Posted March 14, 2003

Reuters item Shopgirl Moves Forward Disney has picked up rights to the film version of Steve Martin’s SHOPGIRL after Lakeshore Entertainment had put the property into turnaround, Variety reports. Martin wrote the script and will star in the film. Jobs Click here to see the job openings Employers can click here to post Get Lunch Click here to subscribe or to change your address Brought to you by Cader Books.

Posted March 13, 2003

Movies, Football, and More Clint Eastwood buys film rights to a manuscript being shopped to publishers later this month and a current bestseller gets picked up for film as well, along with the physics of football, a first fiction pre-empt, and many more new deals — over 50 since the beginning of the week and growing as everyone prepares for London.

Posted March 11, 2003

Clark, multiple promising first fiction sales (one a big UK deal; one a fashion world novel from a women’s magazine writer now living in Australia), a major film buy for a forthcoming thriller, a prominent female executive on Why Women Don’t Get Paid Like Men — And What to Do So We Will, a big sale for an educator’s take on improving children’s essential social skills, and still plenty more. As usual, PublisherMarketplace.

Posted March 7, 2003

The hometown Minneapolis Star Tribune comments, “Consortium’s reputation within the publishing industry is similar to Miramax Film’s standing within the film industry as a promoter of feisty and elegant independent films. Consortium’s publishers may not produce runaway best-sellers, but they represent the best and brightest of small publishers around the world.

Posted March 4, 2003

from a Booker shortlisted author, a book optioned by the producer of About Schmidt and Julia Roberts’ production company, Jill Bialosky’s latest novel, a film deal for Bel Canto, a big deal for the founder of Jamba Juice, and plenty more-over at PublishersMarketplace.com. Make PublishersMarketplace.com your home page (as many of your colleagues have) and get access any time to our Deal of the Day, the top story from Lunch, breaking news as warrants, the latest book

Posted February 27, 2003

like a pioneering reporter on privacy explores how current and pending security measures may curtail our civil liberties and privacy, and “Lionboy” deals for film and US publication. The truth is, you’ve got nothing to lose since you still have a limited window in which to try the site out. Join Marketplace here and enjoy full benefits Go directly to the latest deals Report Your Own Have a deal to report? Just e-mail to michael@caderbooks.

Posted February 25, 2003

multiple promising first fiction sales (one a big UK deal; one a fashion world novel from a women’s magazine writer now living in Australia), a major film buy for a forthcoming thriller, a prominent female executive on Why Women Don’t Get Paid Like Men — And What to Do So We Will, a big sale for an educator’s take on improving children’s essential social skills, and still plenty more. As usual, PublisherMarketplace.

Posted February 21, 2003

msbooks.com. LA Times article on closing King’s Bullet to be Filmed Production is moving forward on a film version of Stephen King’s RIDING THE BULLET, with Brad Krevoy and Motion Picture Corp. of America producing, financed by ApolloMedia. Shooting is expected to start in May. Variety item Big Surprise-Frankfurt Hotels Not Interested in Reducing Prices An article in Germany’s Borsenblatt (captured here via machine translation) indicates that negotiations between

Posted February 11, 2003

her 10-year-old daughter, excitement over Frederick Forsyth’s first new thriller in six years, another big sale in the UK for a novel about Irish crime bosses, film deals for Book Sense favorite T’ongil, Jeffrey Frank, and a forthcoming Scribner novel, all about NASCAR rebel Curtis Turner, a new way to beat the biological clock, and more. If you’ve been wondering about joining PublishersMarketplace.

Posted February 6, 2003

to the bestselling Left Behind franchise, a big auction for first fiction, a story about some students in North Carolina building an electric car that has “film rights” written all over it, a big UK deal for a book that tells the story of WW II through diary excerpts from generals, politicians, service personnel, and civilians all over the world, and still much more.

