The Random House sub-rights team agrees that Brazil has been the new “hot zone” for licensing books (though that may change soon as the country’s economic fortunes swing again). In a blog post that was shared with agents in a newsletter, the publisher offers some interesting rights statistics and infographics. The “top-earning genres around the world” from 2010 through 2012 were: 1. Juvenile fiction 2. Mystery/Thriller 3. General fiction 4. Biography 5. Romance Language-markets by income are: 1. German 2. French 3. Italian 4. Portugese 5. Spanish But by title volume it is: 1. Chinese (simplified characters) 2. Russian 3. […]
