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AgentsTuesday Jun 30, 2009
Rob Weisbach Has a Posse
David Groff (top), a former senior editor at Crown, will scout fiction and nonfiction writers, along with continuing the editorial consulting practice he's long been conducting on his own. Erin-Cox (center) will, in addition to her agenting work, develop publicity and promotion services; she was a publicist at Scribner and then the Book Publishing Director for The New Yorker. And Jake Bauman brings expertise on the film and television industries to the table—he's worked for production companies based at major studios like Dreamworks and Sony. "“I’ve always admired the work of Erin, David, and Jake," Weisbach says in a press release announcing the group hire. "Each brings to the company distinct expertise—in promotion, editorial, and dramatic development. At the same time, they share several qualities invaluable to the business: a seasoned eye for identifying and positioning talent; a skill for nurturing artists and their work; and a (all photos from Facebook) Wednesday May 27, 2009
AvantGuild: What Can Brown Do for Writers?
Tuesday May 19, 2009
AvantGuild: The Agent Who Discovered Obama
Friday Apr 17, 2009
AvantGuild: A Savant's Peek Behind the Curtain
Wednesday Apr 08, 2009
Author Defends Agents
Author Jean Hannah Edelstein wrote an article for the Guardian defending agents against the storms public opinion. Edelstein has worked as an agent's assistant, so she brought a unique perspective. Here are her thoughts: "many agents spend a majority of their time in the office ... sorting out the crucial, but picky and tedious, administrative issues that often make not one iota of difference in terms of their own income, but which are crucial to authors. The fun literary reasons that agents take their jobs, the reading and editing, tends to happen in the evenings and on the weekends." (Via TeleRead) Agent Jarred Weisfeld on Rod Blagojevich's Book Deal
The NY Observer went behind the scenes on the Blagojevich book deal, which did not end up at Macmillan. The article interviews Weisfeld--founder of Objective Entertainment--about his lawsuit against the publisher for "malicious, false, defamatory and anti-Semitic statements" made in a forthcoming biography of Ol' Dirty Bastard. An unidentified "senior-level employee" at the publisher said the book was not rejected because of the lawsuit. Here's more from the article: "[Weisfeld said] 'I was like, 'This is the most selfless thing an agent can do, come to a building where they say all this nasty anti-Semitic stuff about you in a book.'' Mr. Weisfeld said he took the meeting at Macmillan because he'd been given reason to believe that St. Martin's would pay 'big money' for the book." Tuesday Apr 07, 2009
Writers House Opens UK Office
Angharad Kowal,the British rights director at Writers House, will helm the new office. According to Bookseller, Kowal has inked deals for Nora Roberts, Neil Gaiman, and Laurell K. Hamilton during a productive year. Here's a quote from Kowal, from the article: "I'm very much looking forward to introducing new Writers House authors to the British and Australian markets as well as continuing to support and strengthen our established authors in 2009." Friday Apr 03, 2009
Hundreds of Writers Pool Agent Complaints
So far, more than 250 writers have added their thoughts. Among the highlights: "Show the same respect and courtesy to writers that agents expect. e.g. Don't make rude or snide remarks about writers or their work, especially in public forums like Twitter." Another writer added: "When an agency sends you a letter saying "Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to read [TITLE OF BOOK] I regret that..." Proof reading rejection letters and entering our titles is appreciated." And finally: "Complaining how overworked you are and then spending massive amounts of time on Twitter and every other blog out there while clients' MS and also requested partials are left unread month after month, after month." (Via Janet Reid) Wednesday Apr 01, 2009
Agent Kate Lee on Microblogging Books
During to a recent Daily Beast piece about "Twitterature," the blog-friendly agent talked about why she landed a deal for the microblog site, Pets Who Want to Kill Themselves--a deal GalleyCat covered last month. Lee explained what attracted her to the pithy posts about pets: "There was something human and universal behind how we all treat our pets ... From the more practical perspective, these pet books sell like mad." Monday Mar 30, 2009
Foundry Sells Three Books in Three Days
