Kate Lee will leave ICM on April 30 after nearly ten years with the agency. She is also stepping back from book agenting to pursue new opportunities; her clients, who include Jeff Jarvis, Brian Stelter, Charles Finch, and Adam Penenberg, will remain with ICM. Perseus has finally announced, after we reported it in early February, that Writers House has signed on with its Argo Navis author services program, which the agency will offer to its authors looking to distribute their works digitally. “After reviewing many of the digital publishing options available, we concluded that the service provided by Argo Navis […]
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People: LA Office for Janklow & Nesbit, and More
Janklow & Nesbit Associates is opening their own Los Angeles office to extend their services in the film, television and digital communities. The agency says the move will allow it “to build on its existing relationships and expand its reach enormously in the service of its clients and their material.” Carlo Martinelli and Amanda Schweitzer comprise the new LA Team. Martinelli was at Vuguru, Michael Eisner’s online content company, after working for 10 years at Bona Fide Productions. Schweitzer has been at Millar Gough Ink and before that worked for Hugh Jackman’s Seed Productions. Luke Janklow says in the announcement […]
Russell & Volkening Is Acquired By Lippincott Massie McQuilkin
Literary agency Russell & Volkening, founded in 1940 by Diarmuid Russell and Henry Volkening and acquired in 1972 by Timothy Seldes, has found a new home after a lengthy search that began in early 2011. Lippincott Massie McQuilkin has acquired the agency and will operate it “intact” and intends to maintain the agency’s name as well. Seldes will retire and William Critzman, who has been acting president since May 2011, will step down once the acquisition is complete. Last May, three of the younger members of R&V left to form their own agency, Hannigan Salky Getzler Agency, taking their clients with […]
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Mary Anne Thompson Associates has been appointed US literary scout for Harper Canada. In the UK, agent Madeleine Buston is leaving Darley Anderson after five years to establish her own company, the Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency, the Bookseller reports. The DigitalBookWorld.com web site (run separately and solely by F+W Media; we are partners in the Digital Book World conference only) has added a “digital book wire” of press releases and news clips, and added a “expert publishing blog” drawing on a variety of contributors.
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Kent D. Wolf joins Lippincott Massie McQuilkin as an agent, moving from Global Literary Management. He will continue to represent literary and commercial fiction, select young adult, narrative nonfiction, memoir, pop culture, and lifestyle books. Jen Linnan has opened her own agency, Linnan Literary Management, specializing in graphic works and illustration, in addition to select adult and children’s prose authors. Previously, Linnan was an associate agent at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates, where she started in 2007 and handled international rights for several major agency clients. Perseus has added another new executive, hiring Patrick Kirk for the new role of vp, program office, “responsible […]
S&S Unveils New Royalty Statements, Coming Soon Online
Simon & Schuster is dispatching “substantially redesigned” and more compact royalty statements with this reporting period, and as of March 1 those statement will be viewable as PDFs on their online Agent Portal. The publisher has worked closely with many authors and agents in developing the resigned statements, including “close consultation” with the Association of Authors’ Representatives’ royalty committee. Spokesperson Adam Rothberg adds that their “development roadmap definitely includes more flexibility in delivery options, and more granular data, and we will be continuing our productive work with agents on moving forward in all aspects of the royalty process.” AAR committee […]