The Latest Deals Judy Blume will write her first new Fudge book in 12 years, and the backlist Fudge titles get a new home, plus a big film deal for MANHUNT, a US home for CHEET, and more. Register here to view the deals, search our 2,000+ deal database, and get an optional daily deal e-mail See all the latest deals Perseus Buys Running Press The Perseus Publishing Group is acquiring Running Press, to create what our friends in the film business might call a mini-major. Knowledgeable insiders put Running Press’s annual sales at over $60 million, and the NY […]
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Lunch for Wednesday, March 13, 2002
The Latest Deals Yesterday’s include a significant work on middle-class mothers in the aftermath of the women’s revolution, a Harvard Law student’s first novel (complete with a rave from Scott Turow), Eleni Gage’s journey to her family’s roots, and much more. Register here to view the deals (and get an optional daily deal e-mail) See all the latest deals Cronin is Hemingway/PEN Winner Justin Cronin won the 2002 Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for first fiction, for his story collection MARY AND O’NEIL, and Elizabeth McCracken won the L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award for NIAGARA FALLS ALL OVER AGAIN. Both authors […]
Lunch for Tuesday, March 12, 2002
The Latest Deals and New Features More deals already, including Bill Mechanic’s high six-figure fiction buy, another film buy for Walter Dean Myers, a home for the ex-Eagles guitarist, a high-priced deal for novelist Dani Shapiro, and more. Register here to view the deals (and get an optional daily deal e-mail) See all the latest deals Appeals Court Says Rosetta Can Keep Operating as Random Pursues Case Rosetta Books can continue to operate while Random House pursues its case againt the e-publisher, after a Federal appeals court upheld the earlier denial of a preliminary injunction. While it’s always tempting to […]
Lunch for Monday, March 11, 2002
The Latest Deals and New Features Big new deals include a book about John Walker Lindh, Deepak Chopra’s first cookbook, an insider account of Israel’s destruction of Iraq’s nuclear reactor, a history of the CIA-led coup in Iran in 1953, the novel of the moment for the London Book Fair that’s being compared to Thomas HANNIBAL, plus a big fiction sale in London, and much more — all in advance of Deal Lunch, with updates during the day as we receive them. Plus, today we launch a major revamping of the member categories and pages at PublishersMarketplace.com. One of the […]
Lunch for March 8, 2002
The Latest Deals, Proposals, and More In the latest deals, Barneys creative director Simon Doonan is fascinated by Wacky Chicks, Al Sharpton finds a home for his campaign book, you can start guessing who will play Rudy!, there’s a new look at the 1980 US Olympic hockey team, and more, including live reports during the day. If you didn’t bookmark our Rights and Proposals Board yet, you might have missed two new psychological thrillers that draw on medical issues, a prisoner of war memoir that portrays a year in the life of a young American POW working on a German […]
Lunch for March 7, 2002
The Latest Deals, Proposals, and More What’s said to be a a groundbreaking investigative work on the asbestos poisoning of America, a new memoir, a Puschart winner’s new novel, and more, all in the latest deals at PublishersMarketplace.com. Meanwhile, if you haven’t bookmarked the Rights and proposals page yet (or if you aren’t using it sell projects), you could be missing out. A whole wave of intriguing new offerings includes everything from a police officer’s story of a three-year undercover investigation in Anaheim’s Little Gaza, a neighborhood controlled by Middle Eastern Organized Crime, to the extensive illustrated diary of a […]