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BK Rights in June 2016: fewer deals but exciting ones!

Maria Jesus Aguilo Posted by Maria Jesus Aguilo, Director of Subsidiary Rights, Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc.

Maria Jesus is the Director of Subsidiary Rights at Berrett-Koehler Publishers.


We were so thrilled this month to receive the INDIEFAB 2015 Publisher of the Year Award, along with Gold Book Awards in two categories: for The Sisters are Alright by Tamara Winfrey-Harries in Women's Studies, and Got Your Attention? by Sam Horm in Career Development. For both of these titles we have sold rights in June. For The Sisters are Alright we sold an option to the Film Rights (yes! There may be a TV series or a movie coming to your screen soon!), and Greek language rights to Got Your Attention?. Below is a complete list of all the deals closed this month:

Film option rights for The Sisters Are Alright by Tamara WInfrey-Harris to Wise Entertainment

Chinese (Complex Characters) language rights for Accidental Genius (renewal) by Mark Levy to Business Weekly Publications

Turkish language rights for How to Change Minds by Rob Jolles to Aritan Yayinevi

Chinese (Simplified Characters) language rights for Mobilized by SC Moatti  to Publishing House of Electronics Industry

Greek language rights for Got Your Attention? by Sam Horn to Editions Klidarithmos

Chinese (Simplified Characters) language rights for The Laws of Lifetime Growth by Dan Sullivan and Catherine Nomura to Beijing Mediatime Books Co. Ltd.

Summary Rights for Mobilized by SC Moatti, Negotiating the Impossible by Deepak Malhotra, How Performance Management Is Killing Performance—and What to Do About It by M. Tamra Chandler, From Crisis to Calling by Sasha Chanoff and David Chanoff , Leadership Lessons from a UPS Driver by Ron Wallace, Be the Boss Everyone Wants to Work For by William Gentry, and The Outward Mindset by The Arbinger Institute to GetAbstract

Italian language rights for The Ecology of Law by Fritjof Capra and Ugo Mattei to Aboca S.p.A. Società Agricola

German language rights for The Leadership Capital Index by Dave Ulrich to Wiley - VCH Verlag

Spanish language rights for The Five Thieves of Happiness (not yet published) by John B. Izzo, PhD to Ediciones Urano

Turkish language rights for The Ecology of Law by Fritjof Capra and Ugo Mattei to KOC Universitesi Yayinlari

Congratulations to all the authors!

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