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Bourne Again: Robert Ludlum Franchise Keeps Growing
Earlier this month, Grand Central signed a new contract for one of its bestsellers, Robert Ludlum. The deal was for two more thrillers featuring the amnesiac hit man Jason Bourne, as well as two books with the retired government operative introduced in the 2002 bestseller, The Janson Directive. That the Ludlum brand is nearly as strong today as when he was alive is more than a stroke of good l...
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Captain of Hijacked Maersk Alabama Close to Major Book Deal
The auction for the book by Capt. Richard Phillips--the hero seaman who made headlines last month after being captured by Somali pirates--has reached the $500,000 mark.
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Papercutz to Publish Disney Fairies Graphic Novels
Papercutz, a New York City-based graphic novel publisher focused on teen readers, has reached an agreement to produce a series of graphic novels based on Disney Fairies, a series of bestselling prose chapter books drawn from the novels of Gail Carson Levine and constructed around the well-known Disney fairy character Tinker Bell.
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Copyright Clearance Center Piles Up the Numbers
In the two years that Tracey Armstrong has been leading the Copyright Clearance Center, her priority has been to make sure the organization keeps pace with the changes occurring at a rapid pace in the industry it was created to serve. “I have been here over 19 years and came up through the ranks.
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McElderry to Publish ‘A Little Princess’ Sequel
News is just in from Margaret K. McElderry Books that the house has acquired the rights to publish Wishing for Tomorrow, a sequel to Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 1905 classic, A Little Princess., to be written by British author Hilary McKay. McElderry Books will release the novel in January 2010.
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Riverhead Acquires Hamid's New Novel
Flexing her editorial muscle in her new job at Riverhead, Becky Saletan has brought one of her big authors, Mohsin Hamid, into the fold at Penguin.
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Little, Brown Announces Twilight Publishing Schedule
More titles set for the mega-selling Twilight books.
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Patterson Among Five Reading Innovators Honored by National Book Foundation
The board of the National Book Foundation has awarded its first Innovations in Reading Prizes. The board selected the winners—one individual and four organizations—because of their innovative efforts to share their love of books and reading at a grassroots level, both in their communities and online. Each winner will receive $2,500 and a certificate.
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Glenn Beck Signs Multi-Book Deal with Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster is partnering with radio and TV personality and Christmas Sweater author Glenn Beck on a global, multi-book, multi-imprint co-publishing agreement. A number of S&S imprints will be involved in the program, which will encompass adult fiction and nonfiction, children’s picture books and fiction, YA literature, and e-book and audiobook originals. S&S companies in the U.K., Canada and Australia will publish Beck’s books in their respective markets.
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Deals
In a deal that's as much creative partnership as acquisition, Carrie Kania and Cal Morgan, of Harper's newly launched It Books imprint, have bought world rights to six titles from the brand consultants/gallery owners, Partners & Spade. Ira Silverberg, of Sterling Lord, brokered the deal.
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Sedaris Back to Grand Central
Grand Central has signed Amy Sedaris to a new book.
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The Last Hurrah for Percy Jackson
Fans have only five days left to wait for the May 5 release of The Last Olympian, the fifth and final book in Rick Riordan’s mythological fantasy series, Percy Jackson and the Olympians. Here’s a roundup of the plans for The Last Olympian.
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Jane Smiley and S.E. Hinton Keep It Real (and Funny) at L.A. Times Festival
“My name is Susie, but you can also call me Your Majesty,” quipped S.E. Hinton at the beginning of the discussion about her work with Jane Smiley at the L.A. Times Festival of Books on April 26.
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Sully’s Book Gets Title, Coauthor
Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger has selected Jeffrey Zaslow as his coauthor for his autobiography, which will be called Highest Duty: My Search for What Really Matters.
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New Look for Bradbury's 'Fahrenheit 451'
Hailed for its bracing portrait of a future media-addled society victimized by the systematic burning of all books, Ray Bradbury's classic science fiction novel Fahrenheit 451 is the perfect work to highlight issues of censorship and the freedom to read. And in August, Farrar, Straus & Giroux's Hill and Wang imprint will republish the book to do just that.
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The L.A. Times Festival of Books: Highlights
A recap of the L.A. Times Festival of Books where Jane Smiley and Ray Bradbury appeared.
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'The Hypnotist' Becomes One of the Fair's Big Books
While London saw a number of big book deals, one of the biggest involved the thriller, The Hypnotist. The title, which has yet to sell in the U.S., was at the center of a heated auction in the U.K. involving some of the country's leading crime publishers.
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Weisbach Makes First Sale
Rob Weisbach has sold a memoir to Jonathan Burnham and Gail Winston at Harper, his first deal since setting up his own firm.
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Hudson Street Press Signs Weil to Book on Healthcare
Penguin's Hudson Street Press imprint has acquired a new title from bestseller, and health guru, Dr. Andrew Weil.
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Random to Release Dan Brown's 'The Lost Symbol' in September
After a long wait, Random House announced that Dan Brown's new novel, The Lost Symbol, will be released September 15. The company is setting a 5-million copy first printing to the follow-up to the Da Vinci Code, the highest in RH history.
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