In the wake of the continuing trade dispute between the US and China, in recent months the once-robust pace of book deals between Chinese publishers and US authors has declined considerably. There are no official or on-the-record explanations from Chinese publishers but rights agents, scouts and agents have been talking about the chill. Publishers Marketplace is in a singular place to quantify the market change: From January through May 2019, deal reports for sales to Chinese imprints were flat year over year (comprising a solid 190 reports, or an average of 38 a month). But for the last four months, […]
