By Noel Griese Andrew Wylie isn’t the only agent moving into publishing e-books. Now Seattle-based agent Sharlene Martin, has also become a publisher as well as a literary agent. Her agency, Martin Literary Management, represents mostly inspirational memoirs, celebrity biographies, true crime and commercial nonfiction. Martin’s agency published Cirque Du Salahi: Be Careful Who You Trust on September 15. It’s …
Speech Act Protects Against “Libel Tourism”
By Helen Gregg On Tuesday, President Obama signed the Speech Act, a law intended to protect US publishers and journalists from facing libel charges in countries with more stringent defamation laws, reported Publisher’s Weekly. Putting an end to “libel tourism,” the law ensures American authors are protected by the First Amendment for material produced in the United States, and prevents …
German Buch News: Müller Gets a Reprint, Free Ebook Distribution
By Siobhan O’Leary The wait will soon be over for those who have like me been trying to get their hands on one of Nobel Prize Winner Herta Müller’s sold-out titles this week. S. Fischer, Müller’s paperback publisher, has ordered reprints of the paperback editions of a number of her titles, including her latest, Atemschaukel (Everything I Own I Carry …
Obama’s Super Secret BEA Party, Small Publishers Schadenfreude
By Edward Nawotka NEW YORK: On Saturday, US president Barack Obama arrived in New York City to take his wife Michelle to see August Wilson’s play Joe Turner’s Come and Gone on Broadway. Soon, the rumor spread that the President planned to visit Random House, his book publisher, for a super-secret party. True or not — we couldn’t get confirmation …