Posted February 5, 2003

a big UK novel purchase where the publisher has already turned down one US pre-empt), a Paris Review editor’s first novel and other literary fiction sales, film rights to a big fall novel, a book from the mother of Backstreet Boy AJ McLean, “the world’s first Jewish humorous feminist academic novel,” and still plenty more.

Posted February 4, 2003

Mike Perry’s latest, a Harvard MBA’s big sale for a book teaching older women how to develop a marketing plan for getting married, the Six Feet Under tie-in, film rights for Life of Pi, more chick lit, a look at the famous rivalry between Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain, the latest from Miles Harvey, a French bestseller, the new face of spirituality in America, and still more — as well as for the latest news every day, please join us now as a member at

Posted January 30, 2003

proposal board in significant numbers, with about 40 postings from the last week offering everything from North American rights to selected translation and film rights on all manner of substantial manuscripts. Check it out regularly to see what you’re missing. Rights and proposal board Scholastic’s “Star” Scholastic’s svp for global operations and information technology Beth Ford makes Crain’s 40 Under 40: New York’s Rising Stars list.

Posted January 27, 2003

Hoffman sells two novels in a big deal, Alan Cumming will help turn his book into a film (and young novelist Cecelia Ahern gets a major film deal of her own), a look at the beasts that used to reside in the Tower of London, a big thriller deal, and much more. Check them all out, search our deals database of well over 4,000 transactions, and even sign up for an optional daily deal e-mail if you want-all for those who join us as members at PublishersMarketplace.com.

Posted January 22, 2003

of Slovenian writer Miha Mazzini’s GUARDING HANNA is said to be a likely candidate for reprint in the next month or two, and the focus of “nibbles” for film rights. Seattle Times piece Jobs The job board’s looking very active again; whether you’re applying, or looking to fill a post, it’s the place to be. Click here to see the job openings Employers can click here to post Get Lunch Click here to subscribe Brought to you by Cader Books.

Posted January 21, 2003

(Boston police are now said to be investigating the case.) He found his mother as part of the research for his book. He appeared on GMA this summer and sold film rights for six figures to Marty Katz Productions. Here, the Tennessean tells his story as he gets ready to tour local churches in promotion of the book. On Landers Scholastic Acquires Goosebumps as Suits with Parachute Press Are Settled Scholastic settled their long-running disputes with Parachute Press

Posted January 8, 2003

Variety column 3. Peter Gethers’ out or print novel GETTING BLUE, about a baseball player, is being developed for film by Entitled Entertainment and Gethers is writing the screenplay. (Which Keith Kelly stretches into an erroneous opener indicating he’s “turning screenwriter,” apparently unaware that Gethers has been writing screen- and tele-plays for decades, including Kate and Allie, Charles in Charge, and even the adaptation of Who is Nick Saint? in collaboration with

Posted January 6, 2003

There are lots of deal reports to catch up on, with many new ones recently arrived, including film deals for fiction and non-fiction, a big first fiction sale in the UK already sparking worldwide interest, our times as seen through the lens of Today Show, the Wiseguy’s sequel, a bio of the man the FBI considered the most powerful lawyer around, fiction from a Paris Review Discovery winner, and much more.

Posted December 31, 2002

” Guardian/Bookscan list Steven Spielberg is close to signing a deal to adapt Belgian comic strip character Tintin for film. Business Week piece Our Offer Still Stands One more reminder-since lots of people took us up on it yesterday — that as both inducement and special holiday celebration, we’re extending the free introductory trial period at PublishersMarketplace.com from now until the end of the year.

Posted December 17, 2002

NYDN story USA Today article Agent Pine Will Co-Produce Schubert Bonnie Marson’s forthcoming novel SLEEPING WITH SCHUBERT was bought for film rights by former Warner Bros. head Lorenzo di Bonaventura, and agent Richard Pine is coming along as a co-producer, which catches Variety’s attention. “Hollywood rarely makes lit agents feel special, and Pine had the leverage and support of the author and his co-agents at UTA to make this an exception.