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Deals: Week of July 16, 2012
Bloomsbury Lands Mapson’s Latest and more
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Gaiman Signs Multi-Book Deal with HarperCollins
Bestselling author Neil Gaiman has signed a multi-book deal with HarperCollins, agreeing to do three novels and two picture books. Kate Morgan Jackson, editor-in-chief of HC Children's Books, and Rosemary Brosnan, executive editor, negotiated the agreement with Gaiman's agent, Merrilee Heifetz at Writers House.
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Deals: Week of July 9, 2012
Nestle Settles In at Rodale and more
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Greg Palast, Seven Stories Take Aim at ‘Election Bandits’ in New Book
Acclaimed investigative reporter Greg Palast (along with cartoonist Ted Rall) takes on the big money interests financing—and in his view stealing—the American presidential election in his new book, Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Ways, being published by Seven Stories Press.
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Deals: Week of July 2, 2012
Clark Closes Double and more
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Deals: Week of June 25, 2012
Grand Central Rides the Death Machine, Part Deux, and more
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Evanovich Re-Ups With Random House
Janet Evanovich has signed an eight-book deal with Random House's Ballantine Bantam Dell division, agreeing to do four more books in her bestselling Stephanie Plum series for the publisher, as well as four books in a new series to be written with Lee Goldberg.
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Karp and Singh Nab Parenting Book/Memoir
In a notable book deal this week, NYU Dean of Social Sciences (and author of Honky), Dalton Conley, sold a currently untitled work that's being called part parenting guide and part science book.
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Stampfel-Volpe Forms Own Agency
Former v-p of Nancy Coffey Literary, Joanna Stampfel-Volpe, has branched out on her own, forming New Leaf Literary & Media.
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2012 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest Winners Announced
Alan Averill has been named winner of the fifth annual Amazon Breakthough Novel contest for his work, The Beautiful Land, while Regina Sirois took home the other top honor, in the young adult fiction category, for her book, On Little Wings.
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Deals: Week of June 18, 2012
Big Fish author Daniel Wallace signs his first novel in five years; true crime writer Carla Norton turns to fiction; and more.
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ALS-Afflicted Florida Journalist Sells Memoir to HarperCollins for $2 Million
In a deal that has the industry abuzz, Susan Spencer-Wendel, a former court reporter for the Palm Beach Post in Florida, has sold a memoir to Claire Wachtel at HarperCollins for a rumored $2 million.
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HC Launches Program to Publish English Language Titles Globally
In a move to make its English language titles available around the globe, HarperCollins has launched a program called HarperCollins 360.
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Deals: Week of June 11, 2012
SMP Trims Down... with Mrs. Amen and more