The Latest Deals Another 14 new ones, including an NPR contributor’s comic novel, the UK auction for a real-life (if slightly goofy) quest for the Holy Grail, two big WWII books (including one that tells the story of the single most decorated American unit in the war and their miraculous stand during the Battle of the Bulge), lessons from maverick advertising titan Donny Deutsch, a new look at the life and letters of St. Patrick, a journalist turns a magazine article into book about how he accidentally shot his best friend, and plenty more. Constant access to new deals (and […]

Williams, Dreyfuss, Hegi and More in Big Deal Day We mailed out over 20 new deals last night to PublishersMarketplace members who get our daily deal e-mail: highlights include seven figures for Tad Williams’ new trilogy, another big auction purchase for Warner to defy a certain speculative story yet again, a novel from Richard Dreyfuss, Ursula Hegi’s next, an unusual deal for a radio host, a new PBS tie-in, and still plenty more. Constant access to new deals (and searchable archives of almost 5,000 past deals) is one of the big draws for lots of members of PublishersMarketplace, but the […]

More Big Deals As is the case on many days the real headlines are in the deal reports: One of the reporters jailed for over a week in Iraq recently signs for a harrowing account of his incarceration combined with the larger story of decades of oppression, a bestselling author jumps from a small house to mid-six figure deal, the rise and fall of the WWF, and contrary to PW’s ridiculous finding last night of “an unusually small number of sales to AOLTW over the last two months” Warner bags a big business book, along with many other new deals. […]

Lots of New Deals As you can imagine, we’ve got over 20 new reports since our last Lunch, including a young snowboarder’s novella for Knopf, a pre-empt for a new thriller author, Susan Orlean’s next book, new research on how enzymes help heal, a memoir from “the funny guy from The Bachelorette,” Bono’s benefit book, political activism for a new generation, former House majority leader Dick Armey’s axioms for success, a novel about the “dark heart of Hollywood” with lots of pre-pub praise, and still plenty more. Constant access to new deals (and searchable archives of almost 5,000 past deals) […]

No lunch tomorrow.… Another Big Trilogy, Slate on Paper, a New Jarhead, and More Yes, it’s another big buy for a children’s trilogy (and another Australian import), this one about a time-travelling teenager; plus, another “Jarhead” recalls adventures (and misadventures) from Gulf War I, Slate starts a series of trade paperbacks on current events, a novel for teens finished by Stephen Ambrose shortly before he died, a prescient Canadian house already had a journalist following Masters winner Mike Weir around the tour this year, the secrets of JetBlue’s founder, a look at Harvard life and the odd way in which […]

The Book on Google, How Brains Get Better, More Big Sales A veteran net journalist aims for the definitive book on Google, another big book drawing on new research about the brain (this one focused on how the brain ages and which functions get better over time), we’re introduced to “a Christian Dave Eggers,” a big thriller deal, a big UK sale for a rock autobiography, Karenna Gore Schiff’s unsuing heroines of the last century, lots of new fiction sales (including a first novel from director Ron Howard’s wife), a book for Martin Scorsese, and much more. As usual, PublisherMarketplace.com […]