Deals Have a deal to report? E-mail to michael@caderbooks.com, or just use the form at PublishersMarketplace.com Report a deal using the online form Contardi Goes Out on His Own Another change in the agenting world: Bill Contardi is leaving the William Morris Agency, where he spent the last 11 years selling film and television rights for literary properties. Variety says, “But Contardi’s job became less important to the agency as it rebuilt in the wake of lit division co-topper Robert Gottlieb’s 2000 departure.” While still finalizing his plans, Contardi plans to continue agenting in both publishing and film: “What appeals […]
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Publishers Lunch for January 17, 2002
The Latest On the 25th anniversary of Alex Haley’s ROOTS, travel writer and former college professor (and PublishersMarketplace.com member) Pearl Duncan is covered at MSNBC.com for her book-in-progress, DNA DAWNS BRINGING DAYLIGHT. Duncan “has combined extensive DNA testing with years of research to trace her lineage back to Ghana,” and is pictured in the article with one of her “ancestral cousins” from Ghana. For film and book rights, see Duncan’s Marketplace page. In deals, there’s a multi-book contract for What to Expect co-author Heidi Murkoff, lots of first fiction, and more. Our new simplified registration procedure seems to be working […]
Publishers Lunch for January 16, 2002
Deals, Proposals, and More Big deal news includes three film deals and a film that’s finally becoming a book, plus an anthology of new material from bestselling authors, and an international bestseller coming to America. Plus, there are a number of new proposals and manuscripts on offer, and a number of talented writers, editors, and illustrators with new member pages, including people looking for agents. And our script to help members track their books’ online sales and bestseller positioning draws more clicks every day. Check it out all by trying a membership at PublishersMarketplace.com. Register at the home page Members […]
Publishers Lunch for January 15, 2002
One Letter Off My announcement yesterday of simplified registration procedures at PublishersMarketplace.com was slightly hampered by the typo in the embedded link — sorry about that. While you’re there, check out a batch of new deals just since last night, lead by Scott Turow’s latest. Or view a number of new proposals and rights offerings, including “a short and delicious fact-based literary novel about Shakespeare’s daughter.” And browse our ever-growing ranks of talented writers and book publishing professionals in a variety of fields. Register at the home page Members can see new deals every day (and/or get a daily deal […]
Publishers Lunch for January 14, 2002
A Realization and A Change As I often like to point out, one of the best things about electronic media is that you can experiment, observe what people respond to, and continue to refine what you’re doing. This weekend I finally took my own advice as we made a significant change in how memberships are structured at PublishersMarketplace.com. It finally became clear that we had confused a lot of people by providing two different ways of registering for the site — which meant a lot of people came by and registered, but they signed up for a type of membership […]
Publishers Lunch for January 11, 2002
New Offerings, New Opportunities A lot of people continue to check out our services at PublishersMarketplace.com and traffic continues to grow steadily — though to really sample it, you need to try the full access (just cancel it within the first week if you don’t want to stay). And our free features are picking up again, too; the bestselling author of IBM AND THE HOLOCAUST Edwin Black has a new proposal on offer for EUGENIC CRUSADE, and you’ll find a number of new novels, paperback rights offerings, and more. Register at the home page View the rights offerings Chains Did […]