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    Glenn Beck inks new deal for Oprah-like book imprint

    glenn-beck-book-smEven as he prepares to part company with his cable parent company, Fox News, Glenn Beck continues to aggressively cultivate his personal media brand.

    On the heels of Beck's rumored Web TV channel comes word today of a renewed book deal with Simon & Schuster.

    As part of the multi-year, multi-book agreement with Simon & Schuster, Beck's production company, Mercury Radio Arts, will launch Mercury Ink, a new publishing division aimed at "discovering and promoting books that appeal to Beck's large audience." A Beck book club, if you will--just like Oprah's.

    Kevin Balfe, Mercury's senior vice president of publishing, will head up the imprint; its first acquisition is "Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25," a young adult novel by Richard Paul Evans.

    Beck, who has authored seven consecutive #1 bestsellers since first inking a deal with Simon & Schuster in 2003, plans to continue his current pace of "numerous books every year."

    The first title under the renewed agreement, "The Original Argument: The Federalists' Case for the Constitution, Adapted for the 21st Century," goes on sale as a paperback non-fiction title June 14. A new novel by Beck, "The Snow Angel," will be published in October.

    By then, the controversial talker could be off Fox News. In April, Beck announced that his contract with the cable network, up at the end of the year, would not be renewed, and that he plans to "transition off of his daily program later this year."

    Last month, Beck--whose "Restoring Honor" rally last August drew close to 100,000 Tea Partiers to Washington, D.C.--announced plans to hold another rally in August, this time in Jerusalem.

    "God is involved in man's affairs, but so is the force of darkness," Beck told his listeners while announcing the "Restoring Courtage" rally. "I believe I've been asked to stand in Jerusalem. Many in the history of man have had the opportunity to stand with the Jewish people ... and they have failed."

     

    9 comments

    • Paul K  •  11 mths ago
      Books for people who can't read?
      • Johno 11 mths ago
        As good as thoughts for people like you who can't think!
    • Leo  •  11 mths ago
      Beck, the former coke user and hypocritical fear mongering alcoholic wants to be the next Oprah?
    • S  •  11 mths ago
      why is beck controversial, while doprah is lauded? oh, that's right, she preaches everyone's good and we all should be equal, except she wants to be more equal. she's just another media narcissist...she quit her show to run for office while obama is still president.
      • Johno 11 mths ago
        she is also black and black is always good. Just listen to brother Jesse Jackson and Rev? Al Sharpton.
    • David  •  11 mths ago
      And in addition, the Restoring Honor rally wasn't a political or Tea Party rally. That also is dishonest to say that the attendees were members of any Tea Party. It was about God, not polotics.
      • BONGO 11 mths ago
        Hello stupid. How are you today?
    • David  •  11 mths ago
      If close to 100,000 means more than 500,000, then the article is correct. You HAVE to look at the pictures. CBS fake numbers is what Yahoo is using, and it is dishonest at best to keep that up.
      • BONGO 11 mths ago
        BWA HA HA HA HA

        You idiots are still upset thatcomedian Jon Stewart can draw more people to DC than your idiot messiah!? LMFAO

        You morons didn't have even close to 500k. Seriously. You're a major fool if you think so.
    • Johno  •  11 mths ago
      Beck scares the socks off of the Liberal Socialists. Sure make you wonder why?
    • BenniSpot  •  11 mths ago
      Awesome... yahoo can't get anything right- 100,000..??? Please... Everyone saw the pics and vids of that rally- there was like half a mill minimum...
    • David  •  11 mths ago
      Politics. I hate Yahoo.
    • vegatarian  •  11 mths ago
      I'll be there (Jerusalem) in spirit!
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