Sh*t Girls Say Creators Land Harlequin Book Deal
Sh*t Girls Say creators Kyle Humphrey and Graydon Sheppard have inked a book deal with Harlequin. A book based on the popular YouTube video series is scheduled for a fall 2012 release.
The first video (embedded above) has already generated more tha...
Amazon to Reissue James Bond Books
Amazon has cut a deal for a ten-year print and eBook license for North American rights to Ian Fleming‘s James Bond series. Starting this summer, Amazon Publishing’s Thomas & Mercer imprint will re-release the classic spy series.
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Pippa Middleton Has Party Planning Book Coming Out
The Duchess of Cambridge’s little sister, Pippa Middleton, has a party-planning book coming out from Penguin in October.
USA Today reported that Middleton received a $600,000 advance for Celebrate. Here is more from the story: “Interest in...
Pseudonymous Bosch Lands Deal with Dial Books for Young Readers
Secret Series author Pseudonymous Bosch (a.k.a. Raphael Simon) has inked a deal for a new middle grade trilogy with Penguin’s Dial Books for Young Readers.
The not-yet-titled first book is slated for release in 2013. Literary agent Sarah Burnes...
Orhan Pamuk Inks Deal with ABRAMS
Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk has landed a deal with ABRAMS for The Innocence of Objects. The book is slated for worldwide release in October 2012. Andrew Wylie of the Wylie Agency negotiated the deal with editor-in-chief Eric Himmel.
This publication ca...
Jules Feiffer Lands Deal for His First Original Graphic Novel
Award-winning cartoonist Jules Feiffer has inked a deal with W.W. Norton’s Liveright imprint for his first original graphic novel, Kill My Mother.
The book is slated for release in fall 2013. Feiffer (pictured, via) will serve as both writer and art...
96-Year-Old Novelist Herman Wouk Lands Book Deal
96-year-old novelist Herman Wouk has sold his latest novel to Simon & Schuster. The Lawgiver follows the production of a movie about Moses through “letters, memos, emails, journals, news articles, recorded talk, tweets, Skype transcripts, a...
Andrew Shaffer Inks Book Deal for ‘Fifty Shames of Earl Grey’
Andrew Shaffer has sold his Fifty Shades of Grey parody, Fifty Shames of Earl Grey, to Da Capo.
Shaffer is the writer behind the Evil Wylie and Emperor Franzen Twitter accounts, and tweeted the news: “BREAKING: Hack writer sells 50 Shades of Grey...
Carrie Brownstein Lands Deal for a Memoir
Sleater-Kinney co-founder and Portlandia star Carrie Brownstein has inked a book deal with Riverhead Books.
According to the publisher, the book will tell the story of “her life in music, from ardent fan to pioneering female guitarist to comedic ...
