Russian-Ukrainian sci-fi and fantasy author Sergey Dyachenko died on May 5 at 77. With his wife, Marina Dyachenko, he was the co-author of more than 30 books, including Vita Nostra, The Scar, and Daughter from the Dark. A sequel to Vita Nostra will be published by Harper Voyager next year.
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Kjersti Egerdahl has been promoted to editorial director for Amazon Original Stories. Tyler Freidenrich has been promoted to associate creative director at Amazon Publishing.
Harper Earnings Reflect Supply Chain and Production Costs
News Corp. reported results for their fiscal third quarter 2022 ended March 31 after the close of the market on Thursday, with Harper Collins recording sales of $515 million, up 5 percent overall from $490 million a year ago. Adjusted sales declined 1 percent, however. The overall growth includes $37 million from recent acquisitions (most of that from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) — offset by $6 million in negative currency exchange and $14 million less in Bridgerton sales than a year ago, along with unspecified “lower sales” in children’s and foreign language books. A year ago, the publisher reported a particularly […]
Bookselling: P&T Knitwear Bookstore; Book Soup Union
A new bookstore, P&T Knitwear, will open on Orchard Street NYC Memorial Day weekend. The 3,000 square foot store will “will carry titles for children, teens, and adults spanning all genres, plus there will be a particular focus on fiction and nonfiction highlighting New York City.” In an Instagram post, workers at Book Soup in West Hollywood announced their intent to unionize, seeking “fair wages, adequate staffing, disability access, and democratic decision making in the workplace.” They have partnered with the Communication Workers of America and “are hoping that our employers at [Vroman’s Bookstore] will voluntarily recognize us.”
Agents Association Revises Canon of Ethics, Expands Membership Criteria
The Association of American Literary Agents (FKA the Association of Authors’ Representatives) announced a significant revision of their Canon of Ethics, which is the industry’s primary set of guidelines for ethical and appropriate practices in representation. It includes a variety of “clarifications and updates focused on modernizing” the rules, with the organization calling out new “parameters…to allow AALA members to take on paid editorial work for non-client authors while maintaining the organization’s rigorous commitment to the highest standards of ethical representation.” That new standard indicates that “members may provide editorial services in exchange for a fee to authors who are […]