After 26 years at The New Yorker, he became chief editor at Random House, overseeing works by a raft of luminaries. He wrote a half-dozen well-received books of his own. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2020-10-27 16:47:41 UTC ]
Faber has signed a "major" biography of Irish independence leader, Éamon de Valera. World rights to Éamon de Valera: A Will to Power by Ronan Fanning were signed from Jonathan Williams at the Jonathan Williams Literary Agency in Dublin. Fanning is professor emeritus of modern history at... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
John Simpson, chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary [pictured left] will retire in... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
In early 2011, Amazon launched Kindle Singles, and among those who saw the potential of the short-form digital content model were Chandos Erwin, managing director of the digital agency Oatmeal Beach, and Ivan Dee, founder of Ivan R. Dee Inc. (now an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield) and then... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]