Describe your role It’s my job to support the authors I represent through the whole publishing process. This includes everything from working with them editorially and pitching their work to editors, to negotiating contracts on their behalf. What do you like best about your role? As a brand new agent actively looking for clients I spend a lot of time looking at submissions and I love the excitement of reading the first few chapters of a manuscript and knowing you’ve found something special. Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'
[ The Bookseller | 2015-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Maydo Kooy Literary Agency is taking over from the Jan Michael Literary Agency, following the decision of agent Jan Michael to retire after 40 years in the business. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Viv Groskop's "literary self-help memoir" inspired by the Russian classics has been acquired at auction by Penguin General imprint Fig Tree. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder and Stoughton is publishing a new historical thriller, The Irregular: A Different Class of Spy, by H B Lyle, on May 18th 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Radio presenter and author Christian O'Connell talks about his forthcoming book Radio Boy, illustrated by Rob Biddulph. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sarah Smith has joined Amazon as editorial director for print and Kindle books, where she will oversee the books editorial team. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Both of Sarah Young’s devotionals—‘Jesus Always’ and ‘Jesus Calling’— took top spots on PW’s Religion Nonfiction list for November. Plus, Karen Kingsbury came in at #1 in Religion Fiction with ‘A Baxter Family Christmas.’ Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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As his literary agency continues to expand, particularly in Latin America, literary agent Andrew Wylie touts thinking globally and prioritizing quality over money. The post Andrew Wylie’s Global Approach to Agenting appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Sponsored and branded content have evolved into a crucial source of revenue for publishers of every stripe. Along the way, they've had to sweet-talk advertisers and get into compliance with FTC regulations, but their readers still present the highest hurdles. Large chunks of American readers... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Publishers Association and Booksellers Association’s initiative to put publishers on booksellers’ shop floors gave both professions food for thought—though as Fleur Sinclair and Andrew Franklin write, not always in the way they expected... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-12-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New deals for Erin Bowman, Joy McCullough, Atia Abawi, R.L. Stine, Marc Brown, and more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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How bad sex writing and professional jealousy soured Nabokov and Wilson’s literary bromance. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The holiday season kicks off with a sales boost for ‘Jesus Today,’ the ‘March’ trilogy, and many other titles. Plus children’s storybook collections make up eight of the 10 top-selling books in the country, a videogame strategy guide charts in two formats, and much more. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Abrams acquires a chapter book series, Kyle Cassidy sells This Is What a Librarian Looks Like to Black Dog, and more in this week's notable book deals. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This week: inside the 'alien' brain of an octopus, and Siri Hustvedt's thought-provoking 'A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women.' Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-12-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It’s a tale as old as digital media that publishers don’t agree with comScore traffic metrics. Most of the times, comScore traffic is lower than publishers’ own internal metrics -- call it the comScore haircut. Buyers are finding its value changing, if not decreasing. For many, comScore is no... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2016-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Transworld's publishing director for commercial fiction Sarah Adams and editorial director Frankie Gray have been promoted. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Titles from Kate Atkinson, Paula Hawkins and Kazuo Ishiguro are among the 23 British novels longlisted for the €100,000 (£85,407.66) International Dublin Literary award 2017. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2016-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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UBM and New York magazine share advice for climbing up the Google ranks. The post 5 Quick Tips for SEO Superiority appeared first on Folio:. Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2016-11-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Two dozen Chicagoland independent bookstores are mobilizing the Windy City area's literary community by forming the Chicago Independent Bookstore Alliance, raising the visibility of Chicagoland's indies both in the region and on social media. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Fighting time and a climate that deteriorates old documents, a publishing house in Goa contributes to the preservation of texts said to date back to ‘the earliest in Asia.’ By Dennis Abrams | @DennisAbrams2 ‘Regaining Their History’ riting for The Hindu, Aditya Sudarshan looks at CinnamonTeal, a... Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2016-11-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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