Rights and Licensing

Well-constructed stories, snappy dialogue, and surprising twists can all contribute to a book’s chance of being chosen for adaptation.

Research and relationship-building are key to success in international rights deals.

This is the second year that exhibitor Reed has canceled the in-person event.

The new imprint will focus on translated literature plus a selected few outstanding authors writing in English from around the world.

In November 2020, the Frankfurt Book Fair went through restructuring and layoffs, with a back-to-basics plan announced for 2021.

Rather than having to file a costly case in federal court, authors can now bring cases, without an attorney, to a Copyright Claims Board.

London Book Fair is typically held every year in March, but organizers just announced it will be moved to June 29–July 1 and remain at the Olympia.

Editors acquiring works for translation into English look for compelling manuscripts and for works with a good track record in their native language.

To help facilitate dealmaking, the fair is giving agencies a digital rights platform where they can upload rights guides, title information, and more.

Due to new quarantine rules in Germany, Frankfurt Book Fair—the publishing industry’s biggest trade event—is moving entirely online.

Several US publishers filed a lawsuit against Internet Archive over its provocative move to establish an online National Emergency Library.

The partnership with the Ethan Ellenberg Literary Agency will assist ALLi members in the management and licensing of rights.

All sessions are free and open to the public and will be broadcast through the organization’s Facebook pages.

Diversion Publishing, started in 2010 by agent Scott Waxman, publishes dozens of titles per year across all formats.

Keylight Books, just launched by Turner, will publish fiction that’s ultimately meant to be licensed for the screen. The publisher

Since Amazon advertising is available in its Germany, France, Spain, and Italy storefronts, gamble on translations is more likely to pay off. 

Knowing term options and building publisher relationships can help authors negotiate favorable deals, keep information flowing, and recover from inevitable mishaps

A recently developed tool helps both traditional and self-published authors track contracts and rights.

ALLi hopes to mitigate the challenges of selling rights to your book in a foreign language.

EU legislation designed to make big tech content providers more accountable to rights holders may stifle small-scale competition.

Major publishers are revisiting how they make ebooks available to libraries—with Macmillan deciding to embargo new releases for two months.

The Author's Guild makes the point that the key form of pirated book is digital. The Guild lists three forms of book piracy.

Publishers and authors’ organizations say copyright law doesn’t allow for Audible’s audiobook feature that shows the text as it’s read aloud.

The small claims court for copyright protection cases has passed its Senate committee markup and is much closer to passage in Washington.

The Association of American Publishers (AAP) filed a statement with the FTC laying out the US book business’s grievances against Amazon.