May 2019 | RIGHTS EDITION
Our rights highlights in this roundup come from France, Greece, Canada, Germany, Catalan Spain, and Japan by way of North Korea.

Roughly half of what Finns are publishing and reading annually is translated literature from abroad. Five years after its Frankfurt Guest of Honor stint, the Nordic market is ready to ramp up its exports again.

Launched earlier this year and looking for commercial fiction, Boldwood Books promises to publish its new titles in ebook, audio, and print-on-demand on the same day internationally.

More Reporting from PP:
Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial Acquires Ediciones Salamandra

Highlights for Children Sells Boyds Mills to Kane Press, Owned by Beijing’s Thinkingdom

US Authors Guild Praises Nora Roberts’ Legal Action on Digital Plagiarism

France’s Lagardère Studios Announces a Book-to-Screen Deal With Wattpad

Nonfiction Sales Growth in the Russian Book Market Expected to Continue This Year

Society of Authors Calls on UK Government to Fight Online Book Piracy
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