[Commlist] New Book: The Talent Management of Indie Authorship

Andrew Stubbs-Lacy is excited to announce the publication of the new 
book, The Talent Management of Indie Authorship: From American 
independent cinema and short “films” to pay-TV and streaming.

The book explores the role that talent intermediaries, including talent 
agents, talent managers and producers, play in packaging, marketing and 
selling screen media products, services and brands by constructing and 
positioning their clients and collaborators as indie-auteurs.

It explores several case-studies across a range of screen media during 
an era of media convergence, including American indie cinema, high-end 
television, music video, advertising and branded content, the book 
explores the strategies that talent intermediaries adopt and the 
industrial, cultural and social connotations and hierarchies that 
indie-auteurism as a promotional discourse and tool carries and reinforces.

You can order your copy on the Edinburgh University Press website and 
get 30% off with discount code NEW30 on checkout:
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-talent-management-of-indie-authorship.html

Here are some endorsements:

"Although the idea of indie film authorship remains potent, it comes 
under intense scrutiny in The Talent Management of Indie Authorship. In 
this remarkable study, Andrew Stubbs-Lacy demonstrates compellingly how 
such authorship is painstakingly (re-)packaged and (re-)produced by 
talent intermediaries as they guide their clients’ navigation of an 
increasingly converged media industries landscape."

– Yannis Tzioumakis, University of Liverpool (Author of American 
Independent Cinema)

"Through his focus on talent managers and producers, Andrew Stubbs-Lacy 
offers a fresh take on the dynamic relationship between American 
independent film and the media industries since the 1980s. He skillfully 
illustrates how these intermediaries helped a range of writer-directors 
build and sustain their indie brand identities as they moved across 
different media forms."

– Alisa Perren, Director of Center for Entertainment and Media 
Industries, University of Texas

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