Ebury's Latham joins Atlantic, as Kerr turns agent

Alice Latham is leaving Ebury after 11 years to join Atlantic Books as rights director. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

[ The Bookseller | 2019-08-07 09:00:28 UTC ]
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Finch, Lewis and Betterton join Stanfords

Stanfords travel shop has appointed Brian Finch to its board as finance director, amid a series of new appointments at the historic travel bookshop. Other appointments include Waterstones blog editor Dan Lewis, who will join Stanfords as marketing, events and PR manager. Finch, who has been... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nosy Crow turns apps into picture books

Nosy Crow will next year turn its fairy tale apps, including recent addition Jack and the Beanstalk, into picture books.   Digital manager Tom Bonnick told The Bookseller the decision was a “no-brainer” because of all the “fantastic artwork” he had from animator and illustrator Ed Bryan. “We... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Steinberg, Kern Join Foundry

Foundry Literary + Media has hired Peter Steinberg as an agent, and Richie Kern as the agency's new director of filmed entertainment. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-11-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Top literary agent Andrew Wylie calls Amazon Isis-like distribution channel

Wylie calls for fellow publishers to stand firm and not to blink during negotiations over ebook royalties with digital retailerHe is the sinister jackal of the literary world who counts Salman Rushdie, Philip Roth and Martin Amis among his formidable roster of clients.Andrew Wylie, arguably the... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2014-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Poirot and Jeeves join in Waterstones sleepover

Detective Hercule Point and butler Jeeves joined guests at a sleepover event in Waterstones’ flagship store on Saturday (26th October). Altogether 19 guests spent 12 hours overnight in the bookshop at an event organised after the company hit the headlines when an American tourist got locked in... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Four Questions for...Finnish Agent Elina Ahlback

We talked with the founder and CEO of the Elina Ahlback Literary Agency is riding the current 'Scandi-trend' in international publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Zalaznick joins PRH board

Penguin Random House has appointed entertainment industry executive Lauren Zalaznick as the first independent board member of the company. Zalaznick spent 12 years at NBCUniversal in a series of positions and currently publishes the LZ Sunday Paper, a newsletter about women in business, media... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Naidoo joins Bookouture

Keshini Naidoo, formerly commissioning editor at Avon, has joined digital publisher Bookouture as senior commissioning editor and has already acquired four books from debut novelist Angela Marsons.   Naidoo is taking on particular responsibility for the crime and thriller list. Her first... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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BuzzFeed to Join IAB's Advertising Elite

BuzzFeed is being bumped up to the digital advertising adult dinner table. On Monday, the company announced in an internal memo that Eric Harris will become chief business operations officer and also join the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) board later this year. BuzzFeed president Greg... Continue reading at AdWeek

[ AdWeek | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Rembrandt novel for Atlantic

Atlantic publishing director Margaret Stead has signed a debut novel chronicling the life of the painter Rembrandt. Rembrandt's Mirror, by Kim Devereux, charts the later years of the artist, who suffered the deaths of his wife and three children, while producing some of his most famous works. Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Margolin’s Heyday Turns 40

Heyday Books is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. Malcolm Margolin—who founded the company in Berkeley, Calif., at the beginning of the small-press movement—said that one reason for Heyday’s survival has been its willingness to adapt to changes in the industry, such as the growth of... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Editorial Assistant Turns Blog Post into Multibook Deal

What’s every blogger’s dream? A book deal. Even better: a multibook deal from a single blog post. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Four Questions for...Taiwanese Agent Gray Tan

Gray Tan, founder and president of the Taiwan-based Grayhawk Agency talked to PW about the local lure of tie-in's and the slow pace of Chinese publishing. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette Launches Author & Agent Portal

The portal will provide self-service, updated information for agents on authors, including confidential sales data, for all titles published by HBG. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NEIBA 2014: Booksellers Join Amazon Antitrust Fervor

During the 41st annual New England Booksellers Association annual meeting, talk of Amazon was in the air, specifically about the possibility of an antitrust case against the e-tailer. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Emma Lowe to join The Bookseller

Emma Lowe is to join The Bookseller as head of publisher relations. Lowe is currently general... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Literacy Partners Turns 40

Dianne Kangisser opened the New York City chapter of Literacy Volunteers of America (LVA), a nonprofit that provides free literacy services to adults, in 1973, using $500 in federal grant money. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Palimpsest turns publisher with collections of Scottish writing

Scottish book production company Palimpsest is to become a publisher in its own right, with new... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2014-09-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Calling for Literary Agent Transparency in the UK

Too little information is available to aspiring writers in the UK regarding literary agents, argues Harry Bingham, so a movement has started to bring transparency. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2014-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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More Publishers Join Comixology’s DRM-Free Program

Digital comics marketplace Comixology, which launched a DRM-free program in July, announced that a second wave of 14 publishers will now allow their customers to download and store DRM-free copies of comics they have purchased. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2014-09-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
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