AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoPublishing & Adaptations: Venice’s Book Adaptation Rights Market is showing how studios and streamers are buying screen rights earlier, with publishers pitching full catalogs as adaptation talks start before books even hit shelves. Major Book Deal: HarperCollins has confirmed it will publish Sonia Gandhi’s memoir Belonging on Nov. 10 after a dispute involving Penguin India. Book-to-Screen Casting: Netflix has begun production on Dan Brown’s The Secret of Secrets, with Morgan Spector as Robert Langdon and Rebecca Hall as Katherine Solomon. Local Book Events: Flutterbuy Books & More will host a signing with C.A.M. Muñoz for The Compulsive Writer (Oct. 17). Libraries & Community: Morgantown Public Library rolls out September programming, including teen crafting for local causes and multiple D&D and anime clubs. Education & Reading Culture: A look at how 9/11 still shapes schools highlights ongoing conversations about safety and trauma. Bookish Culture: The UN voted to move away from the Mercator map toward Equal Earth to better reflect Africa’s size.
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