Publishers Lunch

A Boost for Gardiner from King, and A Clown’s Applause The UK edition of crime writer Meg Gardiner’s 2002 thriller CHINA LAKE and her full Evan Delaney series is in demand here, in more ways than one, after Stephen King mentioned the book on his blog in December and then wrote about it in a […]

Black Sues Over Book Conrad Black filed a libel suit in Toronto last week against British author Tom Bower and HarperCollins over the book CONRAD & LADY BLACK: Dancing on the Edge. Seeking $11 million in damages, the complaint alleges that “Bower concocted a pre-conceived thesis that the plaintiff is a criminal sociopath who, throughout […]

Judge Favors Toy Chain Over Amazon A New Jersey Superior Court judge ruled in favor of Toys R Us in their suit against Amazon and severed the 10-year agreement (signed in 2000) between the two companies, allowing the toy retailer to go form its own internet store. (No monetary damages were awarded.) But Amazon spokesperson […]

Deal Reports Just e-mail to deals@PublishersMarketplace if you aren’t using the online form linked below. Report a deal using the online form The Key As usual, the handy key to our Lunch deal categories. While all reports are always welcome, those that include a category will generally receive a higher listing when it comes time […]

Please Note Today is parents’ today and then I’m on the road, so this meal is being served early. We’ll have updates at the PublishersMarketplace.com home page as appropriate later in the day. Similar to this scoop that we posted there last night: It’s Almost Perseus Yesterday evening, after a long day of meetings, Perseus […]

Harcourt — The Next Play The newest entry under this year’s theme of “everything is for sale” is the Harcourt Education business, as owner Reed Elsevier masked a shortfall in analysts’ expectations for their fiscal year-end report by announcing that Harcourt will be sold in the coming year. Harcourt as a whole has turned in […]