Holt takes two from activist and YA author Kimberly Jones, Thomas & Mercer buys a standalone thriller from Tess Gerritsen and Gary Braver, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-07-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
A “marginalized people’s history of labor in the U.S.” goes to One Signal for six figures, HarperCollins takes on a book about Prince Harry and Prince William, Willie Nelson and his sister sell a memoir to Random House, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-26 04:00:00 UTC ]
Princeton University Press wins a book on forgiveness in a 10-house auction, Dolly Parton’s “life in lyrics” goes to Chronicle, and S&S editor Denene Millner sells a multigenerational epic to St. Martin’s. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-19 04:00:00 UTC ]
Among the notable books that sold this week are a history of how black labor built America and a nonfiction work on black radical poetics by a National Book Award nominee. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
Among the notable deals last week were the sale of a memoir from a PBS NewsHour correspondent, a novel about a woman who gives birth to an owl, and international bestseller Michel Faber’s latest novel. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-06-05 04:00:00 UTC ]
Among the big acquisitions last week were a history of four women who transformed the CIA and a sequel to 'The Henna Artist', which was Reese’s Book Club pick for May. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-29 04:00:00 UTC ]
With restaurants closed and publishing lunches a thing of the past, an editor considers the future of book acquisitions. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-22 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 ]
Harvard Medical School professor Robert Waldinger and National Book Award–winner Evan Osnos were among the authors with notable book deals last week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-08 04:00:00 UTC ]
Simon Pulse nabs a debut by an undergrad at auction, and Berkley wins a novel it calls “Crazy Rich Asians meets Weekend at Bernie’s.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-05-01 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 ]
Avon buys a new one by Erin Sterling after a six-house auction; Little, Brown preempts a debut middle grade novel; and the sequel to a picture book classic lands at Candlewick. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-17 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 books that sold this week are a memoir by actor Billy Dee Williams and Elizabeth George’s 21st Inspector Lynley mystery. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
Among the big books that sold this week are a true crime tale by a rural doctor, a new novel by three-time Edgar winner T. Jefferson Parker, and a poetry collection by a Stranger Things cast member. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-27 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 ]
Among the big books that sold this week are the three new titles My Lovely Wife author Samantha Downing will pen for seven figures; Alexandra Andrews’s hotly contested debut, Who Is Maud Dixon?; and a new memoir from Michael J. Fox. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-13 04:00:00 UTC ]
Among this week’s notable deals is the seven-figure sale of a debut novel titled The Other Black Girl. The send-up of the publishing industry, by a former Knopf assistant editor, was pitched as Get Out meets Younger. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-02-21 05:00:00 UTC ]
Former PW reviews editor Jessamine Chan sold a debut novel, Viking Children’s bought the middle grade debut of YA author Sangu Mandanna for six figures, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2020-01-10 05:00:00 UTC ]