Book Deal

How to Get a Book Deal: Tiger Mom, Diet Mom and Me

Julie Gerstenblatt | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Vogue, Book Publishing, Relationships, Humor, Book Deal, Dara-Lynn Weiss, Amy Chua, Memoir, Tiger Mother, Parenting, Comedy News
Julie Gerstenblatt

In the spirit of the "damned if you do/damned if you don't" memoir, I am determined to find my inner Tiger Mom/Diet Mom and expose her to the world.

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Tumblr Rides Again -- "Bad Parent" Blog Lands Book Deal

Greg Voakes | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Penguin Publishing, Funny Pictures, Book Deal, Books, Tumblr, Slidepollajax, My Bad Parent, My Bad Parent Tumblr, My Bad Parent Book, Comedy News
Greg Voakes

Book publishers have noticed a trend in popular websites, and have made the jump to integrate and encapsulate web-driven humor in what seems like an effort to revive traditional paperback books.

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Chris Colfer of 'Glee' Gets A Book Deal

ew.com | Posted 08.08.2011

Read More: Glee, Chris Colfer, Book Deal, Entertainment News

Gleeks, rejoice! Glee star Chris Colfer has just signed a two-book deal with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. The first will be an adventure nov...

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A Strawberry-Chocolate Celebration Cake For 'In the Small Kitchen'

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Home Cooking, Twentysomething, Strawberries, Book Deal, Chocolate, Party, Sweets, Baking, Dessert, Cream, Twenty-Something Advice, Cake, Book, Food News
Big Girls, Small Kitchen

There it is! Our book! We could not be happier to have In the Small Kitchen in our hands. It's been a year and a half since we landed a book deal, an...

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Jon Ward

Michele Bachmann Book Deal Likely

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 07.18.2011

Read More: Elections 2012, Michele Bachmann, Tea Party, Book Deal, Gop Presidential Primary, Sarah Palin, Politics News

WASHINGTON - Rep. Michele Bachmann met in New York with four or five major book publishers Tuesday and Wednesday, according to a source with knowledge...

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Seven Books on Writing for Every Writer

Deanna Fei | Posted 05.31.2011

Read More: Book Reviews, Novels, Authors, Writing, Books, Fiction, Book Publishing, Book Deal, Books News
Deanna Fei

Though we might not always have the answer, sometimes all we need to know is that writers much wiser than ourselves have asked themselves the same question.

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Is The World Ready For Charlie Sheen's Memoir?

AP | By HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Charlie Sheen, Charlie Sheen Book Deal, Apocalypse Me, Two and a Half Men, Memoirs, Book Deal, Charlie Sheen Memoir, Books News

NEW YORK -- Is the world ready for a memoir called "Apocalypse Me"? Perhaps if it's by Charlie Sheen....

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A Writer's Rant About Simon & Schuster's Dip Into the Celebrity Cesspool

Jane Devin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Literature, Publishing, Celebrity, Simon & Schuster, Book Deal, Writing, Snooki, Media News
Jane Devin

Unlike Snooki, I have never aspired to be anything other than a writer. It's not a a temporary infatuation or a quick way to cash in on fleeting celebrity status.

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From Prize Winners To The Situation

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Celebrity Book, Jersey Shore, Patti Smith, The Situation, Celebrity Book Deal, Book Deal, Snookie Book, Slidepollajax, Celebrity, Keith Richards, Celebrity Books, America by Heart, Of Thee I Sing, Sarah Palin Book, Tony Blair Book, Barack Obama, Books News

From rappers to actors, politicians to reality TV stars, celebrities from across the map published a lot of books this year. While we wait for Snook...

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Six Year Old Scores Mega Book Deal: 23 Books

mirror.co.uk | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Book News, Child Author, Book Deal, Writing, Illustrated Books, Childrens Books, Pictue Book, Six Year Old Author, 6 Year Old Author, Bookseller, 6 Year Old, Authors, Six Year Old, Mega Deal, Children's Books, Boy Author, Leo Hunter, Books News

Leo Hunter was awarded a 23-story contract with an American company after they read his first tale, Me and My Best Friend....

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Jason Linkins

Michael Hastings, Rolling Stone Reporter, Inks Book Deal With Little Brown

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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War in Afghanistan watchers haven't heard the last of Michael Hastings, whose recent article in Rolling Stone, "The Runaway General," led to the end o...

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82-Year-Old UK Teacher Myrrah Stanford-Smith Writes First Novel, Lands Three Book Deal

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: UK, Book Publishing, Book Deal, Books, Myrrah Stanford-Smith, The Great Lie, UK Teachers, Books News

An 82-year-old teacher and theatre director has been given a three-book deal after writing her first novel....

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Want a Book Deal? Start a Blog

Matt Wilson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stuff White People Like, Authors, Gluten-Free, Texts From Last Night, Book Deal, Blogging, Bloggers, Books News
Matt Wilson

Today it is easier than ever to generate a following online for your work. If you are producing excellent content in your niche and expanding your personal brand your chances of landing a book deal are at an all time high.

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Going for it - The Abraham-Hicks way

Esmeralda Williamson-Noble | Posted 11.17.2011

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Esmeralda Williamson-Noble

Continued from last week I am so excited! It's been such a short time since I've embarked on this project. And here I am, feeling like a Billion Do...

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The Sanford Wife

John Jeter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jenny Sanford Book Deal, New Books, Book Deal, Jenny Sanford, Books, Jenny Sanford New Book, Sanford, Chaz Bono, Books News
John Jeter

I would also bet that Jenny will offer up in her new book a few things: More God, lots of sunshiny motherhood stories about all those fine men she's raising and a superb, even motivational read.

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The New Testament of Sarah Palin: Spring 2010

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

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Shannyn Moore

I'm not an attorney, but, after reading the details of the statutes, they seem specific and unambiguous; the governor can't be paid for other employment, like writing a book.

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Pulp (Non-) Fiction: The Blagojevich Book Deal

Karen Stabiner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Best-Seller, Political Corruption, Blagojevich Scandal, Publishing, Print Journalism, Book Deal, Rod Blagojevich, Phoenix Books, Blagojevich Book, Blagojevich Book Deal, Media News
Karen Stabiner

He's getting six figures to tell us what really happened when he didn't, he swears, do any of the things that the rest of the world seems to believe he did. A fairly cushy bully pulpit, with no one interrupting to ask embarrassing questions.

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Palin Book Deal Said To Be Worth $7 Million

Times Online/HuffPost | Posted 05.25.2011

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She failed to save John McCain from presidential election doom, but Sarah Palin, the Republican senator's controversial running mate, may yet emerge a...

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Jason Linkins

Laura Bush Having Greater Success Than George Shopping Memoir

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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President Bush's plans to pen a memoir of his time in office may have been curtailed, but he's not going to be able to take comfort in the fact that a...

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First Time Novelist Breaks All Rules with a Winner

Cynthia Kling | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: How Far Is the Ocean From Here, Virginia Woolf, Writer Interview, Workshop, Book Deal, Amy Shearn, Writing, Fiction, How to Write, Authors, Writing Class, Surrogate Mother, James Joyce, Random House, Writer Interviews, Literary Agent, Susannah Prue, Yuppies, Proust, Book, Contemporary Fiction, PJ Mark, Surrogate, Media News
Cynthia Kling

"How Far is the Ocean from Here," by Amy Shearn has to be the weirdest, funniest saddest road novel I've ever read. A single 20-something agrees to surrogate for a pair of cozy yuppies.

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