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• Simon & Schuster Signs Deal with Sean Covey
11 May 2008 at 8:11am
by noreply@blogger.com (Brian Scott)
Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, has signed a deal to publish The 7 Habits of Happy Kids, the first picture book from Sean Covey in September 2008. Covey is the author of the multimillion copy best-selling The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, and The 6 Most Important Decisions You'll Ever Make: A Guide for Teens. The book will include illustrations by artist Stacy Curtis. The deal, which is for world rights, including audio, was negotiated by Rubin Pfeffer, Senior Vice-President and Publisher of Simon & Schuster Children's Trade Publishing, and Shannon Miser-Marven of Dupree/Miller & Associates.
The book's publication in September will also coincide with the launch of FranklinCovey's comprehensive... ( cont'd )
• Doubleday Canada To Publish The Long-Awaited New Book From Hockey Icon Don Cherry
10 May 2008 at 10:34am
by noreply@blogger.com (Brian Scott)
Doubleday Canada has acquired the long-awaited new book from hockey icon Don Cherry. DON CHERRY'S HOCKEY STORIES AND STUFF, written with veteran sports journalist Al Strachan, will arrive in bookstores across Canada in late October, 2008.
This is the book that Canadian hockey fans have been waiting for," says Maya Mavjee, Publisher of Doubleday Canada. "Everybody here is thrilled to be working with Don Cherry on this book."
"Like any good Canadian, I've spent more Saturday nights with Don Cherry than I can count," says Martha Kanya-Forstner, editorial director of Doubleday Canada. "All the stories he has to tell are entertaining, and many of them are unexpected. Don's excitement at the prospect of sharing them with readers is infectious."
Don Cherry was named the ... ( cont'd )
• Hyperion Announces Plans to Publish KASEY TO THE RESCUE
4 May 2008 at 9:41am
by noreply@blogger.com (Brian Scott)
Hyperion President, Ellen Archer, and Executive Editor, Brenda Copeland, have pre-empted North American rights to KASEY TO THE RESCUE: How a Capuchin Monkey Saved a Family in Despair by Ellen Rogers.
A single mother of five in her mid-fifties, Ellen Rogers has endured her fair share of tragedy having lost both her first husband and stepdaughter to cancer. But, nothing could have prepared Rogers for the June 2005 car accident that left her son, Ned Sullivan -- now 25 years old -- a quadriplegic with brain injury. When she heard about Helping Hands: Monkey Helpers for the Disabled, a non-profit group in Boston, MA, she immediately contacted them about receiving a monkey to help Ned cope with his disabilities. Enter Kasey -- the adorable, mischievous, fun-loving ca... ( cont'd )
• Paramount Pictures Buys Screen Rights to New York Times Bestsellers
3 May 2008 at 10:49am
by noreply@blogger.com (Brian Scott)
Paramount Pictures has purchased the screen rights to the current New York Times non-fiction bestsellers Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction by David Sheff and Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines by Nic Sheff, for development and feature film production by Plan B.
The critically lauded Beautiful Boy, published by Houghton Mifflin Co., chronicles the teenage Nic Sheff's descent into methamphetamine abuse from the point of view of his father, journalist David Sheff, as he struggles to help his son overcome addiction. In Tweak, Nic Sheff himself details a harrowing summer during which he lapsed back into drugs and how he eventually recovered. Beautiful Boy and Tweak immediately became non-fiction bestsellers. Beautiful Boy is currently #... ( cont'd )
• Audible Launches New Imprint
3 May 2008 at 10:45am
by noreply@blogger.com (Brian Scott)
 Audible, Inc. will launch a new science fiction and fantasy initiative that will give fans exclusive access to their favorite authors and deliver exclusive content.
Highlights of this new initiative include:
Audible Frontiers imprint and exclusive production agreements:
Audible is launching its original science fiction and fantasy audio imprint, Audible Frontiers, backed by a series of exclusive production agreements with today?s most-popular writers. The goal of Audible Frontiers is to expand greatly the number of audiobooks available to science fiction and fantasy fans. As a result, Audible is bringing to audio for the first time works by Jack Campbell, Harry Turtledove, Joe Haldeman, Robert J. Sawyer, Mike Resnick, Allen Steele, Connie Willis, Simon R. Green, S... ( cont'd )
• Quercus Publishing Plc: Book Rights Deals
27 Apr 2008 at 11:31am
by noreply@blogger.com (Brian Scott)
Quercus Publishing Plc, the PLUS-quoted publishing company, announced outstanding sales of overseas territorial rights in two of its recent acquisitions, Journal of Helene Berr and Genesis.
After a fierce auction between six different publishing houses, Weinstein Books bought the US rights to 'Journal of Helene Berr' from Quercus. The book is an uplifting journal of an intelligent and courageous young woman, Helene Berr, in occupied Paris. Helene was a student of English Literature at the Sorbonne in Paris. She was deported to Auschwitz in 1944 with her mother and father, and she died in Bergen-Belsen in April 1945, just a few weeks before the liberation of the camp. 'Journal of Helene Berr', which is being translated from French by David Bellos, has already bee... ( cont'd )
• DreamWorks Studios Options Rights to Atlantis Rising
20 Apr 2008 at 9:39am
by noreply@blogger.com (Brian Scott)
DreamWorks Studios has optioned the rights to make a feature film from Platinum Studios Inc.'s comic book "Atlantis Rising."
Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, who brought the project to the studio, will produce through their DreamWorks based company. Platinum Studios' Chairman and CEO, Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, will also produce. The Greenberg Group CEO and former Universal Pictures senior executive Randy Greenberg will executive produce and Platinum Studios' Rich Marincic will co-produce.
Created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, "Atlantis Rising" is a five-part mini series first published by Platinum Studios Comics in November of 2007. The fifth and final installment in the series is due on comic book shelves in late April 2008.
In "Atlantis Rising," seismic disturbanc... ( cont'd )
• Lifetime Television Adapts Patricia Cornwell's Novels for TV
20 Apr 2008 at 9:36am
by noreply@blogger.com (Brian Scott)
 In a ground-breaking agreement, Lifetime Television will become the first network ever to adapt acclaimed international author Patricia Cornwell's novels for television. Her #1 New York Times bestseller, At Risk, and its sequel, The Front, to be published by G.P. Putnam's Sons in May, have been optioned by the Network.
Stanley M. Brooks and Jim Head of Once Upon a Time Films (LMN's "The Capture of the Green River Killer" -- Lifetime Movie Network's highest-rated movie in its 10-year history; Emmy(R) Award-winning "Broken Trail"), Russell Werdin and Lane Bishop of Twinstar Entertainment and Patricia Cornwell will serve as executive producers.
Other bestsellers that have been adapted to Lifetime Original Movies include Joyce Carol Oates' "We Were the Mulvaneys," Su... ( cont'd )
• Disney Publishing Worldwide Signs Multi-Book Deal with Author Rick Riordan
6 Apr 2008 at 11:03am
by noreply@blogger.com (Brian Scott)
 Rick Riordan, the multi-award-winning, New York Times bestselling author of the internationally beloved Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, has signed a multi-book deal ? which includes a new, original fantasy series - with Disney Publishing Worldwide (DPW).
As a response to the huge anticipation from retailers, DPW has announced a first printing of 1 million books for the fourth book in the Percy Jackson series, The Battle of the Labyrinth, which goes on sale in the U.S. on May 6th. As part of launch day celebrations, Rick Riordan will appear at BookPeople in Austin, TX and take part in chariot races, a Pit of Targarus, and interact with a centaur. BookPeople will also be hosting Camp Half-Blood, a camp for kids based on the Percy Jackson books, throughout ... ( cont'd )
• HarperCollins Publishers Signs Danielle Steel to Children's Book Deal
6 Apr 2008 at 11:02am
by noreply@blogger.com (Brian Scott)
HarperCollins Publishers has acquired world rights to The Happiest Hippo in the World, a children's picture book by international bestselling author Danielle Steel. The new book, by the author of 88 adult novels, including Honor Thyself, Sisters, and the "Max and Martha" series for children, tells the story of a baby hippo who happens to be born green instead of gray and learns with the help of a little boy to love himself despite being different. Both delightful and heartwarming, the book was written by Ms. Steel for her son Nicholas Traina when he was little and is expected to be published in Fall 2009. Illustrations will be by celebrated artist Margaret Spengler.
The deal was negotiated by Kate Jackson, SVP/Associate Publisher, Editor-in-Chief of HarperCollin... ( cont'd )
• The Weinstein Company Acquires Rights to Bob Marley Autobiography
13 Mar 2008 at 7:17am
by noreply@blogger.com (Brian Scott)
 The Weinstein Company has acquired the rights to develop, produce and distribute the first ever biopic about the legendary Jamaican singer, songwriter, guitarist, and activist, Bob Marley and his wife Rita Marley. The feature film will be based on the autobiography "No Woman No Cry: My Life With Bob Marley" written by Rita Marley, the widow of the legendary reggae musician. The book is an intimate and epic account of their relationship, which went from the streets of Trenchtown to the heights of the international music and political worlds. Rudy Langlais ("The Hurricane") is set to produce the film from a script written by Lizzie Borden ("Working Girls"). Rita Marley will serve as executive producer.
Production Executive, Ben Famiglietti brought this project to ... ( cont'd )
• CBS Films and Simon & Schuster/Atria Books Reach Publishing Agreements with Author Vince Flynn
9 Mar 2008 at 7:34am
by noreply@blogger.com (Brian Scott)
 CBS Films and Simon & Schuster/Atria Books -- both divisions of CBS Corporation -- have reached film and publishing agreements with best-selling author Vince Flynn for upcoming projects.
Flynn is the author of nine best-selling novels, eight of which feature the popular character, counter-terrorism operative Mitch Rapp. There are over 10 million copies of Flynn's books in print in the U.S., and with his most recent book, Protect and Defend, he joined the ranks of those select few authors who can immediately claim the Number One spot on hardcover bestseller lists in their first week on sale.
CBS Films has optioned the rights for Flynn's Mitch Rapp character with the intention of creating a character-based, action-thriller movie franchise. Lorenzo di Bonaventura, w... ( cont'd )
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