News coverage of international bookselling & publishing news and events.
Canada Market in a Word: Tight by Josh Kerbel - 05/07/2007
A flat market and supply-chain issues trouble publishers, but burgeoning alternative markets hold out hope. More
Chad Post by Rachel Deahl - 10/06/2008
Passionate is a word you often hear bandied about in reference to people who work in book publishing. But optimistic? Not so much. This is one reason Chad Post, 33, seems like such an anomaly. A born-and-bred Midwesterner, Post fell in love with books at an early age and, after carving out a niche for himself in the world of nonprofit publishing, remains one of the most unjaded publishers around.
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Crossing the Channel by Liz Thomson - 09/29/2008
British publishers and agents will be looking for deals for authors who have worldwide brand names as well as debut novelists. Virgin founder Richard Branson, Charles Darwin's great-great granddaughter and Ted Hughes's brother all have new books for which rights are available. Among newcomers, a self-published Singapore lawyer has a detective series whose main character is described as a cross ...
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Frankfurt '08 by Rachel Deahl - 09/29/2008
An aging rocker, a dog whisperer, a bestselling pastor, some literary icons (living and dead) and a Paris Review editor–turned-deli employee are just a few of the authors who will be vying for attention from foreign editors in this year's rights tent.
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Weak Dollar Makes For Tricky Show by Diane Roback - 04/14/2008
The weak dollar was a key factor at this year's Bologna Fair, as American publishers found the market tough for buying, but great for selling. Francesca Dow at Puffin said, “The state of the dollar certainly makes buying anything from Europe even tougher.” On the other hand, as Chris Boral of Chronicle Books put it, “It did seem like there were a lot of shoppers, and we were t...
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Riordan Talks Up Clues in Bologna By Diane Roback - 04/02/2008
Bestselling author Rick Riordan was brought to Bologna by Scholastic to introduce The 39 Clues series, a multi-platform middle-grade adventure series, which launches this September. Hyperion also announced a million-copy print run for the fourth Percy Jackson book, The Battle of the Labyrinth, as well as two new series from the author.
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London Book Fair '08: What's in Your Briefcase? by Rachel Deahl - 03/17/2008
American publishers and agents will be shopping an eclectic group of literary wares in the rights area at London this year; the offerings include, a tale about moonshining; holiday recipes from Nigella Lawson; the controversial post-mortem collection from Raymond Carver; a grisly whodunit from David Cronenberg; and a take on First Lady-dom from Curtis Sittenfeld.
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Mayer to Get London Award 02/25/2008
Former Penguin head Peter Mayer will receive a lifetime achievement award for his efforts in promoting international publishing at this year's London Book Fair. Since leaving Penguin in 1996, Mayer has run the U.S.-based Overlook Press and the U.K-based Duckworth Publishers.
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