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EXCLUSIVE: Liz Parker, a 20-year seasoned of publishing, media, and intermezo astir precocious astatine Verve, has launched Parker Projects, an IP guidance and advisory institution that will rep a roster of authors and creators while advising companies and brands connected their IP strategies.
Parker’s caller institution will run astatine nan intersection of IP and media, a abstraction she believes has ne'er been much captious aliases much complex. She’ll rep artists astatine various stages of diversification, pinch a attraction connected semipermanent effect and profession control. As an advisor, she specializes successful media strategy, imaginative dealmaking, and building IP ecosystems for companies of each sizes, helping organizations create storytelling mechanisms that maximize gross and thrust maturation crossed their afloat operation.
Based successful Los Angeles, Parker spent nan past 8 years building and starring nan IP business astatine Verve — now a full-service section of nan agency — which during her tenure sold much than 250 projects crossed publishing, audio, film, television, and licensing.
In a connection to Deadline connected nan impetus for launching her company, she observed, “IP has ne'er been much valuable, yet IP strategy is not conscionable astir trading rights, but astir building nan basal infrastructure that enables storytelling to go a maturation motor for everything else.”
Clients of Parker’s see 12:01 Books, nan Atria imprint she established pinch Scott Glassgold and Emily Bestler, which has 7 titles releasing from this period done December 2027; Marcus Kliewer, bestselling writer of We Used to Live Here and nan forthcoming The Caretaker, marking nan inaugural title from 12:01 Books title; Jakob Kerr, bestselling writer of Dead Money; Melissa Arnot, nan first American female to acme Everest without oxygen; Suzanne Rindell, bestselling writer of The Other Typist; Jimmy Juliano, bestselling writer of Dead Eleven; and Anna Akbari, bestselling writer of There Is No Ethan.
A literate supplier since 2015, Parker held roles anterior to Verve astatine Penguin Random House (Viking), Counterpoint/Soft Skull, Maria B. Campbell Associates, and InkWell Management.
