TITLE

Hot deals

AUTHOR(S)

Baker, John F.

PUB. DATE

December 1999

SOURCE

Publishers Weekly;12/6/1999, Vol. 246 Issue 49, p17

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Presents news briefs from the book industry as of December 6, 1999. Information on the rights deal won by Walter Bode at Harcourt Brace for the publication of the book `Talking in the Dark,' by Chinese-American Author Laura Glen Louis; Deal of Peter Kaufman of TV Books with CBS for the book `Survivor,' based on a CBS game show.

ACCESSION #

2592433

 

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