A BRIEF HISTORY

BIG APPLE AGENCY, INC. is celebrating its 27th anniversary in 2014.  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 TUTTLE-MORI AGENCY, INC. and started representing foreign proprietors around the world in the Chinese language markets in both Mainland China (Simplified Chinese) and Taiwan (Traditional Chinese).  In 2012, with the expansion into the Southeast Asian territories including Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam, the company name was officially changed 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 centers 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. – Traditional (complex) Chinese character rights, i.e. that for each title handled by the agency there is the possibility of two contracts. Readers of Traditional Chinese have difficulties reading 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.

大苹果创建于1987年，在不断拓展业务的过程中，于1989年底与全球最大的版权代理公司东京TUTTLE-MORI AGENCY合作后，更名为BIG APPLE TUTTLE-MORI AGENCY，使得大苹果能在最短的时间里得到国际版权界最密切的支持。1989年底，大苹果开始与中国出版社接触，《斯佳丽》就是与上海译文出版社于1990年合作的第一本翻译书。1992年，中国新的著作权法出台，国外作者翻译版权有了法律保护，大苹果代理业务也在多方面有了蓬勃发展。大苹果在2012年正式更改其英文名称为Big Apple Agency, Inc.  同时，大苹果也进军东南亚，开始代理授权马来西亚，印尼，越南，及泰国地区。至今为止，大苹果成功代理了诺贝尔文学奖获得者纳丁•戈迪默的《我儿子的故事》、《陌生人的世界》、《贵宾》等、维·苏·奈保尔的《河湾》、《比斯瓦斯先生有其屋》、《米古埃尔街》、《黑暗地区：印度亲历》、《印度：受伤的文明》、《到达之谜》等, ,J·M·柯慈的《屈辱》、《等待野蛮人》、《少年》等中文版权,以及《斯佳丽》、《马语者》、《英国病人》、《相约星期二》、《谁动了我的奶酪》、《亲历历史－希拉里回忆录》《万物简史》《魔戒》《兄弟联》《美德书》，等等版权书，并与国内出版社保持着广泛密切的联系。

大苹果的版权服务工作对中国出版业国际化的进程应该是有一份贡献的，不仅促使出版者的国际观念发生了根本的改变，也改变了消费者的理念，在东西方文化的互动中，搭建起一座文化交流的桥梁。这一切都是实实在在的，没有粉饰，没有雕琢，承载着全体大苹果公司同仁弘扬先进文化的决心和努力。我们期望得到各位出版精英的指导,更希望能得到大家的支持!共同为我们的读者推荐更深更广的世界知识而努力！
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 Traditional Chinese character edition of PC MAGAZINE. Below are the highlights of titles with outstanding achievements.
NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE

PAR LAGERKVIST                           T.S. ELIOT
J.M. COETZEE                                    V.S. NAIPAUL
PEARL BUCK                                       DORIS LESSING
SEAMUS HEANEY                          DEREK WALCOTT
NADINE GORDIMER                    WOLE SOYINKA
SIR WILLIAM GOLDING             ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER
SAUL BELLOW                                  SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL
MAN BOOKER PRIZE [winners only]

