Sunday, September 07, 2008

The Jewel of Medina Redux

From this evening's Publishers' Marketplace:
US RIGHTS: Sherry Jones's THE JEWEL OF MEDINA, to Margot Atwell at Beaufort Books, for a very small advance ("we'll earn our advance back in about two minutes," Kern says) for publication in mid-October 2008, plus a sequel, by Natasaha Kern at Natasha Kern Literary Agency.

UK RIGHTS: Sherry Jones's THE JEWEL OF MEDINA, to Martin Rynja at Gibson Square, for publication in October 2008, by Natasha Kern of the Natasha Kern Literary Agency (UK).

FOREIGN RIGHTS: Sherry Jones's THE JEWEL OF MEDINA, to Newton & Compton Editoria in Italy, by Vicki Satlow, on behalf of Natasha Kern. Rights sold previously to Editora in Brazil, by Lucia Riff Agency; Atheneum in Hungary and Kultura in Macedonia by Prava i Prevodi; and AST in Russia, by Nova.

1 comment:

Sharon said...

I have been following this story through your posts. Then I read an article about it in a local newspaper. I think way the story has developed is fascinating because of the intersection of publishing, politics, and religion.