AGP Executive Report
Last update: 37 minutes agoPublishing Deal Watch: HarperCollins India will publish Sonia Gandhi’s memoir Belonging on Nov. 10 after a Penguin Random House India dispute over reported editorial changes, ending the domestic uncertainty while keeping the international Knopf release on the same date. True Crime & Ethics: Nicole Engelbrecht’s Bare Bones (Jonathan Ball) revisits 10 unsolved South African cases tied to her hit True Crime South Africa podcast, spotlighting the genre’s moral questions. Literary Translation: Bloomsbury Academic releases an English translation of Leib Malach’s 1935 Yiddish play Mississippi, retelling the Scottsboro Affair through “cultural salvage.” Adaptation Market: Venice’s Book Adaptation Rights Market shows studios moving upstream, with screen rights increasingly discussed before publication. AI & Copyright: Microsoft argues Copilot’s book copying in the NYT-linked copyright fight is fair use, while also pushing its newest model into the market. Children’s Media: Andy Lee’s Do Not Watch This Show lands on Amazon Kids+ in the U.S. and Canada, expanding a smash kids’ series built from his picture books.
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