THE SENSE OF AN ENDING by JULIAN BARNES
THE WHITE TIGER by ARAVIND ADIGA
THE GATHERING by ANNE ENRIGHT
POSSESSION by A.S. BYATT
DISGRACE by J.M. COETZEE
THE SEA by JOHN BANVILLE
LIFE OF PI by YANN MARTELL
AMSTERDAM by IAN MCEWAN
IN A FREE STATE by V.S. NAIPAUL
OFF SHORE by PENELOPE FITZGERALD
THE FAMISHED ROAD by BEN OKRI
HOTEL DU LAC by ANITA BROOKNER
OSCAR AND LUCINDA by PETER CAREY
VERNON GOD LITTLE by D.B.C. PIERRE
RITES OF PASSAGE by WILLIAM GOLDING
SCHINDLER’S LIST by THOMAS KENEALLY
THE BLIND ASSASSIN by MARGARET ATWOOD
THE LINE OF BEAUTY by ALAN HOLLINGHURST
THE ENGLISH PATIENT by MICHAEL ONDAATJE
THE CONSERVATIONIST by NADINE GORDIMER
THE REMAINS OF THE DAY by KAZUO ISHIGURO
THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS by ARUNDATHI ROY
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MICHAEL K. by J.M. COETZEE
THE TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG by PETER CAREY
COSTA BOOK AWARDS (WHITBREAD AWARDS)
LIFE AFTER LIFE by KATE ATKINSON
BLOOD RED ROAD by MOIRA YOUNG
TINY SUNBIRDS FAR AWAY by CHRISTIE WATSON
THE STRANGEST MAN: THE HIDDEN LIFE OF PAUL DIRAC, QUANTUM GENIUS by GRAHAM FARMELO
BROOKLYN by COLM TÓIBIN
THE SECRET SCRIPTUR E by SEBASTIAN BARRY         
WHAT WAS LOST BY CATHERINE O’FLYNN
THE TENDERNESS OF WOLVES by STEF PENNEY
THE HARMONY SILK FACTORY by TASH AW
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
ON THE BLACK HILL by BRUCE CHATWIN

NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS [winners only]
INVISIBLE MAN by RALPH ELLISON
JAMES JOYCE by RICHARD ELLMANN
THE RISE AND FALL OF THE THIRD REICH
THE CITY IN HISTORY: ITS ORIGINS, ITS TRANSFORMATIONS AND ITS PROSPECTS
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
GODEL, ESCHER AND BACH: by DOUGLAS HOFSTADTER
THE COLOR PURPLE by ALICE WALKER
WHITE NOISE by DON DeLILLO
BECOMING A MAN: HALF A LIFE STORY
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]

THE ROAD HOME by ROSE TREMAIN
INGLORIOUS by JOANNA KAVENNA
ON BEAUTY by ZADIE SMITH
SMALL ISLAND by ANDREA LEVY

CALDECOTT AWARD [winners only]

THE HELLO, GOODBYE WINDOW by CHRIS RASCHKA
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

NEWBERRY MEDAL [winners only]

CRISPIN: THE CROSS OF LEAD by AVI
HOLES by LOUIS SACHAR

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
THE MINTO PYRAMID PRINCIPLE by BARBARA MINTO
THE ELEMENT by SIR KEN ROBINSON
FINDING YOUR ELEMENT by SIR KEN ROBINSON

CONTACT INFORMATION

Taipei Office
(Taiwan Mailing Address)
5F-4, No. 102, Sec. 1, Dunhua S. Road
Songshan District, Taipei City, 105
Taiwan
Tel +886-2-8771-4611
Fax +886-2-8771-4311
台北市105松山區敦化南路一段102號5樓之4
Shanghai Office
(China Mailing Address)
3F, No. 838, Zhong Shan Bei Road
Zha-Bei District, Shanghai 200070
PR China
Tel +86-0-21-6658-0055
Fax +86-0-21-6658-1977
上海市闸北区中山北路838号3楼 200070 Beijing Office
6006-6/F, Building C3, Chegongzhuang St.
Xicheng District, Beijing 100044
PR China
Tel +86-10-88310862
Fax +86-10-8831-0879
北京市西城区车公庄大街丙3号楼6层6006 100044

EXECUTIVES

Ms. Lily Chen
President
lily-shanghai@bigapple-china.com Dr. Luc Kwanten
Executive Director
luckwanten-prc@bigapple-china.com
Ms. Wendy P. King
Vice President, Honolulu
wendy-king@bigapple1-china.com

RIGHTS DEPARTMENT

Taipei
Vincent Lin – vincent-lin@bigapple1-taipei.com
Chris Lin – chris-lin@bigapple1-taipei.com
Shanghai
Maggie Han – maggie-han@bigapple-china.com
Erica Zhou – erica@bigapple-china.com
Claire Feng – bigapple-china@bigapple-china.com

Beijing
Wanda Chou – wanda-chou@bigapple-china.com
Xing Lu – xing-lu@bigapple-china.com

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