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Lunch for Wednesday, February 26
Editor’s Novel, Celebrity Books, Walker’s Next, Acne Secrets and More Even when the headlines are sparse the deal news is robust including: a major UK deal for former publishing director of Penguin Press Andrew Rosenheim’s first novel, J. Randy Taraborrelli does Michael Jackson, the second part of Boy George’s memoirs, leading economist Jagdish Bhagwati defending […]
Lunch for Tuesday, February 25
Ever More Deals Almost 10 fascinating new ones just since last night’s Lunch Weekly preview, and almost 20 since yesterday morning: highlights include multiple promising first fiction sales (one a big UK deal; one a fashion world novel from a women’s magazine writer now living in Australia), a major film buy for a forthcoming thriller, […]
Lunch for Monday, February 24
The Latest Deals As usual, we’ve got lots of news from Friday and over the weekend, including a big film producer telling how to produce, an expose of “tough love” programs for juvenile offenders, charting your stars based on pop culture hits the day you were born, a benefit book from Larry King, Earl Spencer’s […]
Lunch for Friday, February 20
Goldie, Pythons, and More Goldie Hawn’s big deal for her memoirs, the Monty Pythons tell their own stories in a lavish book, a Spanish-language bestseller, the story behind the creators of Nancy Drew, an historian presents an interactive illustrated book/CD package capturing the recollections of WWII veterans, more big history sales in the UK, Friday […]
Lunch for Thursday, February 20
Back on Schedule Aside from the snow things seem to have been pretty quiet since our last full dispatch. Having returned from honoring our presidents in style and then tunneling my way out to the curb and beyond, I should be back to the usual Lunch schedule. Patchett, Adventure, Big Fiction and More Over 15 […]