Deal Reports Have a deal to report for Deal Lunch? Just e-mail to michael@caderbooks.com, or use the form at PublishersMarketplace.com Report a deal using the online form Yes, Of Course Houghton is For Sale As you’ll recall we never did believe that “internal e-mail” from new Vivendi Universal CEO Jean-Rene Fourtou that was supposed to…
Lunch for Tuesday, August 13
The Latest Deals An award-winning poet’s memoir finds a new home after a long search, a big biography of Clarence Thomas, talking to animals (for a lot of money), big rights sales for Jonathan Safran Foer’s next novel, and much more (about 15 new ones just since Deal Lunch yesterday) every day — reported live…
Lunch for Monday, August 12
It Wasn’t the Heat Thanks and apologies to the 5,912 HTML users who noticed that that version of Friday’s Lunch went out scrambled instead of sunny side up. Today’s should be clearer. And the title of Greg Baer’s book should have been REAL LOVE. Tatum, AOL, Dirty Girls on Film, Weisbach’s First, and Lots More…
Lunch for Friday, August 9
Black Hawk Pilot, New Diet Book Catches On, and More One of the Black Hawk Down pilots tells his story and an Air Force pararescueman tells tales of missions in Afghanistan, the early trainer of Mike Tyson talks about their split, another book (pre-empted) in the style of Lazlo and Letters from a Nut, how…
Lunch for Thursday, August 8
Franken’s Return, Eisenhower Talks, and Much More Al Franken’s next book, in the vein of Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot, Eisenhower’s son finally offers a personal reminiscence, a mountain climber uses his experiences as a metaphor for life, a tie-in to the Mage Knight phenomenon, a sequel to a successful cookbook, a suspense…
Lunch for Wednesday, August 7
A Big Series and Much More In a rather quiet day for general news there’s still lots of new deal reports. There’s Anne Roiphe’s new novel, another big sale inspired by a NYTimes Magazine article, an ambitious series of popular books on serious topics begins with a UK sale, Patti Breitman’s last deal, an astrology…