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James Frey Lands Publisher (or vice versa)

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

The press rarely reports on book deals in the making, so the amount of blow-by-blow coverage of James Frey shopping a six-book YA series is amazing.

But then, this wasn’t a run-of-the mill book deal. The film rights to the first book in the sold for a “high six figures” to Transformers director Michael Bay. MTV, based on the synopsis alone, has already declared that Frey has a Twilight-type hit in the making. At first, the book was shopped anonymously, adding a touch of intrigue.

It still remained to be seen who the publisher would be. Today, the NYT reports that HarperCollins Children’s Books bought the rights to I Am Number Four.

No word on pub date.

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I Can Haz Book Deel?

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

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O.K., I admit it, I was searching for an excuse to run this picture from I Can Haz Cheezburger. Galley Cat (who shares our fascination with felines) reports that the “insanely popular” site (currently #10 on Technorati’s list of most popular blogs in the world) is headed for the print world. Gotham Books, an imprint of Penguin, won a two-day auction for the book. No word on publication date.

I also admit that I stole the headline from Galley Cat, but as the NY Times recently reported, titles cannot be copywrited. Besides, it was too perfect.

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The World’s Best-Known Publishing Assistant

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

That would be Bridie Clark, probably the luckiest chick-lit author in history. Her mildly amusing debut, “Because She Can,” featuring a foul-mouthed publishing mogul remarkably similar to her former boss, Judith Regan, was published just before Regan was again in the headlines. Clark has just been signed by another former boss, at Weinstein Books for her second book. It’s billed as a modern retelling of Pygmalion. No word on whether any publishing figures will be involved.

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Ted Kennedy Writing Autobio

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Twelve, the year-old imprint of Grand Central Publishing (a division of Hachette Book Group and formerly called Warner Books) announced today that they have acquired the rights to Senator Kennedy’s autobiography, with a release date of Fall, 2010. The Times estimates the advance at more than $8 million.

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