Carol Burnett to Publish a Book about Her Daughter
Actress and author Carol Burnett has landed a book deal with Simon & Schuster to publish Carrie and Me: A Mother-Daughter Love Story. The memoir will explore her “relationship with her daughter Carrie Hamilton, an actress and writer who died ...
Philip K. Dick Total Recall eBook Coming
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has acquired the eBook rights to “We Can Remember it For You Wholesale,” the short story by the late Philip K. Dick that inspired the Total Recall movie in 1990 and an upcoming remake (trailer embedded above).
The Wylie ...
Harlan Ellison to Republish His Juvenile Delinquent Fiction
Harlan Ellison will republish a long out of print collection of pulpy short stories with Kicks Books at the end of the month.
Pulling a Train was originally published in 1959 as Sex Gang, “a brown-paper wrapper collection of his men’s magaz...
Aaron Sorkin to Write Film Adaptation of Steve Jobs Bio
Sony Pictures Entertainment will adapt Walter Isaacson‘s bestselling biography of Steve Jobs, with The Social Network screenwriter Aaron Sorkin writing on the script.
Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman Amy Pascal had this statement: “...
20th Century Fox Acquires Self-Published Novel
Teaming up with 20th Century Fox, director Ridley Scott and producer Steve Zaillian have acquired the film rights to Wool–a self-published science fiction novel about a dystopian future.
You can read an early draft of Wool at this link. Author Hu...
Charlaine Harris to End Sookie Stackhouse Series Next May
The beloved Sookie Stackhouse series–the vampire novels behind HBO’s True Blood–will end next year.
Novelist Charlaine Harris made the announcement on Facebook today: “the final Sookie Stackhouse book, Dead Ever After, will be o...
D.J. MacHale Inks Book Deal for Trilogy
Pendragon author D.J. MacHale has landed a deal with Penguin Young Readers Group’s Razorbill imprint for a new science-fiction trilogy.
The first book will be released in summer 2013. Razorbill senior editor Laura Arnold negotiated the deal with ...
Ann Coulter Inks Book Deal for October
Ann Coulter has landed a book deal with Penguin Group’s Sentinel imprint, scheduled to publish an unnamed book “directly relevant to the presidential election” in October.
William Morris Endeavor agent Mel Berger negotiated the deal w...
Former ‘Fox News’ Producer Joe Muto Inks Deal at Dutton
Joe Muto, a former television producer at Fox News, has landed a memoir deal with Penguin Group (USA)’s Dutton imprint.
Muto, “a self described bleeding heart liberal,” wrote An Atheist in the Foxhole to recount his eight years at Fo...
Abigail Tarttelin: ‘You have to close your mind to frustrations & know that you wrote something worth reading’
Novelist Abigail Tarttelin just landed a six-figure book deal with Orion Books UK for the UK and Commonwealth rights to her new book, Golden Boy.
Publication is set for May 2013. Agent Jo Unwin from Conville & Walsh negotiated the deal with Arzu Ka...
BeBe Winans to Publish Memoir about Whitney Houston Friendship
Gospel music star BeBe Winans has landed a book deal for a memoir about his friendship with the late singer Whitney Houston. Worthy Publishing will publish The Whitney I Knew in July, complete with photos and links to video performances.
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