A year after the showdown between Amazon and Macmillan over the publisher’s switch to agency terms that left most Macmillan titles unavailable for sale for about a week at the etailer, the companies’ joint move to make financial amends to authors has become public. In a letter from Macmillan ceo John Sargent to authors and agents, he explained their Amazon Kindle Outage Adjustment. (Most of the supplementary compensation was already paid in the prior royalty reporting period last year.) “We believe it was not fair that authors should suffer from the Amazon buy button takedown imposed on us for a […]
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Agent Leigh Feldman has left Darhansoff, Verrill, Feldman, where she worked for 20 years, to join Writers House, starting next month. Feldman says in the announcement, “I’m so lucky to have had the experience of working with Liz and Chuck for the last 20 years. Liz was a wonderful mentor to me and her wisdom and guidance is something that will benefit me as I move on to the next stage of my career with Writers House.” She adds, “I’m impressed by how well they have grasped the complexities and opportunities of digital’s emergence in book publishing. Most importantly, they’re […]
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The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has hired Andi Sporkin for the new position of vp, communications, reporting to president Tom Allen. Sporkin will “develop and direct integrated communications, external outreach and marketing for AAP’s advocacy efforts.” Her responsibilities will include legal, legislative and regulatory communications; media relations; industry branding initiatives; public affairs; and management of AAP’s Communications team. Sporkin was vp, communications at NPR from 2005-2008, worked for CBS for 13 years, and also led communications divisions at Disney and Sony Pictures. National Book Network has eliminated six positions in their sales force, which company head Jed Lyons says […]
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Marjorie Braman is leaving Henry Holt, where she has been vp and editor-in-chief since September 2008. Prior to that she was executive editor at HarperCollins for 12 years. She is leaving on to concentrate on freelance editorial projects, and her last day is January 31. Holt will name a new editor-in-chief at a later date.Christine Pride has joined Hyperion as senior editor. Previously she was an editor with the Crown Publishing Group. At Norton, Brendan Curry and Tom Mayer have been promoted to senior editors. Christina Ward of the Christina Ward Literary Agency and Richard Balkin of The Balkin Agency […]
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Joanne Wyckoff has joined the Carol Mann Agency as an agent, continuing to represents a wide array of nonfiction and selected fiction. Since 2005, she has been an agent with Zachary Shuster Harmsworth, in their Boston office. The peripatetic Adam Korn is leaving literary agency DeFiore and Company to return to the editorial side, rejoining HarperCollins–this time as executive editor for William Morrow, starting January 18. Penguin UK Children’s managing director Stephanie Barton is leaving to “embark upon a new challenge” after 26 years with the company, the Bookseller reports. Puffin managing director Francesca Dow moves up to fill Barton’s […]
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Kimberley Cameron and Associates announces that they agency has amicably parted ways with April Eberhardt, who established her own literary agency, effective January 1. April Eberhardt Literary will focus primarily on high-quality women’s fiction, and will also assist authors in assessing and accessing alternative publishing channels. Amy Rhodes has been named a partner in Market Partners International, where she has worked as a consultant for the last two years. Prior to joining MPI she had been publisher and general manager at Watson-Guptill, and trade publisher at Rodale Books. Liz Gately has been appointed the US scout for the UK’s Headline. In promotions […]