Author Olga Tokarczuk and translator Jennifer Croft share the £50,000 Man Booker International Prize for a book jurors say 'flies us through a galaxy of departures and arrivals.'

 

Amazon gets into the licensing business: its new Merch Collab program promises to connect brands with designers and manufacturers, with Amazon tracking sales and paying royalties.

 

The PBS 'Great American Read' TV program has its two-hour opener. And Open Road Media's direct-to-consumer marketing program, Ignition, is being offered now to Ingram's distributed publishers.