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Book Deals: Week of November 11, 2013
Ellis re-ups at Knopf and more in this week's notable book deals.
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Rights Report: Week of November 4, 2013
New deals for Stan Lee, Chris Barton, Faith Erin Hicks, Rafael López & Margarita Engle, and others.
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Book Deals: Week of November 4, 2013
Levithan preempts ‘Shadows’ and more in this week's notable book deals.
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Fans Pitch in to Publish 'Yankee Miracles' Adaptation
No fewer than five hardcore Yankees devotees are involved in creating The Boss & the Batboy, a young readers' version of Yankee Miracles: Life with the Boss and the Bronx Bombers, by Ray Negron and Sally Cook.
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Rights Report: Week of October 28, 2013
New deals for Susan Vaught, Margaret Peterson Haddix, Annie Barrows, and others.
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Book Deals: Week of October 28, 2013
Tor re-ups Sanderson for seven figures and more in this week's notable book deals.
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Rights Report: Week of October 21, 2013
New deals for Sarah Albee, Michelle Cuevas & Erin Stead, Patrick McDonnell, and more.
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Book Deals: Week of October 21, 2013
Crown ‘Takes’ Kennedy in Major Deal and more in this week's notable book deals.
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Rights Report: Week of October 14, 2013
New deals for Brandon Mull, Gerry Swallow and Ammi-Joan Paquette.
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Book Deals: Week of October 14, 2013
HMH picks up Greitens and more in this week's notable book deals.
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Algonquin to Publish Yoko Ono
Acorn will be composed of "100 unexpected and inspiring instructions" from Ono, and will also feature drawings by the author.
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S&S Acquires Jeff Lemire’s New Graphic Novel ‘Roughneck’
Simon & Schuster has acquired world English rights to Roughneck, a new graphic novel from award-winning comics artists Jeff Lemire, author of the acclaimed graphic works Essex County and The Underwater Welder.
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Rights Report: Week of October 7, 2013
New deals for Dav Pilkey & Dan Santat, Chris Raschka and Inbali Iserles.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2013: Ferals Emerges as Hot Middle-Grade Property
One of the big children’s projects that has bubbled up at Frankfurt is a series called Ferals that was acquired jointly by HarperCollins Children’s Books U.S. and U.K. last week, and has already been optioned for film.
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Frankfurt Book Fair 2013: Knopf Nabs Galassi's Debut Novel
Muse pulls from Galassi's own life and follows a book editor who, Knopf explained, "is caught in the middle of the decades-long rivalry between two publishing lions over the work of a beautiful, iconic female poet."
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Crown Buys Schmitz's 'Street of Eternal Happiness'
Street of Eternal Happiness was inspired by NPR Marketplace's China correspondent Rob Schmitz's yearlong series of the same name.
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Karten Nabs Two Big Buzz Books Pre-Frankfurt
In separate deals with agents at William Morris Endeavor, HarperCollins's Terry Karten acquired North American rights to two of the big buzz books drawing attention leading into the Frankfurt Book Fair.
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Book Deals: Week of October 7, 2013
Farrar, Straus and Giroux buys four Daphne Merkin books, Ron Perlman sells a memoir, and more in this week's notable book deals.
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Rights Report: Week of October 3, 2013
New deals for Malala Yousafzai, Paul McCartney, Marissa Meyer, and Aaron Reynolds & Matt Davies.
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Old Dylan Manuscript Draws New Interest
With a week to go before Frankfurt, Adam Gauntlett of the U.K.-based Peters Fraser & Dunlop is selling a book that offers a unique insight into the life and career of Bob Dylan, by the man who was his friend, confidant and tour manager.