Tips and quips on publishing from a literary agent.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Olson Out
Random House made it official this morning. Long-standing chairman Peter Olson will step down at the end of the month. Markus Dohle, the head of Bertselsmann's printing division, will replace him.
Wow. Do you think this will have a big shift in the sort of material they take in Mr. Lyons? By that I mean is the variety of books going to change, or the volume of requested/accepted MS's going to altered? It's all very interesting.
Jonathan Lyons is a literary agent at Curtis Brown, Ltd., where represents a select list of authors of biographies, history, science, pop culture, sports, general narrative non-fiction, mysteries, thrillers, science fiction and fantasy, and young adult fiction, in addition to serving as subagent in the United States for several agencies in the UK. Having previously run translation rights at McIntosh & Otis and Folio Literary Management, Jonathan currently oversees Curtis Brown’s translation rights department.
Jonathan is also a licensed publishing attorney with the boutique entertainment law firm Savur & Pellecchia, a member of The Authors Guild, and a member of the Contracts Committee of the Association of Authors’ Representatives, Inc.
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Wow. Do you think this will have a big shift in the sort of material they take in Mr. Lyons? By that I mean is the variety of books going to change, or the volume of requested/accepted MS's going to altered? It's all very interesting.
I doubt too much will change in that regard.
Ah! That's good to hear, thanks!
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