How to find what a given author's next book will be?

March 1, 2005 5:09 PM

Inspired by this question, I found myself wondering - is there any way to find out what a given author's next book will be? Sort of like those 'screenplay sales' pages where it lists what a given production company has purchased, I guess.
posted by GriffX to Media & Arts (5 answers total)

Publisher's Weekly has a listing of property sold that week. Publisher's catalogs will list 6 months out or so. But I don't know of any thing else. I think generally agents and publishers like to guard the secret until they're selling the stuff.
posted by rodz at 5:31 PM on March 1, 2005

Trade magazines might have information, too -- I know the Romance Writers' Report gives info about first sales. Come to think of it, anything beyond first sales is listed anonymously -- only the price range the author was paid, and number of books sold (like a three book series, etc.)
posted by sugarfish at 6:07 PM on March 1, 2005

Michael Cader's Publisher's Lunch (there's a free version and a paid version) lists industry deals each week.
posted by mothershock at 7:26 PM on March 1, 2005

Find the authors personal www page.
posted by Iax at 8:58 PM on March 1, 2005

overbooked.org maintains a pretty comprehensive list of upcoming titles.
posted by judith at 11:29 PM on March 1, 2005