Peggy Boulos Smith has joined the Jane Rotrosen Agency’s subsidiary rights division as global rights director. Previously she was an agent at Miller Bowers Griffin. In addition, Danielle Sickles has been promoted to global rights manager. At Graywolf Press, Marisa Atkinson has been promoted to publicity and events manager. Harper Lee‘s lawyer Gloria Phares issued a statement to us Thursday evening regarding the author’s recent settlement of her lawsuit against former agent Sam Pinkus: “Harper Lee has always been a very private person. Her case has ended as she desired: quickly, with her copyright secured to her, and a return […]
Harper Lee Copyright Lawsuit Officially Dismissed
As promised last week by Samuel Pinkus’s defense lawyer, Harper Lee’s copyright lawsuit against him was officially dismissed Wednesday afternoon. (The dismissal included the associated companies Veritas Media, Keystone Literary, and Philologus Procurator.) Each side will bear the cost of their own attorney fees. Gloria Phares, representing Harper Lee, had not yet returned our request for comment. Pinkus’s attorney Vincent Carissimi had said last week that both sides “reached a mutually satisfactory resolution.”
People, Etc.: Enderlin Promoted to St. Martin’s Paperback Publisher
Jennifer Enderlin has been promoted to svp, publisher for St. Martin’s Griffin and St. Martin’s Paperbacks, the role previously held by Matthew Shear, who died last month. SMP publisher Sally Richardson said in a statement: “In the past 20 years she has been here, Jen has proven herself an astute acquirer of talent; a gifted hands-on editor; and a supportive colleague always ready to help, advise, and read for other editors. She has a keen understanding of the market and the realities of its timing and competition, which has enabled her to position and publish authors for book-by-book growth as […]
Judge Rules Lance Armstrong’s Books Are Protected Speech; Rejects False Advertising Claims
A month after holding a hearing on a proposed class action lawsuit against Lance Armstrong for making false statements in his books IT’S NOT ABOUT THE BIKE and EVERY SECOND COUNTS, California Federal court Judge Morrison England threw out most of the suit. Siding with Armstrong and his respective publishers Putnam and Crown (each defended separately, though now part of the same parent company), he wrote: “The Court concludes, despite plaintiffs’ allegations that the Armstrong books contained false and misleading statements, that the content of the books is afforded full First Amendment protection,” England wrote in his 39-page ruling, issued […]
People, Etc.
Stephen Power has joined Amacom as senior editor, responsible for the management and human resources publishing programs. Previously he was a senior editor at Wiley. Liese Mayer will join Scribner as editor on September 16. Previously she was an associate editor at The Overlook Press. Sara Hartman-Seeskin will join Sourcebooks as rights and exports manager. Previously she was international rights manager for Free Spirit Publishing. In addition, Liz Kelsch has been promoted to publicity manager and Nicole Komasinski moves up to associate graphic designer. Claire Anderson-Wheeler has joined Regal Literary as an agent. Previously she was an agent at Anderson […]
People, Etc.
At Liza Dawson Associates, Monica Odom has been promoted to associate agent, and also serves as manager of finance and social media development. The recipients of the 2013 Rona Jaffe Foundation Awards are Tiffany Briere (fiction/nonfiction), Ashlee Crews (fiction), Kristin Dombek (nonfiction), Margaree Little (poetry), Kirstin Valdez Quade (fiction), and Jill Sisson Quinn (nonfiction) The National Book Awards will announce their first-ever longlists exclusively on The Daily Beast over a four-day period beginning September 16 with the Young People’s Literature category (the Poetry longlist will be announced September 17, followed by Nonfiction on the 18th and Fiction on the 19th.) […]