The clamor on the United States market in political books is reaching a pre-election crescendo this week. NPD sees a a record for the genre.
Rights Roundup: Beyond Buchmesse, a ‘Frankfurt Season’
In today’s Rights Roundup, we have work from Canada, Scotland, France, Finland, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, and a study in Yiddish of Russian imprisonment.
Taiwan’s New Transmedia Agency: A ‘Theatre of Voices’
The new Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA) introduces drama, a historic newsreel, a boyhood tale, and a survey of literature.
Publishing Scotland on Nature Writing: ‘Possession and Being Possessed’
‘Nature writing’s got a job to do,’ says author Jim Crumley in Publishing Scotland’s new short documentary, ‘Second Nature.’
NPD BookScan: US Market sees 6.4 Percent Growth Through Third Quarter
In the US, biography and memoir ebooks sold more than 3 million units in the second quarter of 2020, up 59 percent over Q1.
Overall Frankfurter Buchmesse Digital Attendance: 200,000 Users
The world’s largest trade show registered 4,165 new buyers and sellers on its Frankfurt Rights platform, 2,388 on the B2B ‘matchmaking tool.’
Frankfurter Buchmesse Draws 148,000 Users from 183 Countries
With 3,627 events on Frankfurt’s digital events calendar for the week, the trade show has kept a big conversation going online.
As Frankfurt Week Winds Down: The Rentrée and the Pandemic
French booksellers say the annual introduction of new books is about the same as usual, but the consumers’ readiness is challenging.
Akoss Ofori-Mensah: The Pandemic’s Impact on African Publishers
The Ghanaian founder of Sub-Saharan Publishers outlines the importance of the Africa Publishing Innovation Fund amid the pandemic.
Bernardine Evaristo to UK Publishing: Hire More Diverse People
At the Frankfurt Book Fair conference, writer Bernardine Evaristo delivered a forceful keynote on the systemic bias against people of color in the UK publishing industry.