The romance runs hot and cold, but Tinseltown and the publishing world remain forever clinched.
Publishers race to get hold of it.
After a heated auction, U.S. rights sell for a whopping seven figures. The book becomes a bestseller and, eventually, a major-release film. But lately, the relationship is a horse of a different color. As both the book world and Hollywood undergo some economic contractions, the hectic heyday of the most recent past has cooled considerably. A big film sale doesn't mean a book deal will happen.