In the Rights Center of the LBF, literary agents are reporting deals swirling around Latin America, China, and Harper Lee’s Go Set a Watchman.
Amazon Offers Kindle Daily E-book Deal
Amazon has launched the “Kindle Daily Deal” which features a cut-priced e-book available for 24-hours.
Hollywood and Book Publishing, Never the Twain Shall Meet?
Interview with Pat Walsh, the former editor-in-chief of MacAdam/Cage on how book publishing and Hollywood do (and don’t) get along. By Edward Nawotka It’s often presumed that the culture of Hollywood and that of book publishing are about as far apart as California and New York. Often, you hear embarrassing stories about each trying to cross-over into the other’s territory. …
Have Western Publishers Been Too Slow to React to Political Change in the Middle East?
In the past publishers cashed in on dramatic events in or originating in the Middle East. So what’s different this time? By Edward Nawotka In today’s lead story about Arabic literature in the West, literary agent Yasmina Jraissati notes that Arabic literature is present on the main territories, but its presence is faint. Given the importance of the Arabic language …
Bonus Material: Cheat Sheet to What the Yanks and Brits are Selling in Frankfurt
By Edward Nawotka US trade journal Publishers Weekly and the UK’s Book Brunch have compiled a helpful listing of titles that various literary agents are looking to sell rights to at the forthcoming Frankfurt Book Fair. Dubbed “The Frankfurt Suitcase,” it’s a great way to get up to speed on all those deal announcements you missed this past year and …