Naver’s US$600 million acquisition of Wattpad is completed as potential competition arrives from Amazon’s new Kindle Vella and Seoul’s Kakao.
Rights Roundup: Sweden, Australia, Korea, Finland, Spain
The works featured in this installment in our Rights Roundup series include the tale of a famous pearl and ‘Magic Candies’ from Korea.
Amazon Crossing Kids’ Marilyn Brigham on Children’s Books in Translation
Books on Amazon Crossing Kids’ list this year include titles from Asia for the first time, as the imprint’s range expands.
Rights Roundup: Summer Dreams in November
With a couple of summer themes, our entries here are from Italy, South Korea, Norway, Iceland, Canada, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
Words Without Borders’ 2020 Gala: Translation and Generosity
More than 250 donor-attendees logged in to the digital edition of the Words Without Borders Gala in support of literature in translation.
Rights Roundup: World Publishing Is Not Locked Down
Rights deals are being made from Romania and Serbia to Indonesia and Israel, as publishers look to enrich their lists beyond the coronavirus lockdown.
Coronavirus: International Publishers Make COVID-19 Research Content Freely Available
Research houses and scholarly publishers and associations are pooling their content for professional and public access free of charge.
International Audiobooks: Sweden’s Storytel Opens New Media Center
Now with South Korea among its markets, Storytel launches its media center Clipsource and projects 1,079,000 subscribers worldwide for this quarter.
Rights Roundup: At Cannes, Agents and Publishers Pitch Titles To Film Execs
Graphic novels, a dark debut from a 25-year-old Parisian, and nonfiction on social genetics and saving our seas all figure into today’s roundup.
IPA Prix Voltaire Conferred on Khaled Lotfy in Seoul
‘The international publishing community stands with Khaled Lotfy’ says IPA Freedom to Publish chair Kristenn Einarsson at the 2019 Prix Voltaire ceremony.