Storytel reports good momentum for its audiobook and ebook streaming services in Poland, Russia, and Turkey—and less so in the Netherlands.
Rights Roundup: A Winter Road Trip and News from Snowy Finland
In this edition of Rights Roundup, you’ll find work first published in Finland, Italy, Spain, the United States, Switzerland,and France.
Rights Roundup: Frankfurter Buchmesse Straight Ahead
Swedish readers are finding themselves in a widening conversation around gender relations based in a debut, ‘Letters to Men.’
Rights Roundup: Quick Sales for a Vietnamese Conservationist and Her Sun Bear
Environmental activist Trang Nguyen is releasing her first book for young readers. She and Sorya the sun bear are making rights sales.
Game to Book: ‘Terraforming Mars’ Spins Off a Novel
The Fryxelius brothers’ ‘Terraforming Mars’ gets its first book tie-in from Asmodee and its imprint Aconyte Books, in English and Danish.
Storytel Passes 1 Million Nordic Subscribers, Streaming Sales Up
Growth in the Spanish-language markets is moving more slowly than anticipated, but Storytel shows a strong Q2 report.
Rights Roundup: Starting the Frankfurt Roll Call
As we ask literary agents, rights directors, scouts and others about their Frankfurt plans, our rights sale news in this roundup comes from six markets.
The European and International Booksellers Federation Report on 2020
A new EIBF report reveals how booksellers in Europe responded to the pandemic in 2020 and what changed in the book retail landscape.
From London Book Fair: European Booksellers on Brexit
The pandemic’s effects on bookselling have been mingled with those of Brexit, as booksellers from Sweden and Ireland explain.
‘Sometimes I Am Furious’: Rights Roundup
The titles featured in this Rights Roundup include work from Sweden, Estonia, France, and the United Kingdom.