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Rights Report: March 17

| 03/17/2011 @ 04:00PM

Emily Meehan at Disney-Hyperion has acquired the seventh and final installment of Melissa de la Cruz’s Blue Bloods series, along with two companion novels. Christy Ottaviano has bought world English rights to Lisa Schroeder's first foray into YA fantasy, Impossibly Small, for her imprint at Henry Holt.
Crown Signs Michelle Obama

| 03/16/2011 @ 12:00AM

Michelle Obama has inked a deal to write a book about the garden she planted on the South Lawn of the White House for Crown.
Random Acquires Al Gore's Next Book

| 03/15/2011 @ 12:39AM

Random House has acquired a new book by Al Gore, a yet-to-be-titled book on the political, social, and economic forces “shaping what America and the world will become in ensuing decades.” The book is the first acquisition for Jon Meacham, executive v-p, executive editor, since he joined Random earlier this year, and it is slated for release in 2012.
Deals: Week of 3/14/11

By Rachel Deahl (@deahlsdeals) | 03/14/2011 @ 12:00AM

Macmillan Kids' Nabs Schroeder Fantasy Effort and More.
Rights Report: March 10

| 03/10/2011 @ 12:00AM

New deals for several YA novels, and a middle-grade poetry anthology.
Alice Hoffman Moving to Scribner

| 03/10/2011 @ 12:00AM

Alice Hoffman is moving from Random House to Scribner. The house will publish Hoffman’s next novel, The Dovekeepers, on October 4. Evp and publisher Susan Moldow and svp and editor-in-chief Nan Graham, who will be Hoffman’s editor, acquired the book from Elaine Markson of the Markson Thoma Literary Agency.
Deals: Week of 3/7/2011

By Rachel Deahl (@deahlsdeals) | 03/07/2011 @ 12:00AM

HC Children's Throws Down for Debut and more.
Deals: Week of 2/28/2011

By Rachel Deahl (@deahlsdeals) | 02/28/2011 @ 12:00AM

Free Press Nabs Sweden's 'Crime Sisters' and more.
S&S Signs Kingsbury to 10 Book Co-Publishing Deal

| 02/24/2011 @ 12:00AM

Simon & Schuster's religious imprint Howard Books has signed a multi-book world rights co-publishing agreement with bestselling Christian fiction author Karen Kingsbury. The deal, negotiated by Becky Nesbitt, v-p and editor in chief of Howard Books and Rick Christian, president of Alive Communications, involves 10 books with the first to be released in June 2012.
Deals: Week of 2/21/11

By Rachel Deahl (@deahlsdeals) | 02/21/2011 @ 12:00AM

Avery Gets Fine 'Bud' and more.
Harpo Picks Abrams for 'Oprah' Book

By Publishers Weekly Staff | 02/14/2011 @ 12:00AM

Harpo, Inc. and Abrams have inked a deal to publish a book about The Oprah Winfrey Show. The book will come out this fall, following the conclusion of the show’s 25th and final season. The illustrated coffee table book will include images from the show as well as “new material and text,” an Abrams spokesperson said.
Deals: Week of 2/14/11

By Rachel Deahl (@deahlsdeals) | 02/14/2011 @ 12:00AM

Spencer Tries Horror and More.
RH Children's Nabs YA Trilogy by 'Twin Peaks' Co-Creator

By Rachel Deahl | 02/08/2011 @ 12:00AM

Mark Frost, the co-creator of David Lynch's celebrated cult TV hit Twin Peaks, has sold his first children's book to Random House. Editorial director of Random House Children's Jim Thomas acquired the trilogy, called Will West: The Epic, in a deal brokered by agents Sophie Hicks and Ed Victor of Ed Victor Ltd. The first book in the series, The Paladin Protocol, is scheduled for release in North America for fall 2012.
Triumph, KCI Sports on Packers Bandwagon Too

By Claire Kirch | 02/08/2011 @ 12:00AM

Skyhorse Publishing is not the only publisher crashing a Packer-related book. Triumph Books, which has a history of doing books on winning sports teams, has a new book, as does Wisconsin-based KCI Sports Publishing.
Deals: Week of 2/7/11

By Rachel Deahl (@deahlsdeals) | 02/07/2011 @ 12:00AM

Crown Takes 'Triangle' and Literary Debut and More.
Atheneum to Publish William Joyce 'Guardians' Series

By John A. Sellers | 01/31/2011 @ 12:00AM

Starting in fall 2011, Simon & Schuster’s Atheneum imprint will publish the first two books in William Joyce's new series, The Guardians of Childhood, which will present the histories of such childhood icons as Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman, and the Easter Bunny. The series will consist of 13 books—seven chapter books and six picture books.

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