Posted October 24, 2003

a Year in Morocco, and More We’ve got over 80 deals to catch up on since Monday; among the latest are the close of the auction for Ari Fleischer’s book, a big film sale for Jarhead and another for Marc Acito’s hot novel, a big UK sale for a quirky Year of Provence-in-Morocco selling in the US now, a history of the Senate, the correspondence and friendship between James Baldwin and Sol Stein, beekeeping as a larger meditation on life, bestseller Markus Buckingham’s next

Posted October 21, 2003

Club author Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, the US sale for DIZZY, more chick lit, a judge’s novel, a TV option for Meg Wolitzer (writing under her pseudonym), a film option for Tim Gautreaux, psychoanalyzing President Bush, another children’s trilogy, and still plenty more — all at PublishersMarketplace, where members can view deals as they are reported, get a daily deal e-mail, and search our archive, now bursting with well over 6,000 deals.

Posted October 17, 2003

buy (“one of the most assured and understated debuts that I have read in some time”), plus a book and CD package with Johnny Cash’s last interview, the big film sale for Marianne Pearl, more fiction from Kimberla Lawson Roby, a New Yorker writer’s expansion of a recent article, an historical novel from a Pulitzer winner, and still more (almost 25 new ones just since yesterday) — with new ones reported live all day, and well over 6,000 in all in our unparalleled archive

Posted October 14, 2003

The agent is Irene Webb, who recently left Don Buchwald and Associates to set up her own agency. She’s focusing on selling film rights for books and representing screenwriters, as well as agenting selected book properties. As for actual deals, Clarkson Potter pays seven figures to an advocate of “simplified, wholesome living,” Eoin Colfer has another Fowl on the way, Randy Jackson joins Simon Cowell in the book world, bestseller Eragon is optioned for film, there’s a big

Posted October 9, 2003

com Hit reply or report a deal using the online form Shyamalan Lining Up for Pi Fox 2000 is close to signing M. Night Shyamalan to direct the film version of LIFE OF PI. Reportedly, attached screenwriter Dean Georgaris will drop out and Shyamalan will write his own adaptation as well. Meanwhile, Ed Victor has happily proclaimed at Frankfurt that Disney has finally greenlighted the film version of Douglas Adams’ HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSE.

Posted October 8, 2003

Reuters he is “confident [Laurence Fishburne] can make a good movie” in his long-awaited adaptation of THE ALCHEMIST, featuring Jeremy Irons and Madonna, with filming set to begin by the end of this year. And James Atlas’s Atlas Books has used the show to formally announce two deals consummated well before the fair. Profile Books has bought UK rights to the series Enterprise: Great Innovations in Business, in what they call “their biggest ever purchase.

Posted October 2, 2003

” The events have helped increase book sales, too, now up by a third to $60,000 a month. AP feature Beautiful Mind Team Regroups for Da Vinci Film The film version of THE DA VINCI CODE will be produced by Brian Grazer, directed by Ron Howard, and adapted for the screen by Akiva Goldsman — the same team behind A BEAUTIFUL MIND. Sony Pictures paid an estimated “north of $6 million” for rights in June, Variety reports.

Posted October 1, 2003

S. Lewis, future gazing, another Robert Heinlein film option, and lots more. They’re all viewable right now at PublishersMarketplace.com, where members can view deals as they are reported, get a daily deal e-mail, and search our archive, now bursting with over 6,000 deals. Plus when you join PublishersMarketplace you also get all of our other great features — our addictive (and now faster-than-ever) book tracker to follow your books’ sales positions and cross-reference

Posted September 26, 2003

A subscription database of film agents for literary properties that’s licensed to film studios and producers, that product has driven the company’s income. Separately, Vancouver-based Contemporary Management has changed their name to Seventh Avenue Literary Agency. The unit is a division of the Contemporary Group of Communications Companies, which also owns the National Speakers Bureau and a public relations agency.

