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With impressive rights sales for Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich's 'The Fact of a Body,' Szilvia Molnar at Sterling Lord talks about selling internationally. The post A Rights Agent’s View: Szilvia Molnar on Making True Crime Travel appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

With a goal of generating cultural tourism, the state of Kerala announces a new three-day program in November at the beach town of Kovalam. The post Dates Set in India for ‘Books on the Beach’ Literature and Tourism Festival appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Calling books 'an important piece of building a better future,' McDonald's Canada partners with children's publisher Kids Can Press in a book promotion. The post Canadian-Specific Content Served in Kids Can Book Promotion with McDonald’s Canada appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

Specific mentorships in Korean, Russian and Catalan as well as non-language-specific mentorships will begin in October at the association's conference. The post American Literary Translators’ Mentorship Program Applications Are Open appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

My friend Jeremy Mulford, who has died aged 79, was a poet, publisher and editor who founded Falling Wall Press in the early 1970s as a way of disseminating radical pamphlets on education and the women’s movement by authors such as Harold Rosen and Sheila Rowbotham.As the venture thrived he also published books such as…

Themed on the concept of words' power to have impact, the German Guest of Honor program has opened at Warsaw Book Fair, and continues this weekend. The post ‘Words Move’: Germany’s Guest of Honor Program Opens at Warsaw Book Fair appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

The retailer feeds its Amazon Charts with consumer data on what's being read and listened to (in digital) and what's being sold on a weekly basis. The post Amazon Charts’ Debut: Bestseller and Best-Read Listings Based on Consumer Data appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

At the Tehran Times: Media access leads Iran's young readers to want more complexity in fiction, say publishers, and 'slightly altered' translation. The post In Iran, an Appetite for International Fiction Among Younger Readers appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

From Radio Prague: A winner of the EU Prize for Literature, Bianca Bellová says that when she hears her text translated, 'I feel a bit embarrassed.' The post Prague Translator and Author Bianca Bellová: ‘Literature Matters’ appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.

With its content "primarily in English" now—more languages to come—the venture is meant to take China's digital literature and self-published content to a world audience. The post China Reading Launches Qidian Platform for an International Audience appeared first on Publishing Perspectives.