Among the week’s big deals are the acquisition of a #MeToo memoir by a French publishing exec, Sharon Stone’s memoir, and Andy Weir’s new novel. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-08-14 04:00:00 UTC ]
Among the big deals this week are Robin Desser’s first acquisition in her new role as editor-in-chief at Random House and Delacorte’s purchase of Kelly Oxford’s YA debut. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-22 04:00:00 UTC ]
Among the big deals this week are a new book by rapper Gucci Mane, a memoir of addiction and recovery by a politician and her son, and a nonfiction book by the cocreator of Showtime’s Billions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
Among the big deals this week are a six-figure preempt for a debut novel by a former Marie Claire staffer and a guide to relationship texting by Facebook’s in-house shrink. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
Among the big deals this week are the acquisitions of a new book about Covid-19 by Spillover author David Quammen and a biography of abolitionist John Brown. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-10 04:00:00 UTC ]
Among the big deals this week are a middle grade “biographical novel” about Muhammad Ali by James Patterson and Kwame Alexander and a YA novel by one of the Central Park Five. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-20 04:00:00 UTC ]
Although the Frankfurt Book Fair doesn’t get underway until next month, a handful of big deals have already closed. Among the titles gaining early buzz in the run-up to the fair are two novels acquired in six figure deals late last week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
With the Frankfurt Book Fair now well underway, and still no big book in sight, there was another dizzying round of deal-making that has left fair-goers tracking an ever-growing list of books gaining buzz. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Read the complete PW Frankfurt Show Daily from October 9, 2014. This issue features a roundup of the big deals that opened the show, an interview with Samsung's Rory O'Neill, photo essays, and more! Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
It was the talk of the London Book Fair. Then it was the talk of the summer. Then it became the book news story of the year. The Fifty Shades series—an originally self-published erotica written as Twilight fan fiction—was too new a phenomenon in April, when the London Book Fair was underway, to... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-09-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
While not a blockbuster year for magazine media M&A, 2011 did have its share of big deals, as well as some that clearly signaled where publishers were placing their bets on future revenues. While Hearst’s purchase of the Hachette brands was the biggest strictly magazine deal of the year, it... Continue reading >> [ Source: Folio Magazine | 2012-03-08 00:00:00 UTC ]