Citing the online platform’s ability to track and report rights interest, Berlin-based De Gruyter signs on to IPR License’s rights trading network.
IPR License: Frankfurt Book Fair Becomes Majority Shareholder
In taking over from IPR License ‘s Tom Chalmers, Frankfurt Book Fair holds the majority stake in the company, Copyright Clearance Center the minority stake.
Portugal’s Book Market: A Few Words With Patricia Seibel
While taking stock of lagging literacy rates and persistent economic challenges, literary agent Patricia Seibel still sees quality and a loyalty to literary fiction as hallmarks of Portugal’s resilient market.
Rights Platforms: Can Digital Match the Human Touch?
Calling rights agents, directors, scouts: With the rise of digital rights platforms, what happens to the person-to-person nature of publishing rights transactions? We’d like to hear from you.
STM Publishing Continues to Drive Revenue, Innovation
Valued at $35 billion annually, STM publishing can rightly pride itself on its history of being innovative — a tradition that is only getting stronger.
Rights and Licensing in China: Views from CCC and IPR
In advance of the Beijing Book Fair, Michael Healy of CCC and Tom Chalmers of IPR License discuss the developing rights and licensing scene in China.
Self-Published Audiobook Rights on the Rise, says IPR License
IPR License is reporting that demand for self-publishing audiobook rights has risen 58% over the first half of 2015.
What Can Revitalize Brazil’s Book Market?
Ricardo Lay discusses how to revitalize the book market in Brazil, such as opening new sales and distribution channels and bolstering foreign rights sales.
Frankfurt Book Fair Invests in IPR License
The Frankfurt Book Fair has invested in IPR License, a global rights platform for the book publishing industry, and will promote the online rights business to a global audience.
LBF Proves Literary Translation Market is Diversifying
Tom Chalmers of IPR License notes activity at the recent London Book Fair proved the literary translation market is diversifying into smaller languages.