Almost 80 years after the first of Tove Jansson’s Moomins appeared, the US market finds the durable characters at Barnes & Noