A new level of Canada’s copyright emergency: ‘The hollowing out of Access Copyright,’ has caused a 79-percent loss to rights holders.
Rights Edition: Tokyo and Kansai Rights Meetings Announced
Two rights meetings are being restored to physical operations in November by Japan’s Publishing Industry Foundation.
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.
China Bestsellers in May: Online, on Film, Onstage
China’s chart-drivers in May: Film and stage adaptations, e-commerce visibility, and a love of ‘addictive’ and ‘fascinating’ history.
Germany’s 2022 Book Market Report: Turnover Down 1.9 Percent
The German book market faces a perplexing set of circumstances, resulting in an overall performance down -1.9 percent in 2022.
In Berlin, Two Literary Agencies Merge To Form Gaeb & Eggers
Petra Eggers and Michael Gaeb have consolidated their agencies and are operating from their newly merged company in Berlin.
Penguin Random House’s International Inklore: ‘Pop-Comics’
The new Random House Worlds ‘pop-comics’ imprint Inklore is acquiring manga, manhwa, manhua, and more for a 2024 launch.
Richard Charkin: Chatting Megatrends With ChatGPT
In considering international publishing’s megatrends, Richard Charkin consults the digital oracle—ChatGPT—and then sets it straight.
Rights Edition: Kamran Sardar Khan on Books and Screens
‘Visual adaptability, unique hooks, strong characters’: East End Film’s Kamran Sardar Khan on what producers need from publishers.
Rights Roundup: Mind Your Metadata
The titles featured in this edition of our Rights Roundup are from Australia, Sweden, Norway, England, and France.