“Pearl” Publisher Rushes Another French Connection Small press Melville House is becoming the publisher of choice for French journalists who want to engage American readers. After last year’s success with Bernard-Henri Levy’s WHO KILLED DANIEL PEARL, Hoboken’s leading independent publisher has signed Le Monde editor Jean-Marie Colombani and The International Herald Tribune executive editor Walter […]
Lunch for Tuesday, January 20
Still More Deals New just since last night’s big round up, we’ve got another 16 deals, including the latest from Natan Sharansky, a big deal for TV host Joe Scarborough, an NBA finalist’s debut novel, Joel Siegel on why movies stink, and plenty more. The best way to stay on top of deal news all […]
Lunch for Friday, January 16
More Deals Plucky former Yankees coach Don Zimmer tells all about the 2003 season (and post-season), a new look at Steve Jobs, the follow-up to Wall Street Meat, lots of fiction deals and of course plenty more. The best way to stay on top of deal news all the time as it happens is by […]
Lunch for Thursday, January 15
Leading the News A snow day (we could go out, but the kids are home) meets a slow day (newswise), but once again there are plenty of substantive new deals. Among the 16 new ones since yesterday: Actors Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman plan a travel diary of their upcoming transcontinental motorcycle ride, a literary […]
Lunch for Wednesday, January 14
Lots of New Deals Among the 16 new ones, highlights include: Po Bronson’s latest, a columnist and TV commentator asserts that BUSH MUST GO, a big biography of legendary quarterback Johnny Unitas, a big film sale for a novel-in-progress that’s not sold yet, commemorating 50 years of Face the Nation, a forensic expert’s biggest cases, […]
Lunch for Tuesday, January 13
Still More Deals We’ve already got plenty of new reports since last night’s big fat deal round-up. Highlights include: a big film deal for a forthcoming novel, a business book on “freeing yourself from emotional traps in the workplace,” six figures for a novel described as “Bridget Jones meets Tootsie,” of course plenty more. The […]