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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Bidding for Richards's Memoir over $7 Million
Bidding for Keith Richards's memoir has reportedly topped $ 7 million for world English rights.
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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.
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Good Advice
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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.
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'Tiger' to Free Press
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First Deal for a New Leonard
Elmore Leonard’s son Peter Leonard will publish his debut novel with Thomas Dunne/St. Martin's Minotaur
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Hampton Comes Alive
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Deals
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Deals
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Big Auctions
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Hirshey Preempts Campaign Book
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Deals