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A BRIEF HISTORY
In 2007
BIG APPLE AGENCY,INC.
celebrated its 20th anniversary. It was founded in 1987 by Ms.
Lily Chen and Dr. Luc Kwanten and was known as Big Apple LTC Consulting.
When the late Tom Mori acquired a minority share in the agency in December
1989, the company changed its name to
BIG APPLE AGENCY,INC..
When the agency was founded in 1987, there was no copyright law in either China
or Taiwan protecting authors’ translation rights. In November 1992, China and
Taiwan enacted copyright legislation that protected the rights of foreign
authors against unauthorized reproduction and unauthorized translation of their
works. Subsequently China became a member of the Berne Convention and other
international agreements on copyright and intellectual property protection. In
spite of the five year long handicap, the agency was able to enter into proper
translation agreements in China as well as in Taiwan.
Initially the agency operated out of Taipei with frequent trips to the major
publishing centres in China. In 1989, the mainland China office was opened
initially in Beijing, followed by the opening of an office in Shanghai. In
1999, the Shanghai office became the agency’s principal office with Beijing and
Taipei as branch offices.
BIG APPLE AGENCY,INC.
handles translation rights into Mainland China – simplified Chinese character
rights – and into Taiwan and Hong Kong S.A.R. – complex (traditional) Chinese
character rights, i.e. that for each title handled by the agency there is the
possibility of two contracts. Readers of complex (traditional) Chinese cannot
read simplified Chinese and vice-versa. The agency also handles translation
rights into Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam.
In addition to handling foreign authors in the above territories, the agency
has signed up a stable of young Chinese authors for representation abroad since
2005. A list of these authors is available upon request.
The agency maintains representative offices in London and New York. Although
Tom Mori passed away prematurely, the link established with the
Tuttle-Mori Agency
in Tokyo remains in existence
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS
It is not possible to list all the titles we have licensed since that fateful
day in 1987 when the agency started its activities with the licensing of a
complex (traditional) Chinese character edition of
PC MAGAZINE. The following pages are the highlights
of titles with outstanding achievements.
NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE:
J.M. COETZEE
V.S. NAIPAUL
SEAMUS HEANEY
DEREK WALCOTT
NADINE GORDIMER
WOLE SOYINKA
SIR WILLIAM GOLDING
ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER
SAUL BELLOW
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL
PAR LAGERKVIST
T.S. ELIOT
PEARL BUCK
DORIS LESSING
MAN BOOKER PRIZE [winners only]
THE SEA by JOHN BANVILLE
THE LINE OF BEAUTY by ALAN HOLLINGHURST
VERNON GOD LITTLE by D.B.C. PIERRE
LIFE OF PI by YANN MARTELL
THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG by PETER CAREY
THE BLIND ASSASSIN by MARGARET ATWOOD
DISGRACE by J.M. COETZEE
AMSTERDAM by IAN McEWAN
THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS by ARUNDATHI ROY
THE ENGLISH PATIENT by MICHAEL ONDAATJE
THE FAMISHED ROAD by BEN OKRI
POSSESSION by A.S. BYATT
THE REMAINS OF THE DAY by KAZUO ISHIGURO
OSCAR AND LUCINDA by PETER CAREY
HOTEL DU LAC by ANITA BROOKNER
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MICHAEL K. by J.M. COETZEE
SCHINDLER’S LIST by THOMAS KENEALLY
RITES OF PASSAGE by WILLIAM GOLDING
OFFSHORE by PENELOPE FITZGERALD
THE SEA by IRIS MURDOCH
THE CONSERVATIONIST by NADINE GORDIMER
IN A FREE STATE by V.S. NAIPAUL
WITHBREAD – COSTA AWARDS
