In part for seeing publishers, authors as ‘partners in the publishing process,’ Tim Hely Hutchinson is praised as he retires from the helm of Hachette UK.
Two UK Acquisitions: Curtis Brown and Victor Ltd., Ingram and NBNi
The US-based Ingram Publishing Services adds a UK distribution operation, while the late Ed Victor’s agency list in London moves to Curtis Brown.
Remembering Ed Victor: ‘Ferocious Negotiating Skills’ and ‘Inexorable Charm’
Known for agency-publishing innovation and for his mastery of a personality-driven business, literary agent Ed Victor is recalled by publishing leaders.
International Books Headed to London Book Fair’s Rights Center
From Italy, Brazil, Iraq, Switzerland, Spain, Turkey, Germany, the UK, and more, agents and publishers are lining up their offers for #LBF17.
Self-Publishing and the ‘Curatorial Mark’: A Few Words With Jon Fine
The high view of self-publishing, in Jon Fine’s words, is peopled with ‘increasingly sophisticated’ authors supported by ‘increasingly sophisticated consultants’—a movement growing into its own alongside ‘the curatorial mark’ of trade publishing.
Radius Book Group: International Self-Publishing for Those Who Would Rather Not
Looking to handle international as well as domestic content, the newly formed Radius Book Group offers to do it for you — for an as-yet unspecified price.
Two Experiments Running: Agent-Publishing in London
Literary agents Jonny Geller and Edina Imrik in London talk with Porter Anderson about Curtis Brown’s and Ed Victor’s author-publishing approaches.
Are Limited Licenses for Books the Way of the Future?
A growing group of UK agents, including andrew Lownie and Jonny Geller, are calling for limited-term licences as a way to gain more control of rights in a rapidly changing digital market.
UK Publisher Orion Still Knows How to Party
By Roger Tagholm To the Royal Opera House in London’s Covent Garden – where the British Academy of Film and Television Awards (BAFTA) were held at the weekend – for the Orion Group’s annual Author Party. Just as the highly successful British film The King’s Speech was on everyone’s lips at the BAFTAs, so at the party on Tuesday night …
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