Yes, Still More Deals I know many of you are still digesting last night’s 50-deal-plus Deal Lunch, but we’ve already got another eight deals posted, including a major book on what’s going on with the economy, a big film purchase, a journalist’s look at his father with new eyes, and much more, reported live during the day at PublishersMarketplace.com.   Also, please note that Alix Ohlin was mistakenly reported as the winner of the 2001 Atlantic Monthly’s Student Fiction Contest; Ohlin won in 2000, and Lunch reader Gita Jensen is the 2001 honoree.   To keep up with all the […]

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Lots of New Deals A big deal for a biography of the man who would be king, a new home for a hot young novelist, the return of the Eades, Jeff Gordon’s seven-figure deal, Carl Hiassen’s latest film and TV successes, and more, reported live during the day at PublishersMarketplace.com. To stay on top of the latest deal news, join us now. 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 Rudy’s Delay The NY Post confirms that Rudy Giuliani’s management book RUDY RULES is "hopelessly […]

New Deals There’s Michael Joseph Gross’s expansion of his NYT Magazine piece on autograph collectors into a broader work on celebrities and their ardent fans, the official completion of the UK piece of Michael Chabon’s new deal, the auction for a journalist’s Hewlett Packard-Compaq book, Geri Halliwell’s second life story, and more, reported live during the day at PublishersMarketplace.com. To stay on top of the latest deal news, join us now. 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 Weisbach Joins Simon Simon and Schuster […]

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 […]