AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoRights & Deals: Faber has acquired HarperVoyager publisher Natasha Bardon’s debut novel at auction, for publication in 2028. Frances Lincoln won Lucy Salmon’s picture-book debut in a four-way auction, while Sphere pre-empted Monica Rodden’s thriller. Frankfurt & AI: Publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair are debating AI narration, as the fair spotlights booming global comics culture and K-books’ international ambitions. Books By People’s “human-authored” certification has also been registered by the UK Intellectual Property Office. Market Shifts: A new assessment puts leading self-publishing companies on a scale comparable to major consumer publishers. Meanwhile, Gemini Books Group has acquired assets from Publications International, and Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler remain top sellers at independent bookshops.
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