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Harlequin Lands Book By Creators of YouTube Phenom
As Harlequin expands more heavily into nonfiction, the publisher has announced a deal with the creators of the popular YouTube series, Sh*t Girls Say, Kyle Humphrey and Graydon Sheppard.
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London Book Fair 2012: Crown Nabs Book by OkCupid Co-founder in Rumored 7 Fig Deal
In what looks to be one of the biggest dollar figure deals coming out of the London Book Fair so far, Amanda Cook at Crown took North American rights, for a rumored seven figures, to a nonfiction title called Dataclysm by Christian Rudder, one of the founders of the dating Web site OkCupid.com.
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London Book Fair 2012: Foundry Splits One Story into Two Books, Two Deals
In a bit of creative deal-making, agents Peter McGuigan and Stephen Barbara, at Foundry Literary + Media, closed two deals—for an adult novel and a YA novel—for a debut thriller that was initially submitted as a standalone novel.
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Deals: Week of April 16, 2012
Bosch Moves to Dial and more
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Deals: Week of April 9, 2012
Scribner Nabs Gilmore and more
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Da Capo Lands 'Fifty Shades of Grey' Parody
After we reported last week that a parody of E.L. James's Fifty Shades of Grey, called Fifty Shames of Earl Grey, was being shopped, the satire has been bought by Da Capo.
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Deals: Week of April 2, 2012
Rawles Moves to Dutton and more
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'Fifty Shades of Grey' Parody Makes the Rounds
What's the best way to celebrate a publishing phenomenon that began its life as fan fiction? With a literary parody, of course.
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Deals: Week of March 26, 2012
Candlewick Lands Debut and more
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ProQuest to Publish 'Statistical Abstract'
With the Statistical Abstract of the United States slated for extinction following the release of the 2012 edition, ProQuest will take over publication of one of the best known and respected reference works beginning with the 2013 edition.
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Deals: Week of March 19, 2012
Callahan Goes Gothic for ‘Rathbones’ and more.
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Amazon Seals First YA Deal with a 'Kiss'
Amazon Children's Publishing has landed its first YA acquisition, Kiss & Make Up, a debut novel by Oxford, Miss., author Katie D. Anderson.
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Deals: Week of March 12, 2012
LBYR Gets Brainwashed By Zadoff and more.