New York -- June 20, 2023 -- Attorney/Agent Lloyd Jassin was featured in the Bookseller article, "S&S Children's pre-empts 'unmissable' YA romantasy from BookTok star Roberts." View the full article.
Mr. Jassin represented self-published author Lauren Roberts in a fast-moving three-book global co-publishing deal for Roberts’ POWERLESS, a young adult fantasy that "follows the forbidden romance between a powerful prince and an ordinary girl as they try to survive their kingdom’s grueling laws pitting them against each other."
The global pre-empt by Simon & Schuster was led by UK editor Amina Youssef, Simon & Schuster Children's Books.
S&S will publish the first book in the UK on July 6, 2023, and in the US on November 7, 2023, with book two (RECKLESS) following in 2024 and book three (FEARLESS) in 2025.
In a series of heated auctions, foreign rights have already been sold to publishing partners in France (Editions Gallimard), Germany (Blanvalet), Spain (Salamandra), Italy (Newton Compton), Poland (Foksal), and Turkey (Beta).
Background
Based in New York City, Lloyd J. Jassin, a former publishing executive, provides business-oriented legal counsel to clients in the publishing and entertainment fields.
Contact: (212) 354-4442
