Get Convention Lunch from: Scholastic Inc. Booth 302 Read for Information. Read for Fun. Read for Life. Rodale Inc. Booth 3714 Read my lips: E-MAY-US Perseus Books Group Booth 3448 New Millennium Press and Audio Booth 3462 Welcome to the Show For about ten minutes tomorrow morning that will be Philippe Petit walking the high wire above the lobby of Javits (promoting his FSG book about his famous climb between the two towers of the World Trade Center), but the rest of the show it might as well be organizer Greg Topalian navigating the slender thread. Earlier this week the […]
Lunch for Thursday, May 2
Pre-BEA Deals Outgoing IBM head Louis Gerstner tells how he turned the company around (and he’s writing it himself), Simon Singh’s latest, A new Zoetrope collection, a look inside the American Catholic Church, two books form a Peabody and Emmy award-winning Univision anchor, the first book buy for Hilary Swank’s new production company, a DeForest Kelley bio, a big first fiction buy, a racy book from a retired teacher on sex after 65, and more live during BEA — all available and searchable at PublishersMarketplace.com, with more live during the day. Register here to view the deals, search our 2,000+ […]
Lunch for Wednesday, May 1
New Deals The latest includes a bestselling author who debunks the mathematics of the stock market, a sometimes NPR commentator on a year of teaching in a progressive school, the first Robert Blake book (see below for a potential second), a crash deal for an Australian import, a new romance fiction discovery, and more — all available and searchable at PublishersMarketplace.com, with more live during the day. Plus, now Marketplace members can read Lunch on the Web and access our new archive of previous Lunches. Try joining us. Register here to view the deals, search our 2,000+ deal database, and […]
Lunch for Tuesday, April 30
John Dean Will Explore Deep Throat’s Identity in Original e-Book; Hemingway goes Electronic, Too Must be something in the planets — e-book news is everywhere today. The most surprising tidbit is that former Nixon White House counsel John Dean revealed at an LA Times book festival discussion he will publish THE DEEP THROAT BRIEF as a 35,000 e-book, via Salon.com, on June 17. Dean did not receive an advance, though Time magazine will excerpt the work. He tells the SF Chronicle, “I thought that 30 years of hiding was long enough. It’s a great brainteaser, and an avocational pursuit that […]
Lunch for Monday, April 29
New Deals A columnist’s humorous take on domestic life, a leading scientist’s latest, a history of girl’s schools, new research on how simple play develops young minds the best, and lots more — over 50 deals since last week’s Deal Lunch — all available and searchable at PublishersMarketplace.com, with more live during the day. Plus, now Marketplace members can read Lunch on the Web and access our new archive of previous Lunches. Try joining us. 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 On BEA […]
Lunch for Friday, April 26
New Deals Lots more news in a busy week — among the most recent are a significant fiction deal for a NYTimes notable author, the end of a bestselling children’s series, a major “Passages for women in their 50s and 60s,” an auction for a bestselling mystery writer, the first real-life look inside The Body Farm, secrets to a good lawn from a guy who should really know, Susan MacDougal finally tells her story, and truly a lot more, live during the day. Plus, now Marketplace members can read Lunch on the Web and access our new archive of previous […]