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By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke 4/11 7:02pm

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B.J. Novak Signs A Seven Figure Two Book Deal With Knopf

B.J. Novak, the actor, comedian and writer who became known for playing Ryan Howard on The Office, has signed a seven-figure, two book deal with Knopf, The New York Times reports. The first of the two books, which is fiction, is slated for a 2014 pub date.

“The closest analogy for me is Woody Allen,” Mr. Novak’s agent, Richard Abate, described the story collection. “Underneath these stories is a real intellectual curiosity. I think their appeal is that they’re incredibly accessible and comic, but at the same time they’re exploring the modern condition.” Read More

By Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke 11/27/12 5:44pm

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Writer Jen Doll Signs With Riverhead

Jen Doll, a senior writer at The Atlantic Wire, signed a deal with Riverhead  for a memoir about being a frequent wedding guest.

Ms. Doll’s agent, Ryan Fischer-Harbage, sent out the proposal during the Hurricane and sold it to Alexandra Cardia at the Penguin literary imprint  just before Thanksgiving, Ms. Doll told us.  Read More

By Emily Witt 1/04/12 5:19pm

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Jesmyn Ward, National Book Award Winner, Gets Another Book Deal

Will Bois Sauvage, the fictional Mississippi town created by the novelist Jesmyn Ward, one day reach the status of William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County? Time will tell, but Ms. Ward has signed a deal with Bloomsbury for a third novel set in the Gulf Coast hamlet of her invention. Her most recent book, Salvage the Bones, won the 2011 National Book Award for fiction. Read More

By Emily Witt 12/12/11 8:31am

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Rob Lowe Writes Again

Rob Lowe earned accolades upon the publication of his memoir Stories I Only Tell My Friends when it turned out he was literate, or as The New York Times put it, “He’s Handsome — You Noticed? — but Not Just.” That Mr. Lowe was both a celebrity and had apparently read Elements of Style put him on the bestseller list. Now he’s back for another round! Read More

By Emily Witt 12/08/11 4:02pm

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Adbusters Publisher Kalle Lasn to Write an Occupy Wall Street 'Textbook of the Future'

Kalle Lasn, the publisher of Adbusters magazine who was recently profiled in The New Yorker, has gotten a book deal with independent publisher Seven Stories. As reported in Publishers Marketplace, the book will be called Occupy Econ 101 and “is designed as a textbook of the future that articulates what could be the next steps in rethinking and remaking our world with a new economic paradigm.” Read More