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  • Rove's Next Role is Author

    Former top White House aide Karl Rove has already contacted Bob Barnett about writing a book now that he has left office, though no details about what the book would include are available.

  • It's Back: Infamous O.J. Book Has New Publisher

    Los Angeles-based agent Sharlene Martin says she has reached an agreement with a New York publisher to release a repackaged version of O.J. Simpson's infamous If I Did It.

  • Crown Preempts

    Crown Preempts Rick Horgan at Crown has preempted Lars Brownworth’s Twelve Byzantine Rulers from Tina Bennett at Janklow & Nesbit, who sold North American rights. Brownworth is a high school teacher on Long Island who amassed a huge following upon releasing his ancient history lectures as podcasts, prompting a New York Times profile in January.

  • Viking Wins Chris Farley Bio

    Viking beat four other houses in a bid for an authorized biography of the late comedian Chris Farley in an auction conducted by agent Peter McGuigan.

  • OJ Simpson "Confession" To Be Re-Shopped

    OJ Simpson's If I Did It, which supposedly imagines how he would have killed his ex-wife and her friend, is making the rounds again. An LA based agent is representing the Goldman family; She hopes to "recoup" what they deserve.

  • Two Preempts for Kneerim

    Two Preempts for Kneerim Jill Kneerim at Kneerim & Williams has accepted a preemptive offer for The Worm at the Core by social psychologists Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg and Tom Pyszczynski; Random’s Will Murphy bought North American rights. The trio, originators of Terror Management Theory, will argue that the fear of death is a driving force in almost all human endeavor.

  • Little, Brown Wins Richards Autobio

    Little, Brown has acquired world English rights to the forthcoming autobiography from famed rocker Keith Richards. The untitled book is scheduled for publication in 2010.

  • Bidding for Richards's Memoir over $7 Million

    Bidding for Keith Richards's memoir has reportedly topped $ 7 million for world English rights.

  • Stewart Signs 10 Book Deal with Potter

    Martha Stewart has signed with her longtime publisher, Clarkson Potter, to release 10 books over the next five years.

  • Good Advice

  • Crown Preempts Little League Dad Book

    Little League Dad Rick Horgan at Crown preempted North American rights to Jesse Katz's The Opposite Field via Jay Mandel at William Morris in a deal said to be worth major dollars. Los Angeles magazine writer Katz will describe his struggle to raise his son as a single dad, while at the same time nurturing the hopes and dreams of a multicultural Little League over which he presides as commissioner.

  • 'Tiger' to Free Press

  • First Deal for a New Leonard

    Elmore Leonard’s son Peter Leonard will publish his debut novel with Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's Minotaur

  • Hampton Comes Alive

  • Deals

  • Deals

  • Big Auctions

  • Hirshey Preempts Campaign Book

  • Deals

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