Publishers vying for the rights to rocker Keith Richards’ autobiography have pushed up the Rolling Stones co-founder’s advance to $7,3-million, according to a report.
The bidding has narrowed down to two publishing houses, HarperCollins, a unit of News Corporation, and Little Brown, a division of Hachette Filipacchi, the New York Post reported on Thursday.
The choice will come down to the editor and the marketing campaign planned for the book, since the bidders are deadlocked on price, the Post said, citing an unnamed source.
Neither publisher was immediately available for comment.
Richards’ only goal was to beat the nearly $5-million advance that Eric Clapton snagged for his memoir, due out this October, the Post reported. – Reuters