MediaScout, Ingram Content Group’s new rights database for film and television professionals, which launched in the US and quickly expanded to the UK and Europe, seeks further global expansion.
Kids First: Peter Warwick on Scholastic’s Strategy for the Modern Era
Scholastic CEO Peter Warwick talks about his IP strategy, prioritizing kids’ well-being, and this season’s forthcoming titles.
Frankfurter Buchmesse and Bologna Plan Coordinated Games Areas
Frankfurter Buchmesse and Bologna Children’s Book Fair are adding a ‘games business center’ to book-development trade-show assets.
China Bestsellers: May’s Television-Fueled Nonfiction Win
On China’s nonfiction list in May, Fei Zhi’s army of ‘Cats’ books were held at bay by the TV-powered arrival of Li Juan’s ‘My Altay.’
Bridging Literature and Cinema in the Arab World: Abu Dhabi’s Congress PCI
At Congress PCI, a filmmaker-screenwriter-actor trio shared their experiences and insights adapting literary fiction for film.
Marwan Hamed: Bringing Arabic Literature to the Big Screen
Egyptian filmmaker Marwan Hamed discusses his successful adaptations of popular novels and his role in promoting Egyptian culture through film.
China Bestsellers in April: Adaptations and Tours
Three editions of one 2008 book were on OpenBook’s April bestseller fiction lists in China, powered by a new, touring stage adaptation.
China Bestsellers in January: A Three-Adaptation Problem
Now with three serial adaptations either on the air or in post-production, Liu Cixin’s ‘The Three-Body Problem’ rockets up the charts.
Bologna Book Fair Names Cross Media Award Winners
A Hungarian book-to-animated-film project and a Canadian online platform for kids take Bologna’s top Cross Media Award honors.
China Bestsellers in November: Screening ‘The Three-Body Problem’
Anticipation of a new animated adaptation of Liu Cixin’s trilogy drove ‘The Three-Body Problem’ back to the top of China’s charts.