In today’s publishing world – where so much happens digitally and virtually – a book launch party might seem like a quaint and outdated idea. Why go to the trouble of hosting an event when you can promote the book online?
Page Two’s summer intern recently asked us how she could stay up-to-date with the latest news in publishing. After all, commercial publishing is filled with just as many buzzwords, hot topics, complexities, and developments as any other major industry and can be confusing and intimidating to people on the outside.
Robert McCullough, Publisher at Appetite by Random House, has acquired world rights to Pailin Chongchitnant’s Hot Thai Kitchen: Demystifying Thai Cuisine with Authentic Recipes to Make at Home.
In the book trade, some of the most coveted supporters a book can have are “big mouth booksellers” – booksellers who can hand-sell the book to customers and generate interest through word of mouth.
Anton Mueller, Executive Editor of Bloomsbury USA, has acquired world rights to Geoff Dembicki’s first book. Are We Screwed? A Millennial’s Guide to Climate Change keys off 28-year-old Dembicki’s dispatches for Vice, Salon, the Tyee, and others to explain the massive societal shifts Millennials are creating in their response to global warming.
When we first became literary agents through Transatlantic Agency after years on the publishing side of the business, we diligently responded to every query we received from writers.
When our clients are drafting book proposals, many of them tell us that the section that confounds them the most is the market competition section. After all, who enjoys staring their competition in the face?
We’re honoured and thrilled to announce that Page Two principals Jesse Finkelstein and Trena White have been made adjunct professors of Publishing at Simon Fraser University. We look forward to providing continued expertise and support to the school and its excellent Master of Publishing Program of which both Jesse and Trena are proud alumni.
Page Two is pleased to announce a groundbreaking new publishing deal. In an unprecedented agreement, Kobo will partner with ECW Press to publish Jian Ghomeshi: Secret Life, a detailed exploration of the rise and downfall of the superstar radio personality by our agency client Kevin Donovan, the award-winning Toronto Star investigative journalist who has covered the story.
Congratulations to Peter Cocking, Page Two’s design associate, who has won two 2014 Alcuin Awards for book design. He took first prize in the Reference category for The Dirty Apron Cookbook, and honourable mention in Pictorial for the art book Susan Point.
Last week a university professor asked us, “Will print books still exist in ten years?” It was a provocative question intended to spark discussion. But when we stated emphatically that yes, of course they will, he wasn’t convinced.
We recently gave our Page Two website a refresh and an update. It took months of planning and writing, and it required the expertise of some of our close collaborators.
