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Deals: Week of August 15, 2011
Garcia's ‘Legion' Heads to LBBYR... and Hollywood
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Deals: Week of August 8, 2011
Morrow Nabs Lehane Trilogy and more.
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Einstein and Thompson Form ETA Agency
Susanna Einstein and Meg Thompson, formerly of Larry Kirshbaum's eponymous agency LJK Literary, have announced the formation of their own outfit: the Einstein Thompson Agency, or ETA.
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Deals: Week of August 1, 2011
Guest Gets ‘Elegant' for Weinstein and more.
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'Robert the Rose Horse' Author Back on the Scene
Joan Heilbroner, best known for her first book, Robert the Rose Horse, which was published in 1962 and has never been out of print, is back. After a hiatus of about 20 years Heilbroner returns with A Pet Named Sneaker, which Julie Just of Janklow & Nesbit Associates has just sold to Alice Jonaitis at Random House.
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Deals: Week of 7/25/11
Just Closes for Heilbroner, Baron and more.
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Chronicle Snags Moomin License
Chronicle Books joins Macmillan and Drawn & Quarterly as a North American licensee for Moomin, the children’s brand based on the books by Tove Jansson.
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Deals: Week of 7/15/11
Machinist Closes Double and more.
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Thomas Nelson Announces New Billy Graham Book
Billy Graham's Nearing Home: Life, Faith, and Finishing Well, the evangelist's first book in five years, was acquired by Thomas Nelson.
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Turner Buys New, and Backlist, Barbara Wood
Turner Publishing has acquired a new novel, and a number of backlist titles, by Barbara Wood. Executive editor Diane Gedymin took North American rights from agent Harvey Klinger in the deal.
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Deals: Week of 7/11/11
Larsons Come 'Clean' for Berkley
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Harper Business Signs New Jim Collins Book
Harper Business has signed a new book by business guru, Jim Collins, Great By Choice: Uncertainty, Chaos and Luck--Why Some Thrive Despite Them All.
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It Books Acquires Title from Gordon-Levitt's Production Company
It Books has acquired The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories: Volume 1, which grew out of actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt's hitRECord. Gordon-Levitt dubbed hitRECord an "open collaborative production company," and the effort, online at hitRECord.org, crowdsources content.
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Deals: Week of 7/4/11
Thomas Dunne Inks Ed Hardy and more.
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Martha Stewart Extends Deal With Clarkson Potter
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia is sticking with Clarkson Potter as its book publishing partner. The brand has inked a new 12-book deal that will extend through 2016.
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LBYR Inks Pact with Disney for Muppets Line
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers has signed an agreement to release a number of titles, in different formats, featuring The Muppets.
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Barbara Delinsky Moves to St. Martin's Press
Barbara Delinsky has inked a two-book deal with St. Martin's Press, moving from Doubleday. SMP executive v-p and publisher Matthew Shear negotiated the deal with Amy Berkower at Writers House, and Hilary Rubin Teeman will be editing.
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Deals: Week of 6/27/11
Stelter Goes to GCP and More.
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S&S Announces New Dork Diaries Books
On the heels of the recent release of Rachel Renée Russell's Dork Diaries 3: Tales from a Not-So-Talented Pop Star, Simon & Schuster's Aladdin imprint has announced details about the publication of the fifth and sixth books in the series in summer 2013 and 2014.
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Deals: Week of 6/20/2011
Elmore Gets 'Justified' and More.