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Lunch for Monday, March 31

March 31, 2003
By Michael Cader

Back from Vacation Today Lunch resumes regular publication. The next deal recap may not be ready to go until tomorrow as I catch up, but in the meantime there are nearly 60 new deals ready and waiting for members of PublishersMarketplace.com, including: Jimmy Carter’s first novel, memoirs of various sorts from Diana Ross, Muhammed Ali, and Tori Amos, lots of first fiction, fitness tips from a Hollywood action hero trainer, reminiscences and revelations from a man who practiced with the legendary Ben Hogan, why everything you know about achievement is wrong, narrative non-fiction adventures (like the group that retraced a […]

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Lunch for Monday, March 17

March 17, 2003
By Michael Macrone

Please Note Tomorrow’s a travel day for me, so if there’s no Lunch, you won’t be surprised. Among the Very Latest Deals An account of a secret intelligence-gathering mission behind enemy lines during the Korean war that averted a third World War, acclaimed soprano Renée Fleming’s provides an account of the creative process of a performing artist, another high six-figure UK sale (this one for fiction), more first fiction, and more. It’s all at PublishersMarketplace now — do join us as member and check it out. And you can enjoy our many other great features as part of the package. […]

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Lunch for Friday, March 14

March 14, 2003
By Michael Cader

Two Big Looks at Terror, and Much More Pre-London The former leaders of two magazines combine forces for a book on science and technology in the age of terror, a big deal for what’s called the first comprehensive, exhaustively researched and reported account of the terrorists and the plot behind the Sept. 11 attacks from an LA Times journalist, books for Bratz, and much more. Access the only live daily deal reporting in the business, as well as the largest deal archive anywhere, get an optional daily deal e-mail, and enjoy many other services and benefits when you join us […]

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Lunch for Thursday, March 13

March 13, 2003
By Michael Cader

Movies, Football, and More Clint Eastwood buys film rights to a manuscript being shopped to publishers later this month and a current bestseller gets picked up for film as well, along with the physics of football, a first fiction pre-empt, and many more new deals — over 50 since the beginning of the week and growing as everyone prepares for London. Access the only live daily deal reporting in the business, as well as the largest deal archive anywhere, get an optional daily deal e-mail, and enjoy many other services and benefits when you join us as a member at […]

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Lunch for Wednesday, March 12

March 12, 2003
By Michael Cader

Yo, Yao; A Menaker Buy; Much More With everyone preparing for the London Book Fair we reported 23 new deals yesterday with surely more to come today: highlights include a non-fiction purchase for Random by Dan Menaker, the story of two seven-foot Chinese basketball players, a major new thriller deal, first fiction at auction and a highly recommended literary psychological thriller, a deal for comedian Wanda Sykes, a fresh look at the map that coined the name “America,” another big movie deal for a children’s trilogy that launches today, and truly plenty more. Access the only live daily deal reporting […]

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Lunch for Tuesday, March 11

March 11, 2003
By Michael Cader

Ever More Deals Lots of new deals fresh since last night’s Lunch Weekly, including a big new deal for Mary Jane Clark, 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, a prominent female executive on Why Women Don’t Get Paid Like Men — And What to Do So We Will, a big sale for an educator’s take on improving children’s essential social skills, and still plenty more. As usual, PublisherMarketplace.com members can see them all, view […]

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