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Book Deals: Week of May 4, 2020

By Rachel Deahl | 05/01/2020 @ 07:00PM

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.' "
Book Deals: Week of April 27, 2020

By Rachel Deahl | 04/24/2020 @ 07:00PM

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.
Book Deals: Week of April 20, 2020

By Rachel Deahl | 04/17/2020 @ 07:00PM

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.
Book Deals: Week of April 13, 2020

By Rachel Deahl | 04/10/2020 @ 07:00PM

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.
Book Deals: Week of April 6, 2020

By Rachel Deahl | 04/03/2020 @ 07:31PM

Among the big books that sold this week are a memoir by actor Billy Dee Williams and Elizabeth George’s 21st Inspector Lynley mystery.
Book Deals: Week of March 30, 2020

By Rachel Deahl | 03/27/2020 @ 07:00PM

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.
Book Deals: Week of March 23, 2020

By Rachel Deahl | 03/20/2020 @ 07:00PM

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.
Book Deals: Week of March 16, 2020

By Rachel Deahl | 03/13/2020 @ 07:00PM

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.
Book Deals: Week of March 9, 2020

By Rachel Deahl | 03/06/2020 @ 07:00PM

S&S signs a four-book, eight-figure deal with Janet Evanovich, and Doubleday buys a new novel by 'Crazy Rich Asians' author Kevin Kwan.
Evanovich Moves to S&S in 'Blockbuster' Deal

By Rachel Deahl | 03/03/2020 @ 11:00AM

Bestselling author Janet Evanovich has signed with a new publisher in a massive deal--S&S called it a "blockbuster" agreement--that will see her pen four new books for the publisher.
Book Deals: Week of March 2, 2020

By Rachel Deahl | 02/28/2020 @ 07:00PM

Among the big deals this week are a preempt, for a rumored seven figures, to Nina Gramont's novel on the 1926 disappearance of Agatha Christie, along with the sale of a memoir by Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.
Book Deals: Week of February 24, 2020

By Rachel Deahl | 02/21/2020 @ 07:00PM

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.'
Former Knopf Assistant Sells Publishing Novel in Seven Figure Deal

By Rachel Deahl | 02/21/2020 @ 10:00AM

Every assistant sifting through the slush pile, dreaming of selling their own novel, can now focus on the tale of Zakiya Harris, a former assistant editor who just sold her debut to Atria in a seven-figure deal.
Book Deals: Week of February 17, 2020

By Rachel Deahl | 02/14/2020 @ 07:55PM

Marilynne Robinson and FSG go back to Gilead, Iowa, and more.
Book Deals: Week of February 10, 2020

By Rachel Deahl | 02/07/2020 @ 07:00PM

Among the big acquisitions this week are a memoir by Bonobos founder Andy Dunn, a new novel by David Duchovny, and a new trilogy by Calendar Girl author Audrey Carlan.
Book Deals: Week of February 3, 2020

By Rachel Deahl | 01/31/2020 @ 07:00PM

S&S signs Jerry Seinfeld, Morrow bets big on a memoir by a woman who taught her dog to communicate, and Harper buys a posthumous memoir by Elijah Cummings.
Book Deals: Week of January 27, 2020

By Rachel Deahl | 01/24/2020 @ 07:00PM

Lee Child re-ups with Random House for a quartet of new Jack Reacher novels, to be written with his brother; a debut novel by a Columbia College Chicago MFA sells in the high six figures; and Maggie Nelson signs a two-book deal.
Book Deals: Week of January 20, 2020

By Rachel Deahl | 01/17/2020 @ 07:00PM

Among the big deals this week are a picture book that sold for a rumored seven figures at auction, a book about the Kennedy clan, and a middle grade memoir, which HarperCollins Children’s nabbed for six figures.
Book Deals: Week of January 13, 2020

By Rachel Deahl | 01/10/2020 @ 07:00PM

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.
Book Deals: Week of January 6, 2020

By Rachel Deahl | 01/03/2020 @ 07:00PM

Notable deals this week include a major acquisition for MIT Press, a first-person tale of survival on the high seas, and a YA novel that HarperTeen won at auction.

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