Literary agent Andrew Wylie has threatened to up the ante in his negotiations with top publishing houses over the past nine months. Wylie made the latest comments to the Financial Times in an interview this week.
Wylie has threatened to expand Odyssey Editions, their new digital imprint, which is publishing the back catalogue e-book editions of 20 top authors on their list, if they cannon reach agreement with publishers. Wylie went on to tell the Financial times that Odyssey could go on to publish up to 2000 books, and may even consider opening the imprint to other agents.
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