Rather than focusing on a single country or region, BookExpo's Market Forum sessions this year address several territories and issues on May 31. The post BookExpo’s International Market Forum Sessions: Rights and Regions appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-05-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
A bill that would empower Donald Trump to appoint the next Register of Copyrights easily passed the House of Representatives on Wednesday, and is headed to the Senate. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hodder Children’s Books, part of the Hachette Children’s Group, has acquired Moxie, a "timely and empowering" feminist YA novel from US author Jennifer Mathieu. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
After briefly stalling, a bill that would empower Donald Trump to appoint the next Register of Copyrights could come to a vote in the House of Representatives next week. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
Endeavour Press has acquired worldwide English language print and digital rights for Saul David’s non-fiction work After Dunkirk, a revised and updated edition of his "ground-breaking" Churchill’s Sacrifice of the Highland Division (Brassey's). Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Willow Smith has bought the film rights to YA fantasy trilogy Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton (Faber) with a view to starring in it. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
'In a sense, a book fair is a catalyst that propels rights deals towards completion,' reads the introduction to the IPA's new 2017 Global Book Fair Report. The post IPA Issues Its ‘Global Book Fair Report 2017: ‘Propelling Rights Deals’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-04-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
At the Bologna Children’s Book Fair today, BolognaFiere, the organizer of the event as well as 75 other trade shows around the world, announced plans to start a new trade show focused on rights and licensing in New York City in spring 2018. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-04-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Literary agents are preparing their hot books to take to the Bologna Children’s Book Fair this week, with a focus on Middle Grade titles and a rise in books that address the “grim state of the world”. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
DreamWorks Animation, the company behind the highly successful film franchise for Cressida Cowell's How to Train Your Dragon series, has now acquired all adaptation rights to Cowell's forthcoming fantasy adventure series The Wizards of Once. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Kindle Entertainment has acquired the TV rights to Nick Fisher’s debut novel Pot Luck (Peridot Press), a dark thriller set in a south coast fishing community. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Legendary Entertainment has acquired the TV rights to Alice Feeney's debut thriller Sometimes I Lie (HQ), in a six-figure deal. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
OWN IT! has sold audio rights to Prisoner to the Streets by Robyn Travis to Audible. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-03-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Just days after its introduction, a bill that would allow Donald Trump to appoint the next Register of Copyrights has passed out of Committee. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
International rights directors at two UK book publishers survey the continued importance of rights to an industry in search of new revenue channels. The post Rights’ Impact: ‘Explore and Maximize Additional Revenue Streams’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
A bill introduced in Congress yesterday would let Donald Trump pick the next register, rather than Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bologna Children’s Book Fair organizer BolognaFiere will launch a new book industry trade show focused on publishing and international rights and licensing in New York in June 2018. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bologna Children’s Book Fair organizer BolognaFiere will launch a new book industry trade show focused on publishing and international rights and licensing in New York in June 2018. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
'I think we're starting to recover,' says one of 15 Brazilian publishers who are preparing to travel to next month’s Bologna Children’s Book Fair. The post Rights Watch: A Brazilian Mission to Italy Eyes Bologna appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Over the past decade, China has imported classic children’s books of all genres from the West at a rate far faster than it would have taken another country or territory to accomplish, observes director Chen Yushiuan of Beijing-based Bardon Chinese Media Agency. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2017-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]