Activist-filmmaker Jill Soloway will have her own imprint at Amazon Publishing, Topple Books. And London’s powerhouse PR firm Midas names Hodder’s Jason Bartholomew as joint CEO.
Pitching Film Rights to New Novels: Twelve Books at Berlinale
Books at Berlinale each year tempts film producers with 12 books carefully curated for their film adaptation potential—as the demand for screen rights soars in the age of Netflix, Amazon Studios, HBO, and others.
Rights Roundup: Eight Titles To Watch in Springtime International Rights Trades
With biography, autobiography, children’s literature, new Nordic noir, literary fiction, and a mystery that rides with the Tour de France, we look at several interesting rights deals this month.
Agent Nermin Mollaoğlu: The French Market Is Beginning To Open Its Doors to Turkish Books
Taking note of the fact that two of the six shortlisted titles are Turkish in this year’s EBRD Literature Prize, Istanbul’s Nermin Mollaoğlu looks at the rights scene for Turkish books in 2018.
Danish Publisher Rosinante Enters a Rights Partnership With the UK’s Rogers Coleridge & White
Looking for wider sales for its Danish authors in English-language markets, Copenhagen publisher Rosinante & Co. has inked a new partnership with the UK agency Rogers Coleridge & White.
Viewpoints From the Children’s Books Salon: Trends, Concerns, and Publishing Pride
The observations made by these diverse publishers during at the first Children’s Books Salon in New York speak to their common faith in the social power of books.
The Audie Awards’ Partial List of 2018 Finalists Is Announced, Amid Louder Competition for Audiobook Rights
As the Audio Publishers Association’s Audie Awards organizers say they get more and better entries annually, the market’s hunger for audio rights is ratcheting up, too.
Publishing Rights Consultant Kris Kliemann Joins IPR License
With a background in rights at Wiley, Random House/Fodor’s, Hyperion/Disney, and FSG, Kris Kliemann comes to IPR License as a veteran in publishing rights based in New York City.
Italian Publishers and Frankfurter Buchmesse Collaborate on a New Frankfurt Fellows Event
‘The development of a vibrant international industry network,’ the Frankfurter Buchmesse Fellowship Program, will see fellows from France, Colombia, USA, UK, the Netherlands, Japan, and Italy visit Milan’s Tempo di Libri in March.
Selling Rights Into China: Interview with Literary Agent Jackie Huang
For advice on selling rights into the Chinese market, we speak with Andrew Nurnberg Associates’ Jackie Huang of Beijing, who will address the Taipei International Book Exhibition’s Frankfurter Buchmesse professional program next week.