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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.
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Book Deals: Week of September 30, 2013
Viking Re-ups Philbrick and more in this week's notable book deals.
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Rights Report: Week of September 23, 2013
New deals for Matt de la Peña, Shandra Strickland, Brian Faulkner, Cynthia Lord, and more.
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Book Deals: Week of September 23, 2013
Feiwel nabs vew Angelini and more in this week's notable book deals.
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Rights Report: Week of September 16, 2013
New deals for Kenn Nesbitt & J. Patrick Lewis, Sherry Duskey Rinker, Henry Clark, and Andrea Davis Pinkney.
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Book Deals: Week of September 16, 2013
Screenwriter on Young Love and more in this week's notable book deals.
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Rights Report: Week of September 9, 2013
New deals for Philip Kerr, Leslie Margolis, Jessica Lawson, Sara Zarr and Demi Lovato.
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McIntosh & Otis to Handle RUP's Sub Rights
The literary agency McIntosh & Otis has struck a deal to handle subsidiary rights for Rutgers University Press.
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Beacon Fast Tracks Book by Inaugural Poet
The Boston-based press will turn around a book about the writing of "One Today" and about the life of Richard Blanco in time for the holidays.