Two publishers in Frankfurt report success with up-and-coming children’s book authors, both at home and through international rights deals.
Norway’s Jon Fosse Wins the Nobel Prize in Literature
In recognition of ‘his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable,’ Jon Fosse wins the Nobel Prize in Literature 2023.
Rights Roundup: Mind Your Metadata
The titles featured in this edition of our Rights Roundup are from Australia, Sweden, Norway, England, and France.
‘AI Voices’ in Audiobooks: Storytel in ElevenLabs Partnership
Storytel invests in ElevenLabs, looking to offer automated audiobook readings and ‘voice switching’ for users between preferred voices.
Rights Roundup: Packing for London Book Fair
Today’s pre-London Book Fair Rights Roundup features work from the States, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Turkey, Spain, and Australia.
Norway’s Beat Technology Partners With Sweden’s Adlibris
A Publishing Perspectives exclusive: Beat Technology’s newest platform is an audiobook and ebook app for Sweden’s Adlibris book retailer.
Rights Edition: Tove Jansson’s Moomin Characters Licensed to Barnes & Noble
Almost 80 years after the first of Tove Jansson’s Moomins appeared, the US market finds the durable characters at Barnes & Noble.
Sweden’s Storytel Touts Q4 Results in a ‘Truly Remarkable Year’
Audiobook subscription company Storytel cites a 22-percent increase year over year, at 3.2 billion Swedish kronor.
Rights Roundup: Seeds of Peace
Our translation rights deals today are for fiction, nonfiction, and children’s books from Iceland, Sweden, Canada, the US, and England.
Rights Roundup: A New Trade Report From Finland
Our first Rights Roundup of the new year features work originally written in Finnish, Catalan, French, Swedish, Italian, and Czech.