Germany’s 2016 ‘Books at Berlinale’ event will see 11 titles in competition, a setting in which publishers and producers come together.
Graphic Novelist Alex de Campi Uses Kickstarter to Sell Print, Film and Foreign Rights
Graphic novelist Alex de Campi is using Kickstarter to raise $27,000 to fund production of her latest project, including selling print, film and foreign rights.
Steve Jobs Biographer Sells Movie Rights
Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs, which will be published by Simon & Schuster on October 24 of this year, may also soon be a movie.
Magic Seeds: The Art and Science of Book Discovery in Hollywood
“The deal-making process is far more fluid than many people realize,” says veteran books-to-film agent Jeff Aghassi. Read Part One of this article, in which ICM’s Josie Freedman and other Hollywood insiders talk about how they decide which books would make good movies. By Peter Cook “Because…essentially, anyone can publish these days, there is so much information out there that it …
The 1,000-to-1 Long Shot: How Hollywood Decides What Books Hit the Silver Screen
In the first of a two part series, we talk to ICM’s Josie Freedman and other insiders about how Hollywood agents, publishers and producers decide which books would make good movies. Read Part Two of this article in which we continue the conversation with books-to-film agent Jeff Aghassi and producer Sarah Ryan Black. By Peter Cook If the supply (books …
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. …
Unearthing New Content and New Rights Opportunities in Frankfurt
By Juergen Boos, Director of the Frankfurt Book Fair Publishers of all sizes earn a significant amount of their revenue from rights and licenses. Rights managers at these publishing companies, as well as literary agents, are most often the people who understand how to “translate” stories, ideas and information into other languages, formats and territories — who know how to …
More Stories, More Rights: Films & Games in Frankfurt
By Hannah Johnson It’s not news to anyone that the rights business is expanding all the time. Technology has enabled more people and companies to create more content faster than ever before. According to Britta Friedrich, Director of Creative Industries for the Frankfurt Book Fair, these technological developments are giving rise to new points of convergence among the publishing, games …
Surviving Censorship and Other Challenges in Europe’s Smallest Market
By Chris Gruppetta If someone were to ask me for advice on whether to become a publisher in Malta, I’d say don’t. And not just because I’d have yet another competitor. The very fact of survival has become a skill in itself. Let’s get the basics out of the way: Malta is a tiny country, well under half a million …
Books to Film: No Hard and Fast Rules
By Liz Bury The heyday of huge film deals being made for books may be over, but, there’s still big money on the table for the right kind of story. Deals are being done, however the sums are often more conservative than they were during the boom years. “The money is less,” said Josie Freedman of ICM, as part of …