The Latest Deals Lots of big things new since last night’s Deal Lunch, including a former Houghton employee’s quick sale for a biography of honey, a trilogy from Carl Sagan’s son Nick and mysteries from James Lee Burke’s daughter, Lynne Cheney’s latest, why boys have trouble reading, a big new business book, the full story of band Wilco, a bid deal for a Gen Y astrology book, and truly much more, with more reported live during the day. Catch up on them all now by joining at PublishersMarketplace. And our searchable archive has well over 3,000 deals, great for researching […]

The Latest Deals Thanks to a scout a novel sells quickly in Germany for six figures before its US submission, an insider’s look at the first black football coach at Notre Dame (and a biography of NFL founder George Halas), and those are just some of the latest among the almost 70 new deals from this week, available now in advance of Deal Lunch and always reported live during the day. Catch up on them all now by joining at PublishersMarketplace. And our searchable archive has well over 3,000 deals, great for researching agents, editors, houses, seasons, topics, and more. […]

The Latest Deals Elizabeth George moves to Harper, plus there’s an anthology of short stories inspired by popular songs with contributions from a wide variety of young writers, a memoir of teaching, a teenager selected by Teen People as “one of 10 teenagers most likely to change the world” looks at his generation — and those are just the latest among the almost 60 new deals from this week. Catch up on them all now by joining at PublishersMarketplace. And our searchable archive has well over 3,000 deals, great for researching agents, editors, houses, seasons, topics, and more. Join Marketplace […]

Halberstam, Delinksy, the Three Wise Men, and Much More In a busy week of reports we’ve got over 20 new deals since yesterday’s Lunch, featuring three new books from David Halberstam (two of them sports related), a new imprint for bestselling author Barbara Delinksy (though still within the same corporate family), a trio of books rescued from BookSense’s list of favorite out of print holiday books, an in-depth look at the Biblical Three Wise Men and an expansive look at the history and economic importance of cotton, a new deal for a Kelly Ripa-favored author, a big deal for novelist […]

Notes and Deals I’m not sure why, but today’s dispatch has shaped up as a special catfight edition. The NY Post puts Peter Richmond’s “substantial” deal for a Peggy Lee bio that we posted yesterday at $200,000 — as new deal reports swell with everything from the US version of the controversial Why People Do Hate America to a successful young French novelist, a major fiction deal for a writer born and raised in Afghanistan, Jeff Frank’s latest, a deal for a Clancy co-author, the mysteries of the western locust, the dramatic tale of tracking down diamonds confiscated from Jews […]

Peggy Lee, The Countess of Elgin, a Lucky Author, Lots of Fiction, Fitness, Fans, and More With the holiday break we’ve got literally dozens of new deals just since the end of last week, including a rising fitness author switching houses in a four-book deal, a big biography on Peggy Lee, a novelist boosted by an earlier Lunch appearance (and Book Sense endorsement) signing for another, a NY Times staffer’s first novel, the surprising tale of the woman who brought home the Elgin marbles, a new book from a Worst Case Scenario co-author, an instant book on the ethics of […]