copy of Convention Lunch you’ll need to visit the booth of one of our terrific sponsors. Like daily Lunch, it will be available every day around mid-morning, with fresh up-to-the-minute writing; quantities will be limited, so make sure to note the following destinations on your schedule. And please thank them when you drop by for making Convention Lunch possible: Get Convention Lunch […]

Eat Well at BEA For the second year, we’re delighted to announce that we’ll publish a printed daily filled with Lunch-style coverage of the convention on every day of the show. Publishers Lunch will *not* be e-mailed during the three days of BEA; to pick a copy of Convention Lunch you’ll need to visit the booth of one of our terrific sponsors. Like daily Lunch, it will be available every day around mid-morning, with fresh up-to-the-minute writing; quantities will be limited, so make sure to note the following destinations on your schedule. And please thank them when you drop by […]

[The following article, originally commissioned for another publication, has been modified slightly — mostly I chopped off the first two graphs, so it may begin abruptly. Also, bear in mind it was written at the beginning of 2002.] The trade world is flat — it has been so for some time, and by most projections will more or less remain that way — and we are waiting with increasing desperation for our Christopher Columbus to come and sail us on to an expanded world we only dream about. For now, though, the clear trend is towards cannibalization rather than exploration […]

Eat Well at BEA For the second year, we’re delighted to announce that we’ll publish a printed daily filled with Lunch-style coverage of the convention on every day of the show. Publishers Lunch will *not* be e-mailed during the three days of BEA; to pick a copy of Convention Lunch you’ll need to visit the booth of one of our terrific sponsors. Like daily Lunch, it will be available every day around mid-morning, with fresh up-to-the-minute writing; quantities will be limited, so make sure to note the following destinations on your schedule. And please thank them when you drop by […]

All Kinds of Deals Quentin Tarantino’s first novel, two more from Neal Gaiman, the John Stossel’s auction, an 18th century French expedition through the Amazon to measure the Earth, a Kitchen Confidential for the bartending world (from a novelist’s wife), a major deal for a historian, a quick book on Halle Berry, and truly a lot more — all waiting at PublishersMarketplace in advance of another big Deal Lunch, and reported live during the day every day. Plus, now Marketplace members can read Lunch on the Web and access our new archive of previous Lunches. Try joining us. Register here […]