Publishers Lunch

[The following article, originally commissioned for another publication, has been modified slightly — mostly I chopped off the first two graphs, so it may begin abruptly. Also, bear in mind it was written at the beginning of 2002.] The trade world is flat — it has been so for some time, and by most projections […]

Eat Well at BEA For the second year, we’re delighted to announce that we’ll publish a printed daily filled with Lunch-style coverage of the convention on every day of the show. Publishers Lunch will *not* be e-mailed during the three days of BEA; to pick a copy of Convention Lunch you’ll need to visit the […]

All Kinds of Deals Quentin Tarantino’s first novel, two more from Neal Gaiman, the John Stossel’s auction, an 18th century French expedition through the Amazon to measure the Earth, a Kitchen Confidential for the bartending world (from a novelist’s wife), a major deal for a historian, a quick book on Halle Berry, and truly a […]

Please Note I’m out of town at a conference tomorrow, so no Lunch will be served (it’s getting kind of hot to eat lunch anyway). New Deals They keep coming: a pair of historical crime thrillers that caused a stir in the UK sell here in a major deal at auction, a pre-empt for a […]

Today’s Deals The doctor who invented the use of Botox injections to smooth furrowed brows and wrinkled necks has a book deal just as the procedure gets wider FDA approval, plus there’s a major book on Everest, a soldier’s own account of WWII from D-Day on, a big sale for a book on healthy fast […]

New Deals We wound up sharing 19 new deals with Marketplace members during the course of the day yesterday, and after the weekly Deal Lunch went out we logged another five brand-new ones, including a reporter’s book on the millions of women who like guns, a search for the Tasmanian tiger, more yoga for babies, […]