Entitlement (Riverhead, September 17, 2024. Editor: Sarah McGrath. Agent: Julie Barer at The Book Group.) Rumaan Alam is the author of the New York Times-bestselling novel Leave the World Behind, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and became a major motion picture, as well as two other novels. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, and elsewhere. He lives in Brooklyn. How did you find your agent? I have a long working relationship with the superb Julie Barer. A friend suggested I contact her when I was about to enter a […]
FT & Schroders Business Book of the Year Shortlist
The Financial Times and Schroders announced the shortlist for their £30,000 Business Book of the Year award.
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Modernizing Our Member Pages
Today we unveil the last piece of our more than year-long process to redesign and update PublishersMarketplace.com: A terrific new look for PM Member Pages. You can see a few examples here, here, here and here. In addition to the updated look that’s in harmony with our sitewide redesign, new functionality means that agent and editor pages will automatically pull in your latest deals from our deals database. Our development team has done their best to map the new design to our previous member page templates, so you should not experience any major issues when you update your page (and thanks […]
TouchPoint Press Shuts Down
Independent digital publisher TouchPoint Press has shut down, according to a letter from publisher Sheri Williams shared by Writer Beware. They note she had been “under pressure from authors, staff, the Arkansas Attorney General’s Office” and the Authors Guild. Williams writes that she has met with Authors Guild attorneys since last November when she was hospitalized for mental health issues, who urged her to close the publisher, “but I was determined to keep going telling myself that hard work would get us back where we need to be.” She writes that she has filed a claim with her business insurance […]
Simon & Schuster Children’s Signs First Look Deal With Foundation Media Partners
Simon & Schuster Children’s has entered a first look deal with Foundation Media Partners to develop film and TV projects based on their titles. Foundation plans to adapt books from the Little Simon Chapter Books & Graphic Novels library as animated and/or live action properties. “We’re thrilled to be able to partner with Foundation Media to bring great characters and series to life in a new dimension for our avid readers,” said Little Simon svp, publisher Valerie Garfield. “We believe great content can co-exist across many platforms and each one will enrich the storytelling experience.” Foundation founder and ceo Patrick […]