Book & Novel Sales
| Rachel Caine sells three more Morganville Vampires novels | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | December 1, 2008 | ||
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Rachel Caine sold the next three "Morganville Vampires" novels to Anne Sowards at NAL, via agent Lucienne Diver...
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| Homeworld Press to conclude, and then re-release, E.C. Tubb's "Dumarest of Terra" series | |||
| People > Republication | November 25, 2008 | ||
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E.C. Tubb's space-adventure saga "Dumarest of Terra" debuted in 1967. The 33rd volume will appear next month, to be followed by republication of the entire saga in omnibus editions...
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| Hadley Rille to publish Benford/Zebrowski anthology honoring Arthur C. Clarke | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | November 25, 2008 | ||
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Gregory Benford and George Zebrowksi are editing Sentinels: In Honor of Arthur C. Clarke for Hadley Rille Books...
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| Derek Gunn sells The Estuary the Permuted Press | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | November 24, 2008 | ||
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Irish writer Derek Gunn sold The Estuary, a horror adventurue tale, to Permuted Press...
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| Debut novelist Ian Whates sells two to Solaris | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | November 20, 2008 | ||
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British author and editor Ian Whates signed with agent John Jarrold two months ago. Now Jarrold has sold Whates's first two books to Solaris...
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| DC Pierson sells first novel, about two comics/sci-fi fans | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | November 19, 2008 | ||
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Comedian/actor DC Pierson sold his first novel, entitled The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To...
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| Little Brown snags Cornelia Funke from Scholastic | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | November 13, 2008 | ||
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After publishing through Scholastic in the US, Inkheart author Cornelia Funke has signed with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers for her next books...
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| Neil Gaiman sells three non-fiction books to William Morrow | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | November 7, 2008 | ||
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Neil Gaiman sold three non-fiction books to Jennifer Brehl at William Morrow. The first, Monkey and Me: China and the Journey to the West...
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| Amanda Downum sells three fantasies to Orbit | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | November 6, 2008 | ||
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Amanda Downum sold The Drowned City and two other books to DongWonSong at Orbit Books via agent Jennifer Jackson...
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| Sherrilyn Kenyon sells six more to St. Martin's | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | October 31, 2008 | ||
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Sherrilyn Kenyon sells six more novels (three Dark-Hunter, and there Dream-Hunter) to St. Martin's, bringing her contracted-but-not-yet-published total there to 17...
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| Jetse de Vries to edit "optimistic" anthology for Solaris Books | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | October 30, 2008 | ||
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Jetse de Vries will edit Shine, an anthology of near-future, optimistic SF stories, for Solaris Books...
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| "Anna Leonard" sells fantasy novel to Nocturne | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | October 21, 2008 | ||
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"Anna Leonad" sold the tentatively titled Mustang to Harlequin's Nocturne. The book will "tell the story of an American Unicorn and the woman he is sworn to protect against the evil threatening her family."
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| Apex buys Gene O'Neill collection | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | October 21, 2008 | ||
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Apex Publications bought a collection of eight Gene O'Neill stories, which will be published in August as A Taste of Tenderloin...
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| C.E. Murphy sells two contemporary paranormal fantasies to Del Rey | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | October 20, 2008 | ||
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C.E. Murphy sold world rights to two new contemporary paranormal fantasies to Betsy Mitchell at Del Rey via agent Jennifer Jackson of the Donald Maass Literary Agency. The books will tentatively be titled Truthseeker and Wayfinder.
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| Dean Koontz sells second "Odd Thomas" graphic novel to Del Rey | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | October 20, 2008 | ||
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Dean Koontz's second "Odd Thomas" graphic novel follows In Odd We Trust, which was published in June. Del Rey will publish the collaboration with Queenie Chan and Fred Van Lente...
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| New author Hannu Rajaniemi sells three books on the basis of 24 pages | |
| People > Book & Novel Sales | October 7, 2008 |
| Finnish writer Hannu Rajaniemi (who in his other life is string theorist and technology consultant) sold his first three books on the basis of one 24-page chapter to Gollancz via agent John Jarrold... | |
| Dacre Stoker and Ian Holt sell Dracula: the Un-dead to Dutton | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | October 6, 2008 | ||
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Bram Stoker's great-grandnephew has co-written Dracula: the Un-dead, the first Stoker-family authorized sequel to the seminal 1897 work, and sold it to Dutton, with film rights...
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| Guillermo del Toro and Richard Hogan sell vampire trilogy to William Morrow | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | September 26, 2008 | ||
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Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and thriller writer Chuck Hogan are combining forces to write a vampire thriller trilogy, to which William Morrow has bought world rights...
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| PS Publishing acquisitions | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | September 23, 2008 | ||
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PS Publishing has purchased a new novel by Ramsey Campbell, a novella by Richard Parks, and five stories for Postscripts...
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| Charlaine Harris News: sales, premieres, and television fame and fortune | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | September 23, 2008 | ||
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Charlaine Harris's "Sookie Stackhouse" novels have debuted as HBO's Blood Ties to wonderful numbers, and an order for more episodes. Meanwhile, her writing career also continues apace, with new sales...
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| Eoin Colfer to finish Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide series | |||
| People > Activities | September 19, 2008 | ||
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Artemis Fowl author Eoin Colfer has been tapped by Douglas Adams's widow to write the sixth, final (?) volume in the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy trilogy...
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| New author Rachel Hawkins sells paranormal YA trilogy to Hyperion | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | September 4, 2008 | ||
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New author Rachel Hawkins's first sale was a trilogy sold at auction to Hyperion. The first book, Demonglass tells the story of...
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| Jonathan Strahan sells anthology Life on Mars to Viking Penguin | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | August 25, 2008 | ||
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Jonathan Strahan's new anthology, Life on Mars, will be a sequel to his The Starry Rift: a YA sf anthology...
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| Lawrence M. Schoen sells Buffalito Destiny to Hadley Rille | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | August 25, 2008 | ||
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Lawrence M. Schoen's first novel, featuring his popular characters the Amazing Conroy and Reggie, will also be Hadley Rille's first novel...
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| Fiona McIntosh gets six-figure advance for new fantasy saga | |
| People > Book & Novel Sales | August 19, 2008 |
| Agent Chris Lotts of the Ralph Vicinanza Agency reports that he and Australian author Fiona McIntosh "jointly" sold her saga Fields of Gold to publisher Robert Sessions at Penguin Australia "for a six-figure advance." | |
