Rights Roundup: War, Allegory, and Crime Drama Ahead of BookExpo

A wartime tale with a Senegalese protagonist in France, a generational family drama from Georgian author Nino Haratischwili, a Catalan classic, two books for young readers, and the Orient Express with Agatha Christie aboard—all are in our pre-BookExpo rights roundup. The post Rights Roundup: War, Allegory, and Crime Drama Ahead of BookExpo appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'

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Harvill Secker acquires Soderberg crime trilogy

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OFT gives go-ahead for Amazon/TBD merger

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Pullman calls library fight "war against stupidity"

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Waiting for a Rights Bump From the NBAs

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E-tailers, E-books Move Ahead

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FBF Day 2: rights round-up

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FBF Day 1: rights round-up

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Viking acquires war camp diary

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Flammarion signs Amazon deal ahead of Kindle launch

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Quercus invests in youth with rights deal

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Conway partners with Imperial War Museum

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Penguin Ireland acquires war debut

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