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Book Deals: Week of May 20, 2013
‘Striped Pajama’ Author Inks Two-Book Deal and more
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Rights Report: Week of May 13, 2013
New deals for Jenny Han, Rhiannon Thomas and Monica Brown.
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S&S Children's to Relaunch John Christopher
John Christopher, who wrote science fiction for children and adults, who died last year at the age of 89, is having his backlist digitized by Simon & Schuster after his books largely fell out of print in the U.S.
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Book Deals: Week of May 13, 2013
Fuhrman’s Daughter to Rodale and more
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Rights Report: Week of May 6, 2013
New deals for Carrie Ryan, Sara B. Larson and Alyssa Day.
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Beaufort Rushing Jodi Arias Book
Beaufort Books has acquired a book about Jodi Arias, who was convicted of the murder of her boyfriend, Wednesday, in an Arizona court.
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Book Deals: Week of May 6, 2013
Thomas Dunne Adjusts Its ‘Sound’ and more
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Rights Report: Week of April 29, 2013
New deals for Cynthia Levinson, Charlotte Zolotow and Garth Stein & R.W. Alley.
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HMH Signs Collection Celebrating Boston
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has announced an anthology celebrating Boston called Our Boston. The proceeds from the book, which is subtitled Writers Celebrate the City They Love, will go to One Fund Boston, a charity established to support victims of the recent marathon bombing.
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Harper Lands Mitch Albom
Mitch Albom is leaving Hyperion, for Harper. The bestselling author, has left his longtime publisher, signing a three-book deal with the HarperCollins imprint. The first title in the deal, set for fall 2013, is a novel called The First Phone Call from Heaven.
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Riverhead Acquires Book On Tsarnaev Brothers
Penguin's Riverhead Books imprint has acquired a book about the brothers who were recently charged with the terrorist attack in Boston.
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Little, Brown Buys Rivera Memoir
Little, Brown has acquired world rights to Yankee pitcher Mariano Rivera's memoir, The Closer.
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Book Deals: Week of April 29, 2013
Dutton’s Morrow Spikes Yuletide Early and more
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Rights Report: Week of April 22, 2013
New deals for Salla Simukka, Kimberly Derting, Lucy Knisley and Jason Segal & Kirsten Miller.
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Knopf Announces Thatcher Bio
Knopf has acquired an authorized biography of Margaret Thatcher by British journalist Charles Moore; the book, set for May 21, is called Margaret Thatcher: From Grantham to the Falklands.
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Touchstone Signs 'Forks Over Knives' Books
Simon & Schuster's Touchstone imprint has struck a two-book deal with the doctors whose work was featured in the 2011 documentary, about the health benefits of a plant-based diet, Forks Over Knives.
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Book Deals: Week of April 22, 2013
Chronicle Gets the Goods and more
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Rights Report: Week of April 15, 2013
New deals for Judd Winick, Hannah Moskowitz and Deborah Underwood.
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Books Deals: Week of April 15, 2013
Ace Nabs Hunter’s Debut and more
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Knopf Buys Novak Collection
After we reported Thursday that a book by BJ Novak was drawing interest, Robin Desser and Tim O'Connell at Knopf have acquired the work.