The CEO of Serendipity Literary Agency and president of the Association of American Literary Agents is bringing the innovative spirit of an engineer to the publishing industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-12-17 05:00:00 UTC ]
Following Frankfurter Buchmesse and the Göteborg Book Fair, Reykjavik Literary Agency reports heavy autumn interest in Icelandic books. The post Icelandic Rights Update: After Frankfurt, a Big Sales Uptick appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-12-13 17:43:04 UTC ]
The former Viking editor and UTA agent has launched a boutique literary agency based in New York representing “authors writing works that shape our understanding of the world and offer profound insights into its complexities.” Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-11-13 05:00:00 UTC ]
On the occasion of her literary agency's 30th birthday, PW spoke with Jane Dystel about how the publishing business has changed over the years, why she loves being an agent, and what makes her fall in love with a manuscript. (Sponsored) Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
On the occasion of her literary agency's 30th birthday, PW spoke with Jane Dystel about how the publishing business has changed over the years, why she loves being an agent, and what makes her fall in love with a manuscript. (Sponsored) Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-10-03 04:00:00 UTC ]
The founder and CEO of Serendipity Literary Agency has been elected to lead the Association of American Literary Agents, succeeding Jennifer Weltz of JVNLA. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-07-11 04:00:00 UTC ]
With Helsinki Literary Agency selling up to 150 books yearly, its former CEO, Urpu Strellman, heads for her publishing roots at Art House. The post Rights Edition Interview: Agent Urpu Strellman, Back to Publishing appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-06-07 17:49:17 UTC ]
Araneo, who worked at Penguin, Doubleday, and Bookspan before creating the contracts department at Writers House in 2006, was the literary agency's executive v-p and director of business affairs. He died of natural causes on May 4. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-07 04:00:00 UTC ]
Parks, who ran his own eponymous literary agency for more than 35 years, counted Jonathan Lethem, Jonathan Carroll, and Susan Straight among his clients. He died of complications from dementia on April 23. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-04-30 04:00:00 UTC ]
Singh, an agent at Ayesha Pande Literary and the former editorial director at Other Press, has worn many hats in her 30-year career in publishing. Now, at the helm of the Anjali Singh Agency, she's starting yet another professional chapter. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
A literary agency merger serves up culinary publishing as our Rights Roundup highlights books published in Turkish, Catalan, French, German, and Finnish. The post Rights Roundup: JVNLA and Esku Cooking Up Deals appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2024-01-11 21:40:51 UTC ]
Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency has acquired cookbook-focused literary agency the Ekus Group, which will operate as a boutique culinary division. Owner Sally Ekus will head up representation of cookbook and lifestyle titles as senior literary agent. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-01-09 05:00:00 UTC ]
Quick snapshots from two long-time Frankfurt veterans, Kalem Agency and Italian Literary Agency, on their latest projects. The post LitAg Short Takes: Kalem Agency and Italian Literary Agency appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2023-10-20 12:05:43 UTC ]
After starting his career with San Francisco's And/Or Books, Beren rose to become publisher of Sierra Club Books and, following stints with Via Books and Palace Press, started his own consulting and literary agency. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-07-12 04:00:00 UTC ]
Letting a Wild Ride Be a Wild Ride: A Conversation with Amy Spangler, by Ipek Sahinler & Iclal Vanwesenbeeck Interviews [email protected] Wed, 07/05/2023 - 14:43 Amy Spangler is the co-translator (with Nermin Menemencioğlu) of Leylâ Erbil’s A... Continue reading >> [ Source: World Literature Today | 2023-07-05 19:43:55 UTC ]
Yorwerth, who founded Yorthwerth Associates in 2003, is remembered for his advocacy for authors in the self-help and spiritual categories and as a fixture of the London and Frankfurt Book Fairs. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-06-02 04:00:00 UTC ]
The New York City-based literary agency announced three new director-level promotions among several new hires and staff changes across the agency. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-05-04 04:00:00 UTC ]
With the acquisition of the literary agency Fletcher & Company, UTA added hundreds of authors to its client roster. The deal comes amid consolidation in the entertainment industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2023-01-04 17:18:03 UTC ]
The Hollywood talent agency is further expanding its presence in book publishing with the acquisition of the independent literary agency Fletcher & Co. After buying U.K.-based agency Curtis Brown in June 2022, the acquisition will see UTA add 12 full-time staffers to its publishing division. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2023-01-04 05:00:00 UTC ]
Tributes have flooded in for the much-loved writer, who wrote more than 40 books for children and adults including the recent Be the Change handbooksAuthor Marcus Sedgwick, who wrote more than 40 books for children and adults, has died aged 54. His literary agency RCW has confirmed his death,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2022-11-17 13:02:14 UTC ]