This is a pretty interesting article about S&S’s new involvement with Gotham Group, a Los Angeles management firm, and their plans for bridging the whole teen book publishing & movie production biz. I read several times in the article about how “the publisher” will get more of the pie with a plan like this intact, but nowhere did it say the writer gets a slice! Of course, if a successful movie is made of your book, or you write the book based on a successful movie, you would in theory probably have more book sales and earn more royalties (although with the latter, it might be write for hire). S&S doesn’t always secure the movie rights in every MG/YA deal they make though, and I have to wonder if these books will be left out of this project, or if they will try and secure more movie rights, or what? There are interesting things going on all the time, aren’t there? It seems like a really important time to have a great agent. Lucky me, I’m covered!
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