Posted September 22, 2003

scene, which they painted as increasingly cutthroat and oriented to the bottom line, with an obsession with celebrity and blockbusters that rivals the film industry’s.” LA Times on W. Hollywood fair Last week’s SF Chronicle at beginning of Litquake (complete with requisite aggrandizing though inaccurate Dave Eggers anecdote) Baltimore Sun article Hotel Sued Over Use of Dewey Decimals The Library Hotel near Manhattan’s Grand Central Station, well-known to many in

Posted September 18, 2003

S. government’s dirty war against the American Indian Movement in the 1970s, a George Plimpton reprint, a big film sale for a forthcoming book that has Tom Cruise set to star, and much more and as always, new ones live during the day alongside our unique archive of recent book deals, now with over 6,000 transactions, ready to search by editor, agent, and house.

Posted September 10, 2003

Carolyn Hart’s latest, two new ones from Elizabeth Kolbert, a “malicious little novel” featuring a character that has appeared on This American Life, a film sale for Bangkok 8 (and another film sale for a book proposal that hasn’t been placed yet), and still plenty more — with new ones reported live all day, and just under 6,000 in all in our unparalleled archive of deals.

Posted September 2, 2003

(The author stopped selling film rights to his books thereafter.) The version he likes was written by Laurence Fishburne, who will direct and act in the film version as well. Other stars include Madonna and Jeremy Irons, and Warner Bros. hopes to release the film in 2004. Reuters on Coelho Overstock Raises Discounts In the never-ending strategy of pricing goods below the Amazon benchmark, Overstock.

Posted August 26, 2003

Bloomsbury USA and Faber & Faber UK have English-language rights. jessica@burnesclegg.com Film Film rights children’s author Kathryn Lansky’s (under the pseudonym of E. L. Swann) adult novel NIGHT GARDENING, optioned to Italian screenwriter/director Fiorella Infascelli by Mary Alice Kier and Anna Cottle of Cine/Lit Representation, on behalf of the Jane Chelius Agency. cinelit@msn.com jchelius@att.

Posted August 14, 2003

Doubleday has 110,000 copies in print and rights have been sold in 26 countries, while Warner Bros. is developing a film version. Haddon has spent most of his career teaching writing and authoring children’s picture books. He wrote five unpublished novels before beginning Curious Incident. “I wanted to be a serious novelist for a very, very, very long time, and suffered from a combination of not yet knowing how to write well enough, and not finding people — like agents, for

Posted August 12, 2003

True Crime, Trash Treasures, and More We’ve got 17 deals so far that weren’t in last night’s fat Lunch Weekly, including another dual print/film buy for Miramax, a true crime story from a bestselling author, “surf divas” in print, a quirky look at New Yorkers who find treasure in other people’s trash, a humorous look at the president, and of course plenty more, with new ones added to our site live during the day as we hear them.

Posted August 5, 2003

“Filmed at her own Easthampton home, the Barefoot Contessa is as much about an idealized Hamptons’ lifestyle as it is about food. Episodes of Barefoot Contessa are pageants of extended-familial love; the narrative thrust of each show is Garten’s anticipatory preparation for her end-of-show guests.” The piece also notes that “Catering-inspired cookbooks have a popular appeal and breakout potential that a chef’s vanity projects rarely do.

Posted July 30, 2003

Brady, Hastert, a Would-Be Spock and More The Speaker of the House reflects, a notable film sale, actor Wayne Brady’s memoir, yet another chronicle from an embedded reporter in Iraq (this one growing out of a recent three-part magazine series), a book positioned as “Dr. Spock for dog owners,” the growing identity theft problem, the seasons at a organic farm, and lots more, plus new ones live during the day, join us as a member at PublishersMarketplace.

Posted July 22, 2003

for a new thriller author, Joe McGinniss captured by one of the subjects of the moment, the bestseller that Tom Hanks wants to adapt and star in, another big film/TV deal, and more — about a dozen so far since last night’s Lunch Weekly, more — plus new ones live as we hear them, and our unparalleled archive of over 5,500 recent deals to search.

Posted July 16, 2003

is voted a $2 million advance for his book, and other big deals include Zbigniew Brzezinski’s latest, a new one from the author of Fermat’s Last Theorem, a big film deal for a book that’s still being written, a big paperback deal, and still plenty more, all posted at PublishersMarketplace.com, where members can view deals as they are reported, get a daily deal e-mail, and search our archive of over 5,500 deals. Join PublishersMarketplace.