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Toy Fair 2009: Back to Basics
The number of exhibitors at this week's New York International Toy Fair was down from years past—fewer than 30 booths featured publishers or authors, for example, compared to the typical 40 to 45—and traffic was light. Many publishers said they had a productive show, however, noting that attendees were serious about writing orders.
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Deals: Week of 2/23/2009
Wallace’s Wisdom Julian Pavia at Crown acquired North American rights to Mike Wallace and Beth Knobel’s Heat and Light: Advice for the Next Generation of Journalists; Doug Grad made the sale. The book will offer advice on what it takes to create great journalism, including tips on gathering story ideas, cultivating sources, crafting compelling narratives and conducting interviews.
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Of Prussia, with Love
Michael G. Jacob, under the pseudonym of Michael Gregorio, writes, along with his Italian wife, Daniela De Gregorio, a historical mystery series influenced by the ideas of Prussian philosopher Immanuel Kant, the latest of which is A Visible Darkness.
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Deals
The Economics of Behavior David Moldawer at Portfolio beat three other bidders in a two-day auction for Moneylab: Lab-Tested Wisdom from the New Science of Business by Kay-Yut Chen and Marina Krakovsky; Ted Weinstein made the well-into-six-figure world rights sale. In the book, Hewlett-Packard economist Chen and science journalist Krakovsky will explain the practical implications of behavioral...
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Deals
Free Press Keeps Gilmore Free Press editor-in-chief Dominick Anfuso has acquired North American rights to Mikal Gilmore's The Albums: The Story of a Life Lived With and Without a Music Collection in a deal with Richard Pine at InkWell. In the book—which Gilmore considers to be a “partner” to his National Book Critics Circle Award—winning memoir, Shot in the Heart, about ...
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Deals
Pittman Preempted Riverhead's Sarah McGrath preempted Ring of Fire: Marriage, Kids and Other Acts of Reckless Abandon by Good Housekeeping contributing editor and blogger Kyran Pittman; Sally Wofford-Girand at Brick House sold world rights. Through essays on love, family, sex, sex after children, money, foreclosure, etc.
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Licensing Hotline: January 2009
News of new licensees for The 39 Clues, Random House’s latest Pixar tie-ins, the first-ever VeggieTales Bible, the latest on Lucy Cousins licensing, a new brand from author Todd Parr, and merchandise and broadcast plans for Gaspard and Lisa.
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'Angelology' Goes to Viking
After a bidding war among seven houses Angelology, the debut novel from Danielle Trussoni, has gone to Viking in a preempt.
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Deals
Norton Wins Enright Norton senior editor Maria Guarnaschelli won a best-bid auction for the next novel by Booker Prize—winner Anne Enright; Melanie Jackson made the U.S. rights sale in association with Gill Coleridge in London. Enright is the author of five works of fiction, the most recent being the prize-winning The Gathering, published by Grove.
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Deals
Dutton Wins Dunham In her first buy for Dutton, new executive editor Carrie Thornton won a multiple-bidder, two-day auction for comedian-ventriloquist Jeff Dunham's untitled memoir; Peter McGuigan at Foundry made the mid-six-figure North American rights sale. Dunham's account of his life and career will include commentary and other interruptions from his characters.
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Deals
Fiction Buys at SMP Jennifer Enderlin at St. Martin's preempted Still Missing by Chevy Stevens in a North American rights deal with Mel Berger at William Morris. The novel, about a woman who is kidnapped by a psychopath while holding an open house no one comes to, is told partly through sessions with the heroine's psychologist.
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Deals: Week of 12/15/2008
Ross Re-ups with FSG FSG editor-in-chief Eric Chinski has signed National Book Critics Circle Award—winner Alex Ross to a new two-book deal; Tina Bennett at Janklow & Nesbit sold North American rights. Based on Ross's New Yorker essays, Listen to This will introduce basic musical concepts in a broader conversation about classical and pop music; pub date is 2010.
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Deals: Week of 12/8/2008
Baum's Yellow Brick Road Deanne Urmy at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt bested four other bidders for Evan I. Schwartz's Finding Oz: How L. Frank Baum Discovered the Great American Story; Lane Zachary and Todd Shuster at Zachary Shuster Harmsworth negotiated the six-figure North American rights deal, which was made before HMH's acquisitions freeze.
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Deals: Week of 12/1/2008
Money Savvy Adrian Zackheim and Adrienne Schultz at Portfolio beat several other bidders in an auction for Zac Bissonette's first book via David Kuhn at Kuhn Projects. The author, a college sophomore and co-editor of AOL's WalletPop.com, will argue that American parents and their high school children need to rethink their approach to choosing and paying for college.
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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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