Working to support the international rights business throughout the year, the Frankfurt Rights platform assists with rights discovery, contacts and licensing activity year-round, and even automates smaller transactions.
Rights Roundup: London Book Fair on the Horizon
Ahead of London, this month’s roundup features two fascinating novels, one hilarious and informative children’s book, and a chance to share any pre-fair deals in next week’s LBF preview.
Rights Roundup: 76th Frankfurter Buchmesse in Sight
‘From Italy to the World’ for translators; newly revived Literary Scouts Contact Sheets; and more: All roads this week lead to Frankfurt.
Simon & Schuster Names Its New Board Members
A deep bench of experience, from Penguin Random House and Disney to TikTok and YouTube, is on Simon & Schuster’s new board of directors.
Rights Roundup: Summer’s International Rights Sales
Our July rights roundup has deal news from Taiwan, Czech Republic, South Africa, Finland, the United States, Germany, and Sweden.
What ‘AI’ Isn’t: An Interview With Thomas Cox on ChatGPT
When a software like ChatGPT gets it wrong, ‘It has no idea that it’s not the truth,’ Thomas Cox says, describing a dilemma for publishers.
Sheikh Zayed Book Award Announces Its First Translation Grant of 2021
The Syrian author Khalil Sweileh’s ‘Remorse Test,’ winner of the 2018 Sheikh Zayed Book Award in Literature, is to be translated into Ukrainian by Nora-Druk Publishers.