A film based on a Warsaw ‘rap-roman’ finds its way to Poland’s cinemas in March, its producer calling it ‘fresh’ and ‘blunt.’ Read More
Producer Beata Rzezniczek’s Rap on ‘Other People’
Canada and Korea: The Newly Merged Wattpad Webtoon Studios
As president of the combined Wattpad Webtoon Studios division, Aron Levitz says the hurdle now is getting more content to more screens faster. Read More
Booker Winning Marilyn Booth on Arabic Translations
Arabic-to-English translator Marilyn Booth talks about the challenges and positive signals she sees for bringing new readers to Arabic literature in translation. Read More
Publishers, Choose Your Own Adventure in Hollywood
The massive audiences and lucrative development of the streaming platforms can mean some tough choices for publishers trying to map out screen success. Read More
Audiobooks Jump 22.7 Percent
A six-year trend of double-digit growth in audiobook sales continues in the US, according to the new report for 2017 from the Audio Publishers Association. Audiobook sales last year totaled more than $2.5 billion. Read More
APub Docks at London Book Fair
At London Book Fair 2018, the Amazon Publishing foreign rights team packs dependable titles, making deals in up to 40 territories—and the retail muscle to make all boats float. Read More
Teos and Finland’s Endless Forest
Teos publisher Nina Paavolainen is optimistic about Finland’s literature finding more overseas traction in 2018, some from her Helsinki Literary Agency. Read More
Selling African Rights Into Germany
Berlin’s InterKontinental agency ends its first year ready to accelerate rights sales with a new African literature festival in April: Writing in Migration. Read More
An International Rights Roundup
A couple of auspicious debuts are included in our latest rights update, as well as historical fiction, a children’s entry, serial work and noir. Read More
Copyrights: China
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