News and Press

Select Publications

“Audiobooks Ascending”
Authors Guild Bulletin (Spring/Summer 2018)

“Writers Collaborating: Sometimes It Gets Complicated”
Authors Guild Bulletin (Fall 2017/Winter 2018)

“Translation Contracts Require Expertise”
Association of Authors’ Representatives The Pitch newsletter (Fall 2017)

“Termination of Book Publishing Rights: An Overview”
IBPA’s Independent magazine (September 2016)

“Contract Issues Related to Electronic Rights in Publishing”
NYSBA Entertainment, Arts & Sports Law Journal (Summer 2012)

Previous and Upcoming Engagements

Publishing Contracts: A Conversation with Jesseca Salky
American Book Producers Association (February 2023)

What’s in the fine print? A primer on podcast legal issues
Radio Boot Camp (2022)

All About Advances: What Authors Should Expect When Negotiating with a Publisher
The Authors Guild (2021)

Legal Issues for Agents and Authors
Publishers Marketplace Forum Discussion (2021)

Magazine Boot Camp
January Academy, CUNY Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism (2021)

But Will My Sister Sue Me? Ask a Lawyer! – Remote!
Grub Street (2020)

Drafting and Negotiating Book Publishing Agreements: Course
Lawline (2020)

Publishing Contracts: Boilerplate Provisions Newly Significant Now (Webinar)
CLE Programs, NYSBA (2020)

Literary Publishing: Where the Role of Lawyers and Agents Intersect
American Bar Association (2020)

Magazine Boot Camp
January Academy, CUNY Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism (2019)

Writers Collaborating: Sometimes it gets Complicated
The Authors Guild (2017)

Are Today’s Standard Publishing Agreements Fair? A Symposium
Book Expo America (2016)

Attorneys, Agents and Managers in the Entertainment Industry
City Bar of New York (2015)

Traditional and New Trends in Trade Book Publishing
NYSBA Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section panel (2015)

Understanding Publishing Contracts
Writers’ League of Texas Agents and Editors Conference (2014)

Electronic Publishing in 2013
Writing Life series, New York Society Library (2013)

Traditional and New Trends in Trade Book Publishing
NYSBA Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Section panel (2012)

Digitization and Disruption
On Copyright Conference, Copyright Clearance Center (2012)

Clients/Projects in the News

Oscar Nominations 2023
Variety (January 24, 2023)

The 16 Best Kids’ Toys our Editors Hands-on Tested this Year
USA Today (December 3, 2022)

The 10 Best Books of 2022
The New York Times (November 29, 2022)

We Need Diverse Books Launches #BooksSaveLives Initiative Against Censorship
Publishers Weekly (November 29, 2022)

The Fresh Take Gift Guide: The 30 Best Food and Sustainability Gifts of 2022
Forbes (November 7, 2022)

Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2022 (Nonfiction)
Publishers Weekly (October 24, 2022)

Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2022 (Picture Books)
Publishers Weekly (October 24, 2022)

Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2022 (Young Adult)
Publishers Weekly (October 24, 2022)

Brandon Sanderson’s Kickstarter Campaign Makes $15 Million in One Days
Polygon (March 2, 2022)

Rediscovering Black Life Through the Archives
The Hollywood Reporter (February 24, 2022)

Barbara Bloemink’s groundbreaking biography of Florine Stettheimer
The New Yorker (February 21, 2022)

Heather Havrilesky Compares Her Husband to a Heap of Laundry
The New York Times (February 4, 2022)