'Your competitors like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Audible,' publishers will hear this year at BookExpo and the rival rights fair, 'are more than willing to fill the gap.'

 

China Literature is at New York Rights Fair to bring more Chinese literature to the American market. And Amazon Publishing announces a two-book deal with Patricia Cornwell.

 

'It makes no sense in the modern world that readers are being penalized with an additional 20-percent VAT for choosing to embrace digital,' says the UK Publishers Association chief.