AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoPublishing & Adaptations: Venice’s Book Adaptation Rights Market shows studios buying screen rights earlier, with publishers pitching full catalogs to film/TV buyers as the adaptation pipeline moves upstream. Netflix & Books-to-Screen: Netflix replaces Tom Hanks’ Robert Langdon with Morgan Spector for a new Dan Brown series, signaling another major shift in how book franchises get rebooted for streaming. Local Book Culture: Sarasota libraries announce the 2026 “Off the Page” lineup (Anthony Horowitz, Brad Meltzer, Nathaniel Philbrick, Kate Quinn) with free events across branches. Community Book Sales: New Albany’s Friends of the Library hosts an outdoor sale Sept. 12, while Planned Parenthood’s 52nd annual book sale runs Sept. 10–20 with 150,000+ items. Book Market & AI Anxiety: Reports keep circling around used bookstores facing suspicious bulk orders amid fears of AI-driven book shredding. Travel-Book Crossover: A new luxury travel booking expansion and a data-center growth report both underline how “experience” and infrastructure are reshaping what people buy and how fast.
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