Walters’ Sale Confirmed, Price Revised Miramax has confirmed their purchase of Barbara Walters’ memoir, for publication in 2007, though Variety revises the guesstimate of the sale price downward to $4-5 million. She will write the book herself. In other deal news, among the over 15 new reports, there’s more coming from the author of SHADOWMANCER, six-figure fiction deals about terrorist and the Army counterintelligence unit (based on the author’s real-life adventures), a memoir from New Paltz’ newsmaking mayor, a MacArthur fellow’s look at the experience of a patient, and as usual, plenty more. Join hundreds of colleagues (and competitors) in […]

Dole, An Unusual Paperback Sale, and More Among yesterday’s 25 new deal reports: The long-running (seven figure) auction for Bob Dole’s book has finished, Scholastic’s first paperback sale to an adult imprint, a big lifestyle books deal, Val McDermid’s latest, and plenty more. Join hundreds of colleagues (and competitors) in getting all the day’s deals by e-mail at night, catch up on them all, and search well over 8,000 transactions (by editor, house, agent, and more) by joining PublishersMarketplace.com today. Register here for PublishersMarketplace.com Go directly to the latest deals Deal Reports Just e-mail to deals@PublishersMarketplace.com if you aren’t using […]

More Today, and Every Day In addition to last night’s big weekly deal round-up, we’ve posted over 20 new ones already at PublishersMarketplace.com, including Kim Cattrall on her favorite subject, “competitive eating,” the story of the man who led the “band of brothers,” the return of the Metrosexual Guide to Style author, laughing at the apocalypse, secrets of barbeque champions, a well-known agent’s first book (an anthology), Edward Docx’s next novel, and more. Catch up on them all, and search well over 8,000 transactions (by editor, house, agent, and more) by joining PublishersMarketplace.com today. Register here for PublishersMarketplace.com Go directly […]

Fiction Follow-Ups, An Agent’s Book, and More Among the 20 new deals since Friday: A well-known agent’s first book (an anthology), Edward Docx’s next novel, another book from John Lithgow, more from Azar Nafisi, and plenty more are among the almost 90 deals from last week. Catch up on them all, and search well over 8,000 transactions (by editor, house, agent, and more) by joining PublishersMarketplace.com today. Register here for PublishersMarketplace.com Go directly to the latest deals Deal Reports Just e-mail to deals@PublishersMarketplace.com if you aren’t using the online form linked below. Report a deal using the online form, or […]

A Bestseller Returns, Assistant Lit, and More Once again, more than 20 new deals since yesterday (and 75 so far this week). Highlights include: A major deal for a current bestseller, a novel from two publishing editorial assistants, more big children’s deals in advance of Bologna, cleaning up the World Trade Center site, Ben Greenman’s latest, and still plenty more. Catch up on them all, and search well over 8,000 transactions (by editor, house, agent, and more) by joining PublishersMarketplace.com today. Register here for PublishersMarketplace.com Go directly to the latest deals Deal Reports Just e-mail to deals@PublishersMarketplace.com if you aren’t […]

Friedman, Burke, Children’s Fantasy, and More Among the 27 new reports since yesterday: Bestselling NY Times columnist Thomas Friedman’s new book, more from Alafair Burke, an adult thriller writer’s children’s fantasy novel (to be pitched hard in Bologna), the latest from an NBA finalist, more film deals, Katy Sparks’ first cookbook, a history of the Space Shuttle, and still plenty more. Catch up on them all, and search well over 8,000 transactions (by editor, house, agent, and more) by joining PublishersMarketplace.com today. Register here for PublishersMarketplace.com Go directly to the latest deals Deal Reports Just e-mail to deals@PublishersMarketplace.com if you […]