Bestselling author Jonathan Lethem, author of The Disappointment Artist and Other Essays; Gun, With Occasional Music; and Motherless Brooklyn, is offering the movie rights to his new novel You Don't Love Me Yet (to be released today) for no money down. Interested parties are invited to send their proposals to the author. The lucky winner will be chosen on May 15. Details are here.As we've seen in last month's posting about author Christopher Moore, the business of options is not at all straightforward--or all that efficient. Lethem's unusual move is only the latest in an ongoing rethink of the traditional system of options sales. (See his article in Harpers magazine here.) The author has long been giving away options to his work via his webpage, offering short stories and song lyrics for filmmakers, dramatists, and musicians to adapt.
So dust off your camera and sharpen your pencil. You could just be the lucky director who brings Lethem's new novel to the screen.
UPDATE: NPR has posted an interview with Lethem about his option sale.
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