Perseus Announces Argo Navis Author ServicesLeading Literary Agencies Janklow & Nesbit and Curtis Brown To Offer Argo Navis to their Clients NEW YORK, NY (10/3/2011) — The Perseus Books Group announced today that it is working with leading literary agencies to offer a new digital distribution and marketing service to authors. Argo Navis is intended to serve authors who control the e-book rights to their reverted or not-in-print works, and who will act as their own publishers for these works. Argo Navis offers these authors a 70/30 revenue split. The service will be powered by Perseus’ Constellation digital platform and made available to authors via their agents. Two prominent literary agencies, Janklow & Nesbit Associates and Curtis Brown, Ltd., are planning to make Argo Navis available to their authors, and Perseus is in discussions with a number of other agencies. “We are privileged to announce this new service with two such innovative and influential agencies,” said David Steinberger, President and CEO of The Perseus Books Group. “We look forward to working with them and additional agents to bring valued works back into the marketplace.” “We are pleased to have an agreement making Argo Navis Author Services available to our clients,” said Lynn Nesbit. “Authors have been looking for ways to take advantage of the new opportunities that digital distribution affords, and Argo Navis provides a streamlined route to market using Perseus’ road-tested Constellation platform.” “Argo Navis is adding a new facet to the e-book distribution world that offers authors an appealing alternative in making their works available to readers,” said Tim Knowlton, Chief Executive Officer of Curtis Brown, Ltd. “We are excited to be working out the final details with The Perseus Books Group to extend this opportunity to our clients.” Argo Navis Author Services is the only multi-agency offering of its kind, providing authors with a way for reverted or not-in-print works to be republished, rediscovered and rewarded. For works enrolled in the service, the authors, as publishers, make key decisions on content, marketing, and pricing, while their agents are the liaisons to Argo Navis. Argo Navis, which will have its own dedicated service team within Perseus and provide various other services (such as title marketing and jacket design) through third party specialists, offers:
“We’re excited to be able to build on the success of our Constellation platform to offer these proven services to authors and agents,” said Clare Peeters, VP Corporate Strategy and Business Development for The Perseus Books Group, who will oversee the Argo Navis service. “Constellation is already a digital leader, serving thousands of authors via over 250 publisher clients. With Argo Navis, authors and agents get a deeply experienced professional partner.” Launched in 2008 by the Perseus Books Group, Constellation now serves over 250 publishers, integrates 30+ partners, and reaches 4 continents and millions of devices with one complete digital service.
The Perseus Books Group is an independent company committed to enabling independent book publishers to reach their potential, whether those publishers are Perseus-owned, joint ventures or owned by third parties. Perseus publishing imprints include Avalon Travel, Basic Books, Basic Civitas, Da Capo Press, Da Capo Lifelong Books, PublicAffairs, Running Press, Seal Press, Vanguard Press and Westview Press, as well as partnerships with Newsweek/Daily Beast, The Nation Institute, and The Weinstein Company. Through Consortium, Perseus Distribution, and Publishers Group West, as well as through its Constellation digital service offering, the Perseus Books Group is the leading provider of sales, marketing, distribution, and digital services, serving over 300 independent publishers. For more information, visit our website at www.perseusbooks.com. About Constellation About Argo Navis |
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