The film rights to YA debut novel Half Bad by Sally Green have been snapped up by Fox 2000, hard... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-04-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bloomsbury Children’s was selling translation rights in apps for the first time at this... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Hachette Children’s Books has promoted senior rights manager Nirmal Sandhu to the position... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2013-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Unlike the owners of a physical tome, buyers of ebooks are licensees with lots of limitations. It's time to change the rules.There's a crass old joke about how you can never buy beer, just rent it. Who would think that the same joke applies to book buying in the digital age? Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2012-12-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Caffeine Nights Publishing has signed its first foreign rights deal, selling Korean translation... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Little, Brown imprint Abacus has acquired a debut novel by Natalia Sanmartin Fenollera, The... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
At Frankfurt's annual Rights Directors Meeting, Wuping Zhao told the audience that Chinese publishers acquired rights to 15,592 foreign titles in 2011, up from just 1,664 in 1995. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
Despite a dip in overall book sales down under, Australian agents and rights managers report a booming business from the Frankfurt Book Fair. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2012-10-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
A M Heath is bringing the first novel for 15 years from Charles Palliser, author of The Quincunx... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Janklow & Nesbit is bringing a thriller, Early Riser, which marks a new direction for writer... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
In its first frontlist deal with agency Conville & Walsh, US digital publisher Open Road has... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Walker Books Group has acquired global rights in YA title The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-08-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chen Guangcheng, whose nighttime escape and conflict with the Chinese government led to a diplomatic crisis for the United States last spring, is writing a memoir to be published next year. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2012-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Digital Rights Management software was originally meant to restrict pirating of ebooks, but many complain because of the restrictions it places on users. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 2012-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon announced that it has purchased the North American rights to Ian Fleming's James Bond books. James Bond, of course, is the debonair British superspy 007, played on film by a number of actors, including Sean Connery (above). Under the agreement, Amazon will retain republication rights for... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2012-04-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Bonnier Publishing has acquired the UK master publishing rights for fashion doll brand, Barbie.... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-04-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
"Fifty Shades of Grey'' and its two sequels, which became underground sensations and attracted interest from major publishing houses, is headed for Hollywood. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2012-03-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
An e-rights agreement between French publishers and authors has finally been hammered out, a year... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Vintage has acquired the licence to publish Ian Fleming's James Bond titles across all... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Rights House and PFD have acquired four crime estates from Chorion in its intellectual... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2012-03-15 00:00:00 UTC ]