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Grumpy Cat Has His Day, But Pig In A Wheelchair Is Next with Three-Book Deal

As previewed last week, Grumpy Cat emerged as one of the biggest celebrity draws at BEA last week, with convention-goers lining up by the Chronicle booth for almost two hours. "Just 15 minutes into the event, the crowd was so anxious to get close to Grumpy Cat that the BEA…

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People, Etc.

Hannah Wood has moved to Harper as an associate editor. Isaac Fitzgerald will join McSweeney's Publishing as publicity director on May 1. Previously he was managing editor of the literary website The Rumpus. Harper Christian has licensed exclusive rights to sell and distribute print editions of the entire catalog of…

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Former Rodale Star Zinczenko Pairs with Random House On Imprint, Book Deal, and Distribution

Random House Publishing Group will partner with former Rodale executive David Zinczenko for an imprint, a multi-book contract, and a distribution deal. The imprint, Zinc Ink, will issue 6 to 12 lifestyle and nonfiction titles a year starting in 2014 in a profit-sharing arrangement. Titles signed include Maria Menounos's The…

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Pre-London Dealmaking Is Moderate As the Money Goes to Fiction

It's time for our annual look at dealmaking activity in advance of the London Book Fair and as usual, we keep trying to find ways of looking at our deal report data that can reveal meaningful patterns rather than slight statistical oddities. It's hard, because every weekday brings an average…

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Newsmaking Authors: Malala Yousafzai to Tell Her Story, and Amanda Knox April Release Remains On Track

Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban after her public advocacy for education for girls, is telling her story in a book that multiple Hachette imprints will publish, starting this fall, we can report exclusively. I AM MALALA will tell in her…

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With Geithner's Deal, The Potential and The Challenge

As reported widely on Thursday--with a full deal report at PublishersMarketplace--the lengthy auction for former Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's book has concluded with Crown winning rights and aiming for a 2014 publication. How much Geithner reveals and how book buyers feel about his record will certainly weigh heavily on the…

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The Year In Deals: 2012

It's time for our annual look at trends in dealmaking from the previous, based as usual on reports to Publishers Marketplace. Which comes with the usual qualifiers: PM deal reports represent only a portion of activity in the marketplace, and characterizations of deal size in particular are dependent upon disclosure…

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Wool Author Makes Print-Only Deal with Simon & Schuster

Author of self-published NYT and USA Today ebook bestseller WOOL Hugh Howey has made a print-only deal with Simon & Schuster, which will release his title in both hardcover and paperback editions simultaneously in March 2013 while Howey continues to control the ebook version. He had already made a traditional…

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The Deal for Frankfurt: Fiction Surges On Romance Boom

With the Frankfurt Book Fair about a week away, it's time for our regular look at dealmaking patterns and trends in advance of the show. As usual, we try hard to let the data tell the meaningful stories. If you had asked for our impressionistic view based on the recent…

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Corporate: Amazon Publishing In Line To Buy Dorchester Publishing Assets; BN Annual Report Tidbits

Months after long-troubled Dorchester Publishing went into foreclosure with more than $2.9 million in outstanding debts to owner John Backe, it appears Amazon Publishing is in line to acquire the company's backlist, contracts, and other intellectual property, according to a notice of public disposition issued on June 27 and first…

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