According to Publishers Weekly, McGuigan sold North American rights for Economist journalist Robert Lane Greene's "Talk This Way: The Politics of Language" to Bantam, Stephanie Abou sold North American rights for Jamal Joseph's "Panther Baby" to Algonquin, and Mollie Glick sold Jim Roberts's "Shiny Objects: How We Lost Our Way on the Road to the American Dream" to HarperOne. Here's more about "Panther Baby" from the article: "Academy Award-nominee Joseph (for best original song: 'Raise It Up' from the film August Rush), the youngest Black Panther to be sent to jail in the 'Panther 21' case, will describe how he went on to co-found a creative arts program in Harlem aimed at bringing young people off the streets. Joseph is the first African-American to head the graduate film program at Columbia." PreviouslyAvantGuild: Hast Thou Pitched the Jabberwock? Featured Agent of Color - Kirby Kim Fagerness Plunges Into Foreign Territory Solo Seth Godin Urges Agents to "Hyperspecialize" Agent Eric Simonoff Joins William Morris Agency AvantGuild: Two Agents, Serving the Word Agents and Editors Blog Worst Queries Creative Artists Agency Spooks NY Literary Agents Brendan Deneen Joins FinePrint Literary Management AvantGuild: Professor, Bookseller, Kidlit Agent AvantGuild: An Agent Who Seeks (and Spreads) Inspiration "I Want To Represent Books That Actually Reach People" AvantGuild: This Agent Keeps Pitching After Deals Are Done Agents: Keep Your Hands Off Our Two Percent Literary Agency Takes Two-Point Conversion to "Pay the Bills" AvantGuild: The Agent Who Came in From the Slush Pile Agent Stephen Barbara Moves To Foundry Literary + Media Marlene Stringer Starts Her Own Agency Exclusive Video: Foundry Agent on the Publishing Meltdown Agent Peter H. McGuigan Predicts More Celebrity Books East Coast Agents Versus West Coast Agents AvantGuild: An Agent Opens Up the Hispanic Book Market AgencySpy: How to Get a Book Deal in Advertising NoHo Literary Agents Seek Like-Minded Office Mates AvantGuild: Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Want to Hear Your Voice AvantGuild: Liza Dawson Wants Your Gorgeous Historical Thriller AvantGuild: Agents for Good News, Written Well AvantGuild: Now This Veteran Editor's Making Pitches AvantGuild: Alexandra Machinist Is Ready for Your Queries AvantGuild: "An Omnivorous Appetite for Nonfiction" Why Should We Care About Your Story? The Easily-Overlooked Art of Agent Research AvantGuild: Katharine Sands Wants Good Fiction Bad AvantGuild: Boston's "High Priestess" of Book Deals Literary Agent Opens Her Blog to Authors' Advice & Experience Emmanuelle Alspaugh Changes Agencies AvantGuild: Scribe Agency Wants to Hear You Sing AvantGuild: Building an Agency Outside NYC Summer Cats: Wylie Rakes It In Summer Cats: Whoopy, Singing in the Sun Summer Cats: Sebastian and Petunia Tackle Manuscripts Summer Cats: Hemingway Cracks Down on Grammar Knight Agency Hires New PR Director AvantGuild: This Agent Wants True Nonfiction Only, Please Ira Silverberg: Keeping it Safe to Read in America AvantGuild: How to Catch Holly Bemiss's Eye mediabistro.com Taps Sharlene Martin's Publishing Expertise Schafer Leaves Janklow For True Love, Own Agency AvantGuilders: Meet Literary Agent Nadia Cornier Ginny Weissman Tapped as Sharlene Martin's Chicago Rep Nesbit: Publishers May Transform Into Distributors Wylie: "Trying to Represent Quality With Discipline" Ira Silverberg Moves His Desk to Sterling Lord The Pipe Dreams of the Aspiring Writer After Much Editorial Abuse, One Agent's Polite Response Your Call: "Project Freeze Out" Likely a Crock Anna Stein's Greatest Week Ever? elsewhere on mediabistro.com: Pitching Lisa Hagan elsewhere on mediabistro.com: Meet Kate Epstein UK Agent's Resignation Creates Literary Sh*tstorm Scott Moyers Won't Be A Junior Jackal Robert Barnett's Multimillion Dollar Advance Touch Calder Picks Authors and Sticks With Them PFD Agents Says No to Outside Sale Gunning for the Conservative Lifestyle Gersh Agency Forms Literary Unit More on Abate/ICM/Endeavor Triangle Tango Andrew Wylie Creates a Stir in France Ed Victor Still the Man in Britain ICM Sues to Block Abate Move to Endeavor Endeavor Confirms Abate Hire, Book Expansion Christopher Little Agency Offers Prize to Student Writers Support for Greenberg & family Dorris Halsey dies at the age of 81 Changes & Growing Pains for ICM Elsewhere @ mediabistro.com... New York Times gets a literary agent of its own Bill Clegg returns to agenting with a poaching vengeance For Clare Alexander, agenting is a personal issue Why penalizing authors for having agents is a bad, bad idea When it's time to start the agent dance anew Dateline LBF: Pick the Literary Agent of the Year Folio Lit officially open for business Elisabeth Weed to Trident Media |
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