His departure is the direct consequence of the appointment, formalized Monday, June 13, of Isabelle Saporta at the head of the house which has published her since 2016
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Virginie Grimaldi is preparing to take the head of a procession of authors out of ban with Fayard editions? “I leave the Fayard editions with great sadness”, announced the successful novelist on her Twitter account , Tuesday, June 14, just before 6 pm. “I spent seven years wonderful, surrounded and carried by extraordinary people, both human and professional, she continues, but my values and my convictions are no longer in tune with the direction that the house takes.”
According to our information, Virginie Grimaldi had sent an email at midday at fifteen interlocutors at Fayard, in order to tell them about her choice. She explained to what extent the publishing house, in which she has established strong ties since 2016 and the publication of you will understand when you are bigger, counted for her, but that “the conditions” did not allow her to continue. Understand: it is indeed the appointment of Isabelle Saporta to the CEO of this subsidiary of Hachette Books (Lagardère group), formalized Monday June 13, which makes it flee.
phenomenon of bookstore
In front of her teams, the new owner of Fayard had assured Monday that her first phone call would be precisely for the author of these popular, popular, essential, essential, essential books. “Today, when readers buy Virginie Grimaldi, they buy a brand,” said Isabelle Saporta to the world on Monday evening, in order to explain the diversification strategy that it intends to implement with its authors. The ace ! Virginie Grimaldi has ahead of the call, and cut short these projects.
“Hyper-loud”, according to a professional in the sector, this phenomenon of bookstore with colorful covers should not stay long without publisher: in 2021, as in 2020, Virginie Grimaldi was in France the one that sold the most books after Guillaume Musso. According to Le Figaro/GFK tracks. 561 The year of the publication of and that only the gentle moments last, in 2020. “She is the most read French novelist in France in 2019, 2020 and 2021”, indicates the forty -year -old translated into twenty languages on her website . In the world of publishing, we wonder: will she be the first author to join Sophie de Closets, that the rumor announces at Flammarion, where this one will take new functions?