Thursday, November 06, 2014

Hachette UK Sees Flux in Global Rights Markets

Today's Feature Story:


Jason Bartholomew reports on international rights markets for Hachette UK books. Germany is a stalwart, southern Europe suffers and emerging markets are rising.
Discussion:


IPR License reports that Europe and the US remain key markets for rights sales, but Turkey, the Arab World and China are increasingly active, as are self-publishers.
Bookselling:


Despite a tough economy in Greece, family-owned bookstore chain Eleftheroudakis has restructured and is optimistic about its future business model.
Literature:


Granta Finland launched a new issue at the 2014 Frankfurt Book Fair: Best of Young Finnish Novelists, published by Otava. We talk with editor Aleksi Pöyry about it.
Watch Online:


Watch videos from Books in Browsers 2014, where speakers presented cutting-edge ideas and projects in digital book publishing, as well as ideas on the future of ebooks, authors and reading.

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