Kirsten Neuhaus has started her own agency, Kirsten Neuhaus Literary. She was most recently an agent and foreign rights manager at Vigliano Associates. Following the elimination of the Collins division in the US, now its predecessor in the UK is also being demoted. Harper UK will merge Collins with their Harper Non-fiction books, consolidated under managing director Belinda Budge. Collins publishing director Denise Bates will leave Harper UK in July, and Collins’ head Katie Fulford returns to her previous role as special projects director. Ebury senior publishing director Hannah MacDonald will move over in July to run the Collins imprint, […]
GBS Settlement Parties Request Delay
The plaintiffs and Google have filed a motion asking the judge to postpone the May 5 deadline for opting out of the proposed Google Book Search settlement agreement for two months, saying they “believe [it] would benefit the class by allowing it more time to consider its right and options.” The parties took this action after a group acting on behalf of some authors–including representatives of the Steinbeck and Philip K. Dick estates–wrote to Judge Denny Chin and filed a motion of their own on Friday asking for a four-month postponement. But the litigants say in their letter that they […]
Lunch Weekly for Monday, April 27
Deal Reports Just e-mail to deals@PublishersMarketplace if you aren’t using the online form linked below. Report a deal using the online form The Key As usual, the handy key to our Lunch deal categories. While all reports are always welcome, those that include a category will generally receive a higher listing when it comes time to put them all together. “nice deal” $1 – $49,000 “very nice deal” $50,000 – $99,000 “good deal” $100,000 – $250,000 “significant deal” $251,000 – $499,000 “major deal” $500,000 and up FICTION Debut Author of CALAMITY AND OTHER STORIES Daphne Kalotay’s RUSSIAN WINTER, set […]
BN Finally Launches a Competitor to Audible
Barnes & Noble.com has launched an online mp3 audiobook, offering over 10,000 titles at an “average price” of $10 to $20 per download. A launch promotion offers nine free titles, including: The Babysitter’s Code by Laura Lippman, Great Day by Kurt Vonnegut, Super Goat Man by Jonathan Lethem, Best New Horror by Joe Hill, Fathers by Alice Munro, Truth or Dare by Elizabeth Berg, Ysrael by Junot Diaz, and Merrano of the Dry Country by Louis L’Amore. EVP of e-commerce Tom Burke calls it “a natural progression in our commitment to book lovers and audiobook fans.” Overdrive is maintaining and […]
Proposals: Boyle On, Brangelina Bodyguard Off
Crain’s reports that Richard Pine at Inkwell Management in the US and Mark Lucas to Lucas Alexander Whitley in the UK are auctioning a book by amateur singing sensation Susan Boyle. (The agents did not respond to queries from Crain’s.)Crains (if you click through from Google News you won’t get stopped at the reg wall) Celebrity bodyguard Mickey Brett’s book proposal about a variety of famous clients, including Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, makes its way to the NY Daily News, though the book itself will not find its way to store shelves. After legal threats to block any publication, […]
LAT Festival: Prizes, and Wind Damage
The Los Angeles Times kicked off their weekend festival of books with the naming of their annual book prize winners, which included: Fiction: Marilynne Robinson, HOMEFirst Fiction: Zoe Ferraris, FINDING NOUFYoung Adult: Terry Pratchett, NATIONCurrent Interest: Barton Gellman, ANGLER: The Cheney Vice Presidency Though this year’s awards presentation was downsized to the newspaper’s offices and not open to the public, LA Observed says “LAT publisher Eddy Hartenstein pledged publicly that the Times Book Prizes would continue next year, and at least some judges were already asked to return.” On Saturday afternoon, heavy winds knocked down a scaffolding on the UCLA […]