New insights into the US book market are coming to light now as NPD Book's new Licensing Report begins tracking more than 4,000 licenses and more than 10,000 ISBNs weekly.

Sexual and gender relations, insects in our neighborhood, and historical fiction about genius: this month's rights roundup includes work originally published in English, Swedish, and Norwegian.

Based in Adelaide, the book packager Peter Murray this week begins selling rights online to 14 of his titles, with special emphasis on anniversary titles around the moon landing and music of 1969.

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