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Deals: Week of 5/17/10

BY Rachel Deahl (@DeahlsDeals) | 05/17/2010 @ 12:00AM
Deals: Week of 5/10/10

BY Rachel Deahl | 05/10/2010 @ 12:00AM
Deals: Week of 5/3/2010

by Rachel Deahl | 05/03/2010 @ 12:00AM
HMH Looks to Reinvigorate Philip K. Dick with New Book, Backlist Program

by Rachel Deahl | 04/29/2010 @ 12:00AM

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is investing in sci-fi icon Philip K. Dick. The publisher, which just bought North American rights to an unpublished two-volume collection of letters, journal entries, and other work by Dick, The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick, has also acquired 39 of the author's backlist titles. The backlist books will be published by HMH's Mariner imprint, after the house releases The Exegesis in fall 2011.
Deals

by Rachel Deahl | 04/19/2010 @ 12:00AM

HC Kids' Gets 'Divergent' ; SMP Leads with Jensen; Rodale Gets 'Masterly' in the Kitchen; more.
Hyperion to Publish Jackie Kennedy Oral History Book

By Rachel Deahl | 04/13/2010 @ 02:21PM

Hyperion has signed a new book about Jackie Kennedy, collecting never-before-published interviews with the former first lady.
Deals

By Rachel Deahl | 04/12/2010 @ 12:00AM

Wolff Takes Bregman; Waxman sells Oher; Morrow Gets Shut-In; more.
Deals

by Rachel Deahl | 04/05/2010 @ 12:00AM

Touchstone nabs Guns N' Roses memoir; Walker signs Joel Greenberg; Houghton Mifflin scores debut novelist Jennifer Miller; more.
Flat World Knowledge Reaches Out to College Bookstores

Calvin Reid | 04/01/2010 @ 12:00AM

Flat World Knowledge, an open source textbook publisher offering free online texts and for-pay supplements, is launching an initiative to attract college bookstores to its publishing program.
Deals

by Rachel Deahl | 03/29/2010 @ 12:00AM

The Force Is with Dutton; Two from Gernert; Cumming Sticks with SMP; more.
Little, Brown Attends
Monster High

By Karen Raugust | 03/18/2010 @ 07:33PM

Under license from Mattel, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers will be publishing a new YA series, Monster High, written by Lisi Harrison, best known for the Clique and Alphas series. In the books, the sons and daughters of Frankenstein, The Mummy, and other famous movie monsters, disguised as humans, interact with the modern teenagers who are their fellow students. The concept was created in-house by Mattel, which sought out a publisher to help establish the brand and its storylines and characters.
Deals

by Rachel Deahl | 03/15/2010 @ 12:00AM

Razorbill pre-empts rights to Beth Revis debut; Cashore Reups at Dial; Hyperion wins Bob Friel's Colt; more
London Briefcase: What the Big Six Are Bringing to the Fair

By Rachel Deahl | 03/15/2010 @ 12:00AM

Glenn Beck rants about conspiracy theories (this time in fiction), Steve Martin explores the art world, Gary Shteyngart gets romantic, Jimmy Carter unlocks his diary, Laura Bush unlocks her life, and Drs. Oz and Roizen tackle parenting. These are just a few of the highlights you'll find among the books the “big six” are selling at the 2010 London Book Fair.
Dutton Children's Pre-Empts YA Debut for Six Figures

Rachel Deahl | 03/11/2010 @ 03:43PM

In a deal for six figures, Dutton Children's Books bought a debut YA novel by a young editor at another Penguin imprint.
Harper Buys Scott Brown Memoir

Rachel Deahl | 03/10/2010 @ 03:02PM

After word spread throughout the industry that a book proposal from newly elected Massachusetts senator Scott Brown was circulating, HarperCollins announced today Jonathan Burnham acquired a currently untitled memoir by the junior politician.
HMH Children's Buys Buzzed-About Anne Frank Novel

Rachel Deahl | 03/08/2010 @ 12:00AM

In another buzzed-about pre-Bologna acquisition, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Children's bought U.S. and Canadian rights to a YA novel called Annexed that tells a famous Holocaust tale from the vantage point of an unexpected player.
Harper Teen Pays Seven Figures for Debut YA Trilogy

Rachel Deahl | 03/05/2010 @ 02:44PM

In a major pre-Bologna acquisition, Laura Arnold at Harper Teen pre-empted North American rights to a debut YA trilogy by Josephine Angelini.
Chua's Sought-After Parenting Memoir Goes to Penguin Press

Rachel Deahl | 03/02/2010 @ 08:29PM

Amy Chua's highly sought-after memoir about her experiences with "Chinese mothering," Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, has landed at Penguin Press. According to industry sources, the book fetched an advance well over $500,000.
What's Old Is New for Pooh

By Karen Raugust | 02/25/2010 @ 09:30PM

Starting this spring, Penguin Young Readers Group's Grosset & Dunlap imprint will publish a variety of formats under the Classic Pooh brand, through a deal with Disney Licensed Publishing. The books, to include hardcover picture books, board books, paperback storybooks, sticker books and novelty books, will feature artwork inspired by the classic E.H. Shepard illustrations and editorial content tied to the world of A.A. Milne's original stories.
Dutton to Publish First John Grisham Series for Kids

By John A. Sellers | 02/25/2010 @ 09:00PM

Penguin Young Readers Group in the U.S. and Hodder & Stoughton in the U.K. announced today that they will be publishing bestselling author John Grisham's first series of books for children. The middle-grade series will focus on 13-year-old Theodore Boone, a legal whiz kid. In the first book, Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer, Theo gets caught up in a high-profile murder trial in his town. It's scheduled to be released by Dutton Children's Books on May 25, and on June 10 by Hodder in the U.K. The second book, as yet untitled, is scheduled for release in 2011.

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