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Deals: Week of 11/24/2008
Four More Hours Timothy Ferriss has just signed a major deal with Crown to continue his 4-Hour brand; executive editor Heather Jackson bought world rights to a new 4-Hour title from Stephen Hanselman at Level5 Media. Ferriss, whose The 4-Hour Work Week has sold 600,000 hardcovers to date for Crown, will bring his approach to “lifestyle hacking” to an equally important area of our li...
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Deals: Week of 11/17/08
Silverstone to Rodale Pam Krauss at Rodale preempted a diet book by actress and animal rights advocate Alicia Silverstone, tentatively titled The Kind Diet; Peter Steinberg sold world rights. By exploring the connection between what we put in our bodies and what we're doing to the planet, the book will help readers choose the right foods in the kitchen; it will include a three-step diet program...
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Deals: Another Buffett
Another Buffett John Glusman at Harmony beat four other bidders in an auction for Peter Buffett’s Life Is What You Make It; Richard Pine at InkWell sold North American rights. Buffett, who forsook the chance to join his father’s business to pursue his own passion for music, will write about values, identity and growing up as one of Warren Buffett’s sons; as a young man, he wa...
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A Behemoth at Center Stage
A massive woman with massive problems anchors Tiffany Baker's first novel, The Little Giant of Aberdeen County (Reviews, Sept. 8). The story is told from the viewpoint of Truly Plaice, whose large stature is the result of a glandular disorder. What inspired you to feature such an unusual character? I started with the character—it was like tuning in a radio, and I got the Truly station.
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Deals: Dorman Gets Debut
Dorman Gets Debut In an overnight preempt, Pamela Dorman acquired a debut novel called Saving Ceecee Honeycutt for her imprint at Viking; the author is Kentucky native Beth Hoffman, and Catherine Drayton at InkWell sold world rights. Compared to The Secret Life of Bees as well as Steel Magnolias, the novel tells the story of a 12-year-old who spends the first years of her life taking care of he...
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Licensing Hotline: October 2008
A compilation of recent licensing news.
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Deals: Less Is More
Less Is More Rick Horgan at Crown preempted world rights to Un-Conform: Cancel All Your Meetings, One-Down the Competition and Discover Greatness by 37 Signals founders Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hanson; Lisa DiMona at Lark Productions made the six-figure sale. This manual will urge readers to under-do their competitors, focusing on just the important stuff in order to fight the epidemic ...
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Q & A with Neil Gaiman
Children's Bookshelf spoke with Neil Gaiman about his new novel, The Graveyard Book (HarperCollins).
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Deals: Greenlaw Moves to Viking
Greenlaw Moves to Viking Viking’s Wendy Wolf has acquired two new nonfiction books by Linda Greenlaw in a world rights deal with Stuart Krichevsky. The first, to be published in summer 2010, marks her return this fall to swordfishing (the career that brought her to the public eye in The Perfect Storm), beginning with her first trip to the Grand Banks in over a decade.
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Foundry Lands Four Deals
Last week was a big one for Foundry, the literary agency founded a little over one year ago. Mollie Glick, who left Jean Naggar to join Foundry last month, made her first sale at the agency, conducting an eight-house auction for Lenore Skenazy's Free Range Kids. Alan Rinzler at Jossey-Bass won North American rights to this parenting book, based on the New York Sun column Skenazy wrote about let...
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Deals: Wilson's Novel
Wilson's Novel Bob Weil at Norton has acquired world rights to Edward O. Wilson's first novel, The Anthill, as well as his next work of social biology, The Forces of Social Evolution, from John Taylor “Ike” Williams at Kneerim & Williams. The scientist's novel, to pub in 2010, deals with a young man whose life is shaped by poverty, a love of nature and a mission to save a unique...
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Deals: To Catch a Thief
To Catch a Thief Bob Wittman, the special agent who created the FBI's art theft recovery team and, until his retirement on September 19, was its only undercover operative, inked a deal to tell the story of his career, tentatively titled In Pursuit of the Priceless; Rick Horgan at Crown beat out five other publishers for North American rights via Larry Weissman.
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Deals: Elements of Graphic Style
Elements of Graphic Style Norton senior editor Maria Guarnaschelli beat four other publishers in an auction for Dona Wong's The Wall Street Journal Guide to Presenting Data, Facts and Figures; Lynn Johnston sold world rights. Aiming to be the Strunk & White of graphics, the book will instruct readers how to express themselves in a data-driven world in which the good graphics have become a...
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Deals: Meister to Putnam
Meister to Putnam Putnam's Rachel Kahan won North American rights to a new novel by Ellen Meister in an auction conducted by Andrea Cirillo at Jane Rotrosen. The book, The Silver Line, tells the story of a suburban mom expecting her second child who discovers that she might be able to slip through a wrinkle in time and return to her single life.
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Deals: Michaels Re-Ups with Kensington
Michaels Re-ups with Kensington Kensington president Steve Zachariushas signed bestselling author Fern Michaels to a new five-book contract in a world rights deal negotiated by Martin Friedman at McLaughlin & Stern; Audrey LaFehr will edit. The new books, beginning with Under the Radar in June 2009, will continue the Sisterhood series, about a group of strong female friends who create their...
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Deals: Laird to Viking
Laird to Viking Viking president Clare Ferraro has signed up two new novels by Nick Laird in a U.S. rights—only deal with Natasha Fairweather at A.P. Watt; Viking publisher Paul Slovak will edit. The first of the two books is tentatively titled Glover’s Mistake and examines the corrosive power of jealousy through the prism of an unusual threesome: a 30-something college teacher in L...
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Deals: Big Memoirs to Crown
Big Memoirs to Crown Harmony publisher Shaye Areheart just signed up a new book by Brooke Newman with a preemptive six-figure offer to Sterling Lord, who sold North American rights. The working title is A Love of Numbers, and John Glusman will edit. Described as a memoir with poetic license, the book is set in Washington, D.
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Deals: Miracle Movie
Miracle Movie In January 2006, Logan and Noah Miller's father, a homeless alcoholic, died in jail. The twins, aspiring filmmakers with no meaningful experience, had for years wanted to make an autobiographical film about their dad, and on the day he died, they vowed to make it happen. In Either You're In or In the Way, the Millers will describe how, without a dime to their name or a single Hol...
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Deals: Free Press Preempts 'Stuff'
Free Press Preempts 'Stuff' Wylie O'Sullivan at the Free Press preempted world rights to Annie Leonard's The Story of Stuff via Linda Loewenthal at David Black, who had four preemptive offers and 15 publishers interested. Leonard, the creator of the Internet short film phenomenon The Story of Stuff, which has gotten almost four million full views, will expand on the life of the stuff we use eve...
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Deals: Sibling Rivalry
Sibling Rivalry Atria senior editor Greer Hendricks won an auction for a first novel by Sarah Pekkanen titled Way Beyond Compare; Victoria Sanders sold world English rights. Pekkanen, a monthly columnist for Bethesda magazine, will, tongue in cheek, explore low self-esteem, the hunger to succeed and have it all, and the grueling but rewarding bond of sisterhood.
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