THE HARMONY SILK FACTORY by TASH HAW
MATISSE: THE MASTER by HILARY SPURLING
THE NEW POLICEMAN by KATE THOMPSON
SMALL ISLAND by ANDREA LEVY
VERNON GOD LITTLE by D.B.C. PIERRE
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME by MARK HADDON
SPIES by MICHAEL FRAYN
SAFFY’S ANGEL by HILARY McKAY
THE AMBER SPYGLASS by PHILIP PULLMAN
WHITE TEETH by ZADIE SMITH
BIRTHDAY LETTERS by SEAMUS HEANEY
THE BUDDHA OF SUBURBIA by HANIF KUREISHI
THE CHILD IN TIME by IAN McEWAN
AN ARTIST OF THE FLOATING WORLD by KAZUO ISHIGURO
ON THE BLACK HILL by BRUCE CHATWIN
NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS [winners only]
THE ORIGINS OF TOTALITARIANISM by HANNAH ARENDT
INVISIBLE MAN by RALPH ELLISON
JAMES JOYCE by RICHARD ELLMANN
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH by WILLIAM L. SHIRER
THE CITY IN HISTORY: ITS ORIGINS, ITS TRANSFORMATIONS AND ITS PROSPECTS by
LEWIS MUMFORD
GRAVITY’S RAINBOW by THOMAS PYNCHON
THE SNOW LEOPARD by PETER MATTHIESSEN
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP by JOHN IRVING
THE WHITE HOUSE YEARS by HENRY KISSINGER
A DISTANT MIRROR: THE CALMITUOUS 14TH CENTURY by BARBARA W.TUCHMAN
GODEL, ESCHER AND BACH: AN ETERNAL GOLDEN BRAID by DOUGLAS HOFSTADTER
THE COLOR PURPLE by ALICE WALKER
WHITE NOISE by DON DeLILLO
BECOMING A MAN: HALF A LIFE STORY by PAUL MONETTE
COLD MOUNTAIN by CHARLES FRAZIER
HOLES by LOUIS SACHAR
IN THE HEART OF THE SEA: THE TRAGEDY OF THE WHALESHIP ESSEX by NATHANIEL
PHILBRICK
THE CORRECTIONS by JONATHAN FRANZEN
THREE JUNES by JULIA GLASS
THE ECHO MAKER by RICHARD POWERS
ORANGE PRIZE [winners only]
ON BEAUTY by ZADIE SMITH
SMALL ISLAND by ANDREA LEVY
NEWBERRY MEDAL [winners only]
CRISPIN: THE CROSS OF LEAD by AVI
HOLES by LOUIS SACHAR
CALDECOTT AWARD WINNERS [winners only]
THE HELLO GOODBYE WINDOW illustrated by CHRIS RASCHKA written by NORTON JUSTER
LON PO PO: A RED-RIDING HOOD STORY FROM CHINA by ED YOUNG
THE POLAR EXPRESS by CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG
JUMANJI by CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG
BEST NONFICTION-TITLES:
PETER DRUCKER’s titles
FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS by GRAHAM HANCOCK
A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING by BILL BRYSON
THE KINSEY INSTITUTE NEW REPORT ON SEX by JUNE M. REINISH & RUTH BEASLEY
SIMPLIFY YOUR LIFE by ELAINE ST. JAMES
QBQ! THE QUESTION BEHIND THE QUESTION by JOHN G. MILLER
THE BOOK OF VIRTUES By WILLIAM J. BENNETT
LEADERSHIP by RUDOLPH W. GIULIANI WITH KEN KURSON
FISH : A REMARKABLE WAY TO BOOST MORALE AND IMPROVE RESULTS by STEPHEN C. LUNDIN & HARRY PAUL & JOHN CHRISTENSEN
MEN ARE FROM MARS, WOMEN ARE FROM VENUS by JOHN GRAY
DON'T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF by RICHARD CARLSON
LIVING HISTORY by HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON
YOU: ON A DIET: by MICHAEL F.ROIZEN & MEHMET C. OZ
ONE RED PAPERCLIP by Kyle Macdonald
GREENSPAN’S FRAUD: HOW TWO DECADES OF HIS POLICIES HAVE UNDERMINED THE GLOBAL ECONOMY by RAVI BATRA
PURPOSE: THE STARTING POINT OF GREAT COMPANIES by NIKOS MOURKOGIANNIS
OUR ICEBERG IS MELTING by JOHN KOTTER AND HOLGER RATHGEBER
A ROYAL DUTY by PAUL BURRELL
A PASSION TO WIN by SUMNER REDSTONE
THE JESUS DYNASTY by JAMES D.TABOR
CHRONICLES by BOB DYLAN
JIM CRAMER’S REAL MONEY by JAMES J. CRAMER
READY OR NOT, HERE LIFE COMES by MEL LEVINE
SCHOTT’S ORIGINAL MISCELLANY by BEN SCHOTT
E=MC2: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS EQUATION by DAVID BODANIS
NEXT: THE FLOW OF THE FUTURE by MARIAN SALZMAN & IRA MATATHIA
LIES AT THE ALTAR by Dr. ROBIN L. SMITH
THE ESSENCE OF STYLE by JOAN DEJEAN
THE CSIRO TOTAL WELLBEING DIET by Dr. MANNY NOAKES
SCREW IT, LET’S DO IT by RICHARD BRANSON
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