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Why Literary Agents Like Amazon Publishing - Posted January 26, 2012
Bloomberg Businessweek unveiled a cover story about Larry Kirshbaum today, studying the former literary agent and publisher at Amazon Publishing. The front cover will feature flaming imagery and the he... [GalleyCat]

Why Literary Agents Like Amazon Publishing - Posted January 26, 2012
Bloomberg Businessweek unveiled a cover story about Larry Kirshbaum today, studying the former literary agent and publisher at Amazon Publishing. The front cover will feature flaming imagery and the he... [semanticweb.com]

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt to Distribute Amazon Books - Posted January 24, 2012
Amazon has struck a new deal to distribute its books outside of its popular online store. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt's brand new New Harvest imprint will now publish "all of Amazon Publishing's New York-based imprint's adult titles in print and distribute them in North America outside of the Amazon.com platform." When... [GalleyCat]

Deepak Chopra & Sanjiv Chopra Land Major Deal with Amazon - Posted November 7, 2011
Deepak Chopra and his brother Sanjiv Chopra have sold their memoir to Amazon's New York City publishing imprint in a major ($500,000 or higher) deal. Brotherhood: A Tale of Faith, Big Dreams, and the Power of Persistence. Trident Media Group chairman ... [TVSpy]

Timothy Ferriss Signs with Amazon Publishing - Posted August 17, 2011
Bestselling author Timothy Ferriss has signed with Amazon Publishing, the first big deal for the new Amazon imprint led by former agent Larry Kirshbaum. The 4-Hour Chef is scheduled for April 2012, applying Ferriss' strategies from ... [GalleyCat]

Timothy Ferriss Signs with Amazon Publishing - Posted August 16, 2011
Bestselling author Timothy Ferriss has signed with Amazon Publishing, the first big deal for the new Amazon imprint led by former agent Larry Kirshbaum. The 4-Hour Chef is scheduled for April 2012, applying Ferriss' strategies from ... [semanticweb.com]

Julia Cheiffetz Named Editorial Director at Amazon's New York Office - Posted July 18, 2011
Julia Cheiffetz has been named editorial director of Amazon's brand new New York City-based publishing imprint. She will start on August 1st. In a memo to staff, publisher Larry Kirshbaum explained the hire: "Julia's sharp editori... [GalleyCat]

Larry Kirshbaum Named Publisher at Amazon General-Interest Imprint - Posted May 23, 2011
Agent Larry Kirshbaum has been named publisher of Amazon's newly formed general-interest imprint. Kirshbaum will begin his new role on July 5th at the imp... [GalleyCat]

How Publishers Will Cope with Amazon's Monopoly - Posted January 27, 2010
At Digital Book World this morning, Mike Shatzkin quizzed his panel of publishing thinkers about the Amazon (AMZN) hold over the industry. "Amazon has 80 or 90 percent of the book buying [market] online and 80 or 90 p... [GalleyCat]

CEOs Ponder the Future of Publishing - Posted August 4, 2009
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