The Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency is expanding with the addition of two new agents this summer. Thérèse Coen will join the business as a rights agent in July, with Sarah O'Halloran joining as a literary agent in August. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-06-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
One of the few literary agents focusing on Arabic, Yasmina Jraissati, discusses the non-existent role of the literary agent in the Middle East. The post Why Are There No Literary Agents in the Middle East? appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
An unlikely trio—a literary agent, a singer/songwriter, and an investment banker—are bringing the first general independent bookstore in over a decade to this New Jersey city. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-02-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Olivia Morris will be assistant editor of Pan Macmillan’s new lifestyle imprint headed up by Carole Tonkinson. Morris comes to Pan Macmillan from Simon & Schuster, where she held the role of Editorial Assistant. She previously worked as assistant to literary agent at Diane Banks... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-12-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Claudia Wittman, literary agent and founder of the Wittman Agency in Germany, talks about how her rights business manages the massive changes in the book publishing industry. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Madeleine Millburn, a literary agent from London, offers her view on which international markets offer the most opportunities and how digital publishing has impacted the rights business. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
In his long history in Christian publishing, Steve Laube has played many roles--bookseller, editor, literary agent. Now he adds publisher to that resume, joining what seems to be an emerging trend among agents. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-08-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Taryn Fagerness, a literary agent in Washington, talks about her recent success with author Matthew Dicks and how she's optimistic about the digital future of publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-08-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Literary agent Marly Rusoff is re-releasing, through her publishing imprint Maiden Lane Press, a debut novel by Jonathan Odell. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sedef Ilgiç, a literary agent at the Kalem Agency in Turkey, on selling Turkish books to publishers abroad and representing international authors in Turkey. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Former literary agent and book packager Bill Adler died on February 28. He was 84. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Bell Lomax Moreton Agency has appointed Helen Mackenzie Smith as a literary agent to find new... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-01-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lindsay Lohan now has a literary agent, according to TMZ. And where a literary agent with celebrity clients goes, book deals tend to follow.Lindsay Lohan now has a literary agent, according to TMZ. And where a literary agent with celebrity clients goes, book deals tend to follow. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Laetitia Rutherford has joined Watson, Little as a literary agent. Rutherford will bring her... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Whether publishers want it or not, the Netflix model is coming to the book business.The San Francisco startup Scribd, best known as a site for posting PDFs of documents, announced Tuesday it is launching a multi-platform digital book subscription service that will provide access to a wide range... Continue reading >> [ Source: Crains New York | 2013-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Less than two days after a Florida jury found George Zimmerman not guilty in the death of Trayvon Martin, juror B37, one of the six members of the anonymous panel, signed with a literary agent to shop her book about the trial. Continue reading >> [ Source: Slate | 2013-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
On Monday it was announced that one juror who had found George Zimmerman not guilty had landed literary agent, Sharlene Martin. By 10 p.m., Martin announced she was dropping Juror B37 as a client.Maybe a book by a juror in the Trayvon Martin murder trial isn't such a good idea after all. Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2013-07-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Author Harper Lee, now 87-years-old, is suing the son-in-law of her former literary agent after he "duped" her into signing over rights to her beloved classic "To Kill a Mockingbird." Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2013-05-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pippa Middleton and David Goodwin have parted ways. Pippa Middleton's first book was a flop. But you haven't seen the last of Pippa Middleton and her writing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2013-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Philip Jones Publication Date: Thu, 29/09/2011 - 15:18 Julian Assange's literary agent and PFD m.d. Caroline Michel accused publisher Canongate of going "to war" with her client and "feeding the media myth" in releasing information to the Independent newspaper ahead of publication... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]