Book & Novel Sales
| Beth Bernobich sells YA novel to Viking | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | November 17, 2009 | ||
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New-ish author Beth Bernobich's Fox and Phoenix will be her first YA novel, in addition to the three adult novels in the queue at Tor...
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| Lemony Snicket's Daniel Handler sells five new books to Little, Brown Books for Young Readers | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | November 12, 2009 | ||
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Daniel Handler is once again picking up the Lemony Snicket mantle, with a new four-book deal with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, plus another, stand-along YA novel...
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| Roboticist Daniel H. Wilson sells Robopocalypse to Doubleday and DreamWorks | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | November 10, 2009 | ||
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Daniel H. Wilson's Robopocalypse is a cautionary tale of man vs. machine, and is being fast-tracked to publication at Doubleday, and to film at DreamWorks...
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| David B. Coe sells new series to Tor, with new pseudonym | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | November 5, 2009 | ||
 Tor will publish David B. Coe's new Thief-Taker Series under the name D.B. Jackson. The books, pitched as Harry Dresden meets Sam Adams...
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| Mickey Zucker Reichert to write three novels about Isaac Asimov's Susan Calvin | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | October 29, 2009 | ||
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Mickey Zucker Reichert sold the first three books in a new series to be called Robots and Chaos to Berkley Books. They will explore Susan Calvin's early life, ,and be a combination of sf and medical thriller involving robots...
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| Greg Sadowski to produce six collections of classic comic material for Fantagraphics | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | October 28, 2009 | ||
 Former Fantagraphics editor (and now freelancer) Greg Sadowski will produce a six-volume series of classic comic book material, focusing on early horror...
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| Mark Hodder sells steampunk novel to Pyr as a series debut | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | October 28, 2009 | ||
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Mark Hodder's Burton & Swinburne in The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack should be the jumping off point for a series of steampunk mysteries, once Pyr publishes it in Fall 2010...
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| Jeff Sampson sells YA series to Balzer & Bray, about genetically engineered teens | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | October 27, 2009 | ||
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Jeff Sampson's The Death and Life of Emily Cooke follows a teenager who discovers her genetically engineered birthright while evading a murderer. Balzer & Bray will publish...
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| New agent sells new author's fantasy trilogy for six figures | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | October 23, 2009 | ||
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Newish agent Evan Goldfried sold new author Kevin Hearne's "American Druid" series (right now, a trilogy) to Del Rey at auction for six figures...
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| Gary A. Braunbeck sells two books to Apex Publications | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | October 22, 2009 | ||
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Gary A. Braunbeck sold Apex Publications a novel in his Cedar Hill Cycle, and a non-fiction book on writing horror...
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| Scott Tracey sells first novel, Witch Eyes, to Flux | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | October 22, 2009 | ||
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Debut author Scott Tracey's first novel will be "Smallville meets a gay Romeo and Juliet" when Flux publishes Witch Eyes, a YA urban fantasy...
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| Gaiman & Vess's "Instructions" sells to Harper Children's | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | October 22, 2009 | ||
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Charles Vess is illustrating Neil Gaiman's 2000 "Instructions", which Harper Children's will then publish as a book...
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| F.J. Lennon sells Atria a trilogy based on his iPhone app game Soul Trapper | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | October 20, 2009 | ||
 F.J. Lennon, author of the iPhone app game Soul Trapper, has sold S&S's Atria Books a trilogy based on the game...
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| Allen Steele sells third Galactic Club novel to Ace | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | October 20, 2009 | ||
 Allen Steele's Hex will be the third in his Coyote universe spin-off series the Galactic Club...
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| Dean Koontz sells three new Frankenstein novels to Bantam | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | October 15, 2009 | ||
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Dean Koontz sold the fourth, fifth, and sixth novels in his Frankenstein series to Bantam Books. The first, Lost Souls, will be the first in the series published in hardcover...
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| "Jack Campbell" sells four new books following his Lost Fleet to Ace | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | October 13, 2009 | ||
 John G. Hemry, writing as Jack Campbell, sold four more books set in his Lost Fleet universe to Ace. They include two more Jack Geary adventures and two which overlap and shadow...
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| Pyr buys Vampire Empire numbers 2 and 3 from Clay and Susan Griffith | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | October 2, 2009 | ||
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Pyr SF, which only two weeks ago bought the first of the Vampire Empire trilogy by Clay and Susan Grifftih, has now bought the second and third books in the series as well...
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| Norilana signs seven more Tanith Lee books for its TaLeKa imprint | |||
| People > Republication | September 29, 2009 | ||
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Norilana's Tanith Lee-only imprint TaLeKa has added the Birthgrave Trilogy and the Wars of Vis sequence (along with a new, unpublished Vis book) to its upcoming schedule...
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| Paul Kearney sells two new Ten Thousand books to Solaris | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | September 29, 2009 | ||
 Paul Kearney has sold two more novels set in his The Ten Thousand universe to Solarbis Books under their new owner, Rebellion...
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| Kalayna Price sells fantasy threesome to Penguin | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | September 29, 2009 | ||
 Kalayna price's Grave Witch and two other books sold at auction to Penguin, via agent Lucienne Diver. The books follow PI Alex Craft who raises shades, talks to ghosts, and flirts with soul collectors...
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| Sarah Gray sells Wuthering Heights mash-up to Kensington | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | September 23, 2009 | ||
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The classic and gruesome mash-ups continue. Now comes word that Sarah Gray has sold Wuthering Bites to John Scognamiglio at Kensington Books for a high five-figures advance, via agent Evan Marshall. The book is to be "a retelling of Wuthering Heights in which Heathcliff is a vampire."
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| Nick Mamatas sells how to write book to Apex Publications | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | September 21, 2009 | ||
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Nick Mamatas' Starve Better won't be a typical "how to get rich writing" book, but will rather focus on writers nibbling around the edges of making a living...
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| Chris Beckett resells The Holy Machine to Corvus, along with a new novel | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | September 18, 2009 | ||
  Chris Beckett sold world rights (minus the US) to The Holy Machine and world rights to another novel to Corvus...
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| Matthew Hughes sells untitled trilogy to Angry Robot | |||
| People > Book & Novel Sales | September 17, 2009 | ||
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| John Meaney sells near-future thriller duology as "Thomas Blackthorne" to Angry Robot | |
| People > Book & Novel Sales | September 16, 2009 |
 Thomas Meaney's newest books will be near-future thrillers, set in a vicious but deeply moral world, under a new pseudonym, Thomas Blackthorne. Angry Robot will publish them next year...
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