Jogger Will Tell Story, and More Deals Made and In the Making The still-anonymous Central Park Jogger, a one-time investment banker now 41 years old, is writing about her battle to recover from the attack 13 years ago (she still doesn’t recall the incident itself), with an auction for the proposal underway. Joni Evans at William Morris is the agent. The NY Post reports “The book is being billed as an inspirational tome of recovery and forgiveness.” The woman will reveal her identity when the book is released.   Meanwhile, Barbara Taylor Bradford switches publishers, a second book on the […]

New Deals There are already more reports since last night’s Deal Lunch, including a collection of papers from seven generations of women that the editor declares “The book I believe I was meant to edit,” plus a film pick-up for a long-optioned, 20-year-old book, plus more reported live during the day. Register here to view the deals, search our 2,000+ deal database, and get an optional daily deal e-mail See all the latest deals Patchett Takes PEN/Faulkner The often-nominated BEL CANTO by Ann Patchett finally won a prize, taking the PEN/Faulkner Award. Patchett tells Reuters, “I’m thrilled. There were so […]

New Deals A big move for rising cartoonist Aaron McGruder, reporter Alan Cowell’s first novel, and literally dozens of other deals since the last Deal Lunch–plus more reported live during the day. Register here to view the deals, search our 2,000+ deal database, and get an optional daily deal e-mail See all the latest deals French Consumers Buy Into Bizarre 9-11 Conspiracy Book Thierry Meyssan’s THE FRIGHTENING FRAUD, a bestseller now in France, alleges that no plane ever struck the Pentagon on September 11 and the U.S. government invented the story. Though the mainstream press has criticized the book, the […]

New Deals An unusual film deal for Michael Chabon, a few literary fiction sales, and more all the time, at PublishersMarketplace.com Register here to view the deals, search our 2,000+ deal database, and get an optional daily deal e-mail See all the latest deals May/June 76 The “preview” of the Book Sense 76 for May/June is now posted. Due to a wealth of appealing candidates, a separate Summer Paperback 76 will be issued covering May through July. The Top Ten are: 1. EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED: A Novel, by Jonathan Safran Foer 2. THE DIVE FROM CLAUSEN’S PIER, by Ann Packer […]

New Deals A new Dilbert business book, an illustrated book from two longtime Oprah staff photographers, Dr. Laura Schlessinger’s next book, a “Fast Food Nation for personality tests,” a sweeping look at the color red, two WWII thrillers, and lots more all the time, at PublishersMarketplace.com Register here to view the deals, search our 2,000+ deal database, and get an optional daily deal e-mail See all the latest deals Simon Opens Atria PB Press, the hardcover imprint of Pocket created last June, has now been given the permanent name of Atria Books (PB Press was always considered an “interim” moniker). […]

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