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Orbit to Publish Andrzej Sapkowski’s Next Witcher Novel

By John Maher | 02/27/2025 @ 09:00AM

Orbit acquired Andrzej Sapkowski’s Crossroads of Ravens in a seven-figure deal, with veteran translator David French set to translate from the Polish. The book is set for release in 19 territories on September 30.
Book Deals: Week of February 24, 2025

By John Maher | 02/21/2025 @ 07:00PM

Summit preempts a debut across four territories, Norton and Graywolf pick up an African epic and Latinx poetry anthology, respectively, and more in this week’s book deals.
Book Deals: Week of February 17, 2025

Edited by John Maher | 02/14/2025 @ 07:00PM

A big-name picture book adaptation of a classic Grimm fairy tale goes to HarperCollins, Margaret Atwood brings a memoir to Doubleday, Sourcebooks picks up the memoir of the daughter of Gisele Pelicot, and more in this week’s book deals.
Book Deals: Week of February 10, 2025

By John Maher | 02/07/2025 @ 07:00PM

Claudia Rankine returns to Graywolf with her genre-busting latest, the creator of a popular animated short takes three graphic novels to Oni, and more in this week’s book deals.
Book Deals: Week of February 3, 2025

Edited by John Maher | 01/31/2025 @ 07:00PM

New books from Mitch Albom, Dan Brown, and Lee Child get set for fall, Norton lands an investigative journalist’s long look at TikTok, and more in this week’s book deals.
Book Deals: Week of January 13, 2025

By John Maher | 01/10/2025 @ 07:00PM

A PEN Translation Prize winner signs two with HarperVia, Amy Jo Burns pens a novel as a paean to women songwriters for Celadon, and more in this week’s book deals.
Summit Books to Publish Monique El-Faizy’s Account of French Rape Trial

By John Maher | 12/19/2024 @ 10:30AM

Publisher Judy Clain has acquired North American rights to ‘In This Dark Room: Secrets, Shame, and Reckoning at a French Trial,’ billed as as “a gripping journalistic account of the infamous 2024 rape trial” that has ended with a guilty verdict for Dominique Pelicot.
Book Deals: Week of December 16, 2024

By Andrew Albanese | 12/13/2024 @ 06:00PM

Berkley takes Libby Page’s bookish love story, Pam Dorman Books takes a new entry in Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series, and more.
Book Deals: Week of December 9, 2024

By Andrew Albanese | 12/06/2024 @ 07:00PM

Avon lands Raven Kennedy’s new romantasy duology, Bloomsbury signs historian Jacob Anbinder’s exploration of the housing crisis in America, and more.
Book Deals: Week of December 2, 2024

By Andrew Albanese | 11/29/2024 @ 07:00PM

Putnam signs a time-bending new novel by bestselling writing duo—and real-life couple—Josie Lloyd and Emlyn Rees, Crown takes YA author Kelly McWilliams’s adult debut, and more.
Book Deals: Week of November 25, 2024

By Andrew Albanese | 11/22/2024 @ 05:00PM

Hogarth signs a debut novel by Woody Brown, the first nonspeaking graduate of UCLA, and Atria takes a steamy sports romance trilogy by Melanie Iglesias Perez.
Book Deals: Week of November 18, 2024

By Andrew Albanese | 11/15/2024 @ 07:00PM

Red Tower takes prolific romance writer Devney Perry’s spicy new romantasy, S&S lands a memoir by major Broadway producer Jeffrey Seller, and more.
Putnam Locks Down 'The Escape Game' by Marissa Meyer and Tamara Moss

By Nathalie op de Beeck | 11/14/2024 @ 04:00PM

In a competitive six-house auction, Putnam has acquired 'The Escape Game', a YA mystery thriller co-authored by Lunar Chronicles author Marissa Meyer and Lintang series author Tamara Moss; publication is scheduled for April 2026.
U.K. Author Cynthia Murphy Lands Three-Book Deal with Delacorte

By Iyana Jones | 11/14/2024 @ 04:00PM

Following a successful slate of U.K. releases and U.S imports, author Cynthia Murphy will pen new YA thrillers under a three-book deal with Delacorte Press.
Book Deals: Week of October 28, 2024

By Andrew Albanese | 10/25/2024 @ 04:00PM

International bestselling author Freida McFadden signs a major deal with Sourcebooks, Pantheon lands a graphic novel adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s ‘Trouble Is My Business,’ and more.
Book Deals: Week of October 21, 2024

By Andrew Albanese | 10/18/2024 @ 07:00PM

Little, Brown lands a new novel from Women’s Prize for Fiction winner Naomi Alderman, FSG takes a memoir from World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee, and more.
Frankfurt Book Fair 2024: Rights Action Off to a Hot Start as the Frankfurt Book Fair Prepares for Kick Off

By John Maher and Lucy Nathan | 10/15/2024 @ 10:00AM

Ahead of this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair, Scribner preempts Portia Elan’s debut novel, S&S takes English-language rights to Naomi Ishiguro's Japanese folklore–inspired fantasy series, and Inklore signs a 12-book deal with James Tynion IV.
After Return to Hachette, Reagan Arthur Signs First Deal for Elisa Faison Debut

By Nicholas Clee | 10/15/2024 @ 07:00AM

'Skin Contact' is the first acquisition in what will be "a close partnership" between Arthur's imprint and Hachette UK's Sceptre, made just before the start of the 2024 Frankfurt Book Fair.
PW Close-Up: Jane Dystel on 30 Years of Dystel, Goderich & Bourret

| 10/14/2024 @ 07:00AM

On the occasion of her literary agency's 30th birthday, PW spoke with Jane Dystel about how the publishing business has changed over the years, why she loves being an agent, and what makes her fall in love with a manuscript. (Sponsored)
Book Deals: Week of October 14, 2024

By Andrew Albanese | 10/11/2024 @ 07:00PM

Ballantine takes Holly Jackson’s adult debut, Bloomsbury nabs a reimagined Welsh myth, a former ‘Saturday Night Live’ writer sells her memoir to Morrow, and more.

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