From Brazil, Norway, Canada, the UK, Lebanon, and Turkey, we gather observations from Guadalajara International Book Fair's Rights Exchange fellows. The post Comparing Trends in Children’s Publishing at Guadalajara’s International Rights Exchange appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Book Fair's rights event is growing, thanks in part to grant support for translation projects spawned at the event being offered by organizers as incentive to strike deals. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Ink Factory, production company behind "The Night Manager", has acquired the TV rights in a "hotly contested" auction to Andrew Michael Hurley’s supernatural second novel Devil’s Day (John Murray). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
A group of independent Latin American publishers curated a 'hot list' at the Frankfurt Book Fair to promote their latest literary titles to right buyers. The post Fifty Independent Latin American Publishers Create a Rights ‘Hot List’ at Frankfurt appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Publishers are becoming increasingly concerned about Amazon’s policing of territorial rights, with fears heightened by last year’s launch of the Global Store, which enables customers in certain markets to obtain products through their local Amazon store but sourced from Amazon stores across the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Komixx Entertainment Ltd has optioned the worldwide screen rights to “electrifying” YA thriller Captured by Kelly Anne Blount, featured on Wattpad. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lorella Belli of the eponymous London-based agency has sold film rights in Taylor Adams' thriller, No Exit, to Hollywood studio 20th Century Fox. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
S K Vaughn’s blockbuster space-set survival thriller Across the Void (Sphere) and Stuart Turton’s murder mystery The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle are among the titles bagging numerous foreign-rights deals at this year’s Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
The advantage UK publishing companies have in terms of exclusive rights in the European market will be over when the country leaves the European Union, according to Simon & Schuster president and chief executive officer Carolyn Reidy. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Lynn Grady, senior v-p and publisher of the William Morrow imprint Dey Street Books, acquired world rights to Cher's memoir from Alan Nevins of Renaissance Literary & Talent Agency. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
HarperCollins has signed a two-book, world-rights deal with author Don Winslow. Under the agreement, HC will publish the forthcoming novels in 12 languages. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Canongate flies in Matt Haig to meet his international publishers at Frankfurter Buchmesse on the eve of the release of 'Father Christmas and Me.' The post Christmas In October: UK Rights Rustler Matt Haig Sleighs to Frankfurt Book Fair appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
With 12 days to go until 'Frankfurt Tuesday,' Milan's PNLA has put together an extensive list of offerings for the Literary Agents and Scouts Center. The post Italian Frankfurt Rights Update: Piergiorgio Nicolazzini Highlights appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-09-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hera Pictures has acquired the TV rights to Emmy-award winning writer and historian Benjamin Woolley's new book, The King’s Assassin: The Fatal Affair of George Villiers and James I (Pan Macmillan). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Maverick House has sold Australia/ New Zealand rights to Billy Moore's A Prayer Before Dawn: A Nightmare in Thailand to a division of Bonnier Publishing Australia, Echo Publishing. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
'We understand that great content plays a significant role in creating a high-quality app,' says Bakhram Fayzutdinov on licensing 'Deer Little Forest.' The post Multi-Territory Digital Publishing Rights Sold for ‘Deer Little Forest’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-09-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
A half-day seminar organized by the Book Industry Study Group focused on the increasing importance of publishing rights—and examined the industry’s longtime problem of poor rights management. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Open Road Integrated Media has acquired the US rights to the digital editions of the Adrian Mole series by late British author Sue Townsend, including the "iconic" The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 ¾. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Sister Pictures has acquired the television rights for writer and comedian Adam Kay’s debut This is Going To Hurt: Secret Diaries Of A Junior Doctor in a 12-way auction. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Facebook is offering major record labels and music publishers hundreds of millions of dollars so the users of its social network can legally include songs in videos they upload, according to people familiar with the matter.The posting and viewing of video on Facebook has exploded in recent... Continue reading >> [ Source: Advertising Age | 2017-09-06 00:00:00 UTC ]