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New owner for Authors' Agent literacy agency
Brian Cook, publishing consultant and proprietor of the Manuscript Appraisal Agency, is the new owner of the Authors' Agent literacy agency. Cook announced that he had acquired the business this week ...
Smashwords adds services for literary agents
Digital distribution platform Smashwords has added a range of services designed for literary agents. Agents will now be able to use the platform to digitally convert their author's files for free and ...
UK publishers draw 'battle lines' over digital rights
In the wake of Andrew Wylie's launch of Odyssey Editions, UK publishers are repeating their insistence on aquiring digital rights alongside print; while agents insist they may retain or split rights i...
US Booksellers Association joins Wylie criticism
Oren Tiecher, CEO if the American Booksellers Association, is the latestbook industry figure to critice the exclusive deal between Amazon and agent Andrew Wylie that has seen the creation of the Odyss...
US Authors Guild on Wylie: 'publishers have brought this upon themselves'
While the US Authors Guild think that the Amazon-exclusive nature of the Andrew Wylie ebook deal is 'weird', it believes that 'publishers have brought this upon themselves'.
Harper UK joins in Andrew Wylie criticism
Harper UK has joined Random House and Macmillan in condemning the move by literary agent Andrew 'The Jackal' Wylie to publish Kindle-only ebook versions of 20 of his most valuable backlist classics.
Frankfurt to see 'biggest LitAg ever'
This year's Frankfurt Book Fair (6 - 10 October) is expected to see the largest-ever turnout for the Agents Centre ('LitAg')
Agents hold out on backlist ebook rights
Many literary agents are holding out on granting ebook rights to backlist titles, expecting that standard royalty rates will have to rise from 25% to nearer 50%.
Andrew Wylie: ebook negotiations 'on hold', considering direct deals w Amazon, Google, Apple
Uber-agent Andrew Wylie says that he is frustrated with traditional publishers' approaches to ebook rights and that negotations on ebook rights for his blue-chip author list are 'on hold' -- indeed, h...
Debate on changing role of agents
The role of literary agents is under scrutiny as the industry shifts with ebooks and digitisation. This blog post rounds up some provocative and controversial suggestions sparked in the past week by a...
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