Adaptive Books Acquires New Titles Plus the Zane Grey Estate

Founded in 2012 by veterans of the entertainment business, Adaptive Studios is an unusual business venture originally focused on repurposing moribund or abandoned movie scripts into new content for different media, including books, movies, and TV shows. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

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[ The Bookseller | 2015-02-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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[ Wired | 2015-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Amazon's third party sales 'over 40% of total'

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[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Big Idea Competition crowns Aeronaut concept

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[ The Bookseller | 2014-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scribd Takes On Amazon's Audible With All-You-Can-Listen Audiobooks

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LIMA report reveals top children's brands

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[ The Bookseller | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Game of Thrones spawns an app to help fans learn to speak Dothraki

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[ The Guardian | 2014-10-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comic-Con Preview Night: New Books From Image, Dark Horse, Archie, D&Q

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