Taking a look at 19 internationally prominent women politicians, the YA title ‘In Good Hands’ by Stephanie MacKendrick is to be made into a TV series.
Singapore Names 2020 Book Award Finalists, Adds Digital Categories
Recognizing digital publishing and reading in Singapore, the Book Publishers Association’s awards this add ebooks, audiobooks, and digital marketing.
China Bestsellers in June: Tried, True, and Familiar Hold the Charts
The annual June 18 sales were perhaps somewhat subdued by the pandemic, in a month in which Chinese readers clung to favored authors and themes.
Rights Roundup: Critical Thinking in a Long, Hot Summer
From Sweden, Denmark, the UK, Australia, the USA, the Netherlands, and Norway, today’s titles include children’s books and an LGBT graphic novel.
Coronavirus Worklife, UK Book Industry: Publishers Call for Aid, Reporting 2019’s Success
Exports in 2019 rose 3.3 percent over those of 2018 for the UK market, as revealed in today’s report on last year’s pre-pandemic performance.
Coronavirus Worklife, US Ebook Market: NPD Sees a 31-Percent Jump in Unit Sales in April
Following Monday’s Q2 report, NPD PubTrack Digital data shows a big jump in ebook unit sales when April’s lockdowns were ordered–children’s fiction jumped 78 percent that month.
US Book Market: NPD Sees Unit Sales Up 2.8 Percent in Q2
Politically related biography and memoir gained, and children’s print gained 12 percent over the second quarter of 2019 in unit sales.
Trump Tell-All Breaks S&S Record; PRH India Signs Sourcebooks, Fitzcarraldo
Industry Notes: The bestseller by Donald Trump’s niece is going into its 14th printing. And Penguin Random House India inks deals with US, UK independents.
Court Lifts Gag Order on Mary Trump as S&S Releases ‘Too Much and Never Enough’
Simon & Schuster author Mary Trump is freed by the New York state supreme court to speak as she wishes, just in time for the release of ‘Too Much and Never Enough’
Border Crossings: A Rights Roundup for a Stay-at-Home Season
Trending somewhat toward the noir this time, our deals come from France, Germany, Sweden, the UK, and the States–several titles are parts of series.