Founder and managing director of Chronicle Prism Mark Tauber has launched The Watermark Agency. The agency will “develop and represent projects from writers, journalists, public intellectuals, authors, leaders and credentialed experts in their fields to help them reach the widest possible audience, achieve critical acclaim, effect change—both collective and personal—and endure over time.” Before joining Chronicle, Tauber was svp and publisher at Harper One.
Archives for September 2021
Daunt and Entrekin Talk Nonfiction Trends
On the Read Smart podcast from the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-fiction, Barnes & Noble ceo James Daunt and Grove Atlantic ceo and publisher Morgan Entrekin discussed how the last 18 months affected their businesses, selling books across the political divide, and how young adults enjoy physical books. As always, Daunt was positive about how B&N has fared during the pandemic, noting that sales went up greatly after the store closures in the first months of lockdowns. Entrekin said that Grove Atlantic’s decision to not move most of their books out of the spring and summer in 2020 “cut both […]
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Zack Knoll has joined Abrams as editor. He was previously at Simon & Schuster.
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Streaming, Print Revenues Up at Storytel, But Moderated Forecast Hits Stock
Swedish ebook streaming service and publisher Storytel reported results for the second quarter ended June 30, with streaming sales of SEK545.5 million ($64.7 million), up from SEK459.1 million a year ago, or 18.8 percent. Print publishing sales were SEK149.96 million, up from SEK126.74 million, or 18.3 percent. Pre-tax loss for the quarter was SEK(132.8) million, compared to a loss of SEK(72.6) million in Q2 2020. (As in the past, the company expects loss while in this growth mode.) During the quarter, Storytel acquired Finnish publisher Aula & Co. They expect the partnership with Spotify, announced in May, to be implemented […]
Legal: Gendell Wants Contempt Order Over Fee Payment
Yfat Reiss Gendell’s attorney has asked the court to find Peter McGuigan in contempt for not paying her legal defense fees, as ordered in August. She asks for immediate payment of the reduced amount McGuigan’s attorney asked the court to impose — close to $60,000 — along with daily fines and costs. In the accompanying documents, Gendell shows that the $32,000 in fees to another law firm that McGuigan has challenged relates to an earlier dispute — presenting the bill, from a year ago, “for services rendered to Foundry in connection with Foundry’s ‘wind down.'” Epstein Becker provided legal services […]