It was bound to happen, but one wonders why it took so long. The Daily Telegraph reports that Joanna Trollope is defecting to Transworld.Several other authors are also said to be unhappy with Bloomsbury and its apparent obsession with the JK Rowlings books. The Harry Potter books have sold more than 400 million copies, and authors feel that it has been at the expense of their own work.
Trollope is reported to have said that Bloomsbury is not interested in fully promoting any author except JK Rowling. She is reported to be impressed with the way Transworld has absorbed Dan Brown and The Da Vinci Code, and was still able to market adequately its other authors.
The Daily Telegraph says that some famous Bloomsbury authors are William Boyd, Susan Hill, Peter Carey and Will Self. And Jorge Amado. (Peter Carey has us a little confused, all the books we have by him are from Faber and Faber.)
One agent is quoted as saying: "(Bloomsbury has) ... lost their way a bit ... When you have such
an overwhelming success as Harry Potter it does sort of derail other things ... There is a definite feeling that the Harry Potter phenomenon has led to other authors being neglected somewhat."
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