Ahead of Frankfurt Book Fair’s Guest of Honor focus this year on the French industry, a talk with Buchmesse’s Juergen Boos and Holger Volland.
Vietnamese Titles Reaching New Audiences from New Zealand to Russia
From VietnamNet: Vietnamese titles are seeing modest gains in rights sales abroad, from Russia and New Zealand to other countries in Southeast Asia.
Québec’s Copibec Opens the Newest Challenge to Canada’s Copyright Modernization Act
‘You have to pay for access to educational content,’ says Copibec’s Frédérique Couette, launching a class action lawsuit against Université Laval
AmazonCrossing Editorial Director Gabriella Page-Fort Named 2017 PW Star Watch ‘Superstar’
The editorial lead of the translation powerhouse says AmazonCrossing’s mission is ‘stories that make people feel more similar than different.’
At This Year’s Frankfurt Rights Meeting: ‘Change Is the New Constant’
In its 31st year, Buchmesse’s annual Rights Meeting on ‘Book Fair Tuesday’ focuses on Asian licensing, social media, and a burgening audio market.
Livres Hebdo’s Fabrice Piault on Politics and France’s Reading Culture
Ahead of France’s program as Guest of Honor at Frankfurt in October, a Parisian editor talks about how political distractions may be slowing book sales.
Agency Rights Update: Athens’ Ersilia Literary Agency
Adult fiction and a middle-grade environmentally engaging series are on Evangelia Avloniti’s list in the run-up to Frankfurt Book Fair.
Rights Tips: German Children’s Books to Watch for at Frankfurt
From the Frankfurt Book Fair New York Editors Trip this summer, here are some of the hottest German children’s books you shouldn’t miss this year.
Rights Watch: Rio’s Biennial Book Fair Prepares Its Agents & Business Center
The year so far shows ‘modest growth’ in Brazil’s beleaguered market, says Marcos da Veiga Pereira ahead of Rio’s book biennial and rights trading program.
Tel Aviv Agent Stephanie Barrouillet Offers Titles from Turkey and France
Authors and illustrators from Istanbul, Carcassonne, and Paris are featured in new children’s books that agent Stephanie Barrouillet is taking to Frankfurt.