News covering book rights bought and sold, movie rights and foreign rights.
Deals: Silverstone to Rodale by Matthew Thornton - 11/17/2008
Silverstone to Rodale Pam Krauss at Rodale preempted a diet book by actress and animal rights advocate Alicia Silverstone, tentatively titled The Kind Diet; Peter Steinberg sold world rights. By exploring the connection between what we put in our bodies and what we're doing to the planet, the book will help readers choose the right foods in the kitchen; it will include a three-step diet program...
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Deals: Another Buffett by Matthew Thornton - 11/10/2008
Another Buffett John Glusman at Harmony beat four other bidders in an auction for Peter Buffett’s Life Is What You Make It; Richard Pine at InkWell sold North American rights. Buffett, who forsook the chance to join his father’s business to pursue his own passion for music, will write about values, identity and growing up as one of Warren Buffett’s sons; as a young man, he wa...
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Deals: Action Masters by Matthew Thornton - 11/03/2008
Action Masters Putnam editor-in-chief Neil Nyren has acquired a new novel by Frederick Forsyth, tentatively titled The Cobra, in a North American rights deal with Ed Victor. Forsyth's 13th novel, The Afghan, was published by Putnam in 2006; they expect to bring out the new one late in 2010. In another deal brokered by Victor, Macmillan editor-at-large John Sterling bought two new novels by Ben...
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A Behemoth at Center Stage by Hilary S. Kayle - 11/03/2008
A massive woman with massive problems anchors Tiffany Baker's first novel, The Little Giant of Aberdeen County (Reviews, Sept. 8). The story is told from the viewpoint of Truly Plaice, whose large stature is the result of a glandular disorder. What inspired you to feature such an unusual character? I started with the character—it was like tuning in a radio, and I got the Truly station.
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Deals: Dorman Gets Debut by Matthew Thornton - 10/27/2008
Dorman Gets Debut In an overnight preempt, Pamela Dorman acquired a debut novel called Saving Ceecee Honeycutt for her imprint at Viking; the author is Kentucky native Beth Hoffman, and Catherine Drayton at InkWell sold world rights. Compared to The Secret Life of Bees as well as Steel Magnolias, the novel tells the story of a 12-year-old who spends the first years of her life taking care of he...
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Deals: Less Is More by Matthew Thornton - 10/20/2008
Less Is More Rick Horgan at Crown preempted world rights to Un-Conform: Cancel All Your Meetings, One-Down the Competition and Discover Greatness by 37 Signals founders Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hanson; Lisa DiMona at Lark Productions made the six-figure sale. This manual will urge readers to under-do their competitors, focusing on just the important stuff in order to fight the epidemic ...
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Deals by Matthew Thornton - 10/13/2008
Braman’s First for Holt Holt’s new editor-in-chief, Marjorie Braman, has made her first fiction buy in her new position, preempting Diane Meier’s untitled debut via Mitchell Waters at Curtis Brown. This is the story of a divorced Columbia professor who takes a job in New England and impetuously buys a rundown Victorian house; as she reinvents her life, she finds her emotional ...
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Notes From the Bookroom Michael Scharf, Fiction Reviews Editor, Publishers Weekly August 21, 2007 Russian Chemistry
Serious Russian chemistry flares this Fall (which seems to have already arrived in ... More
