The final wrap of PubFight 2008 Auctions is here. Keeping in mind that the YPC League didn’t choose any Juvenile titles and the Simon 905 Collective didn’t bid on Simon and Schuster will keep these bids in context.
First, the top ten overall, based on combined bids from all auctions:
Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer
Nigella’s Christmas, Nigella Lawson
Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell
Don Cherry’s Hockey Stories and Stuff, Don Cherry
The Flying Troutmans, Miriam Toews
You: Being Beautiful, Mehmet Oz
Scarpetta, Patrica Cornwell
A Good Woman, Danielle Steel
Hot, Flat and Crowded, Thomas Friedman
Just After Sunset, Stephen King
And next, here are the top five titles and advances paid by auction:
Young Publishers of Canada (YPC)
Nigella’s Christmas, Nigella Lawson $75,000
You: Being Beautiful, Mehmet Oz: $52,500
Your Heart Belongs to Me, Dean Koontz: $52,500
A Good Woman, Danielle Steel: $50,000
Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell: $50,000
The Flying Troutmans, Miriam Toews: $50,000
Scholastic
Nigella’s Christmas, Nigella Lawson $70,000
Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer: $65,000
Don Cherry’s Hockey Stories and Stuff, Don Cherry: $50,000
Annie Leibovitz at Work: $45,000
Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell: $45,000
Simon 905 Collective
Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer: $177,500
Don Cherry’s Hockey Stories and Stuff, Don Cherry: $69,000
Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell: $61,000
Nigella Christmas, Nigella Lawson $55,000
Hot, Flat and Crowded, Thomas Friedman: $54,000
Coach House/ECW Press (Shark’s Chewboy)
Just After Sunset, Stephen King: $57,500
Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer: $45,000
You: Being Beautiful, Mehmet Oz: $45,000
The Flying Troutmans, Miriam Toews: $45,000
The Montreal Canadians, $42,500
BNC and Friends
You: Being Beautiful, Mehmet Oz and Michael Rosen: $70,000
Nigella Christmas, Nigella Lawson: $52,500
Don Cherry’s Hockey Stories and Stuff, Don Cherry: $50,000
The Flying Troutmans, Miriam Toews: $50,000
Scarpetta, Patrica Cornwell: $50,000
