The Friday Project

Posted by on May 01, 2008 in Uncategorized

It seems as though The Friday Project — a new­ish, small pub­lisher bent on pub­lish­ing blog– and web-related con­tent — has been picked up by HarperCollins, end­ing some (yes, fever­ish) speculation.

HC [HarperCollins] bought TFP’s web­site, name and author con­tracts for an undis­closed sum from admin­is­trator Panos Eliades, Franklin and Company. TFP will be housed in the Press Books wing of HC, with pub­lish­ing dir­ector Clare Christian, pub­lisher Scott Pack and man­aging editor Heather Smith report­ing to Press Books m.d. John Bond.

A few months back, Scott Pack expressed an interest in pick­ing up Deja Vu. It didn’t come to much — best all round, I think — but TFP seems like a genu­ine out­fit. I hope the man­age­ment finds suc­cess under the HarperCollins auspice.

Via The Bookseller

  • http://culturalsnow.blogspot.com Tim Footman

    It looks as if they’ve got a sweet deal: a sort of skunk works, away from the main HC office, a degree of autonomy, but with Murdoch cash to cush­ion them.

    There must be a catch.

  • http://ianhocking.com Ian

    Well, I’m glad it’s turned out well — some of their authors were vocally unhappy, it seems.