The Grass Was Less Green on the Other Side
Best Timing in Rights Buying Award g s to Joyce Yen of China Times, who finalized a purchase of Gunter Grass' new book My Century (100 short stories, one for each year of the century) in traditional Chinese characters just two weeks before he won the Nobel Prize.
Startups Online and Off
The biggest books online service in China is being launched, too, by Science and Culture, an independent book publishing and Books in Print service in Beijing. "We will offer all books in China throughout the world," promises Peggy Yu, v-p of what may be China's most successful independent venture.
Chinese Rights Solution?
The best way to sell books and rights in China was discussed by four experts on the subject at an International Forum yesterday. One of many recommendations was to split rights, by territory and by simplified and traditional Chinese characters, as much as possible.
