Industry insiders and experts said that Mr. Gallimard was the most aggressive publisher in the quest for top awards. At Grasset, Mr. Nora said he began weaning his company off the business model of prizes when he took over two decades ago. Today, while publishers might lower an author’s future advances after poor sales, they would refrain from doing so in the case of an author who sits on a jury, Mr. Nora said. “The advance won’t be lowered or indexed to sales because he belongs to a jury,” Mr. Nora said. There was not enough “talent” in France’s small literary world to establish a jury system with new judges very year, Mr. Nora said.

Source: New York Times January 03, 2021 16:41 UTC