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Nieuw Amsterdam poaches rival staff.

The article informs that new publishing house Nieuw Amsterdam has shaken up the Dutch publishing industry by luring several prominent publishers, along with their editorial teams and authors. Literary publisher L J Veen has been nearly stripped of authors. Nieuw Amsterdam was set up by Marije Bertra...

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Published in:Bookseller no. 5176; p. 9
Main Author: Dessing, Maarten
Format: Article
Published: Bookseller Media Ltd 4/29/2005
Subjects:
Author-publisher relations
Publishing
Book industry
Business
Business enterprises
Netherlands
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article informs that new publishing house Nieuw Amsterdam has shaken up the Dutch publishing industry by luring several prominent publishers, along with their editorial teams and authors. Literary publisher L J Veen has been nearly stripped of authors. Nieuw Amsterdam was set up by Marije Bertram and Hendrik de Leeuw, former directors of Amstel Publishers. Financial backing came from Derk Sauer who made his fortune with his magazine company Independent Media, which is based in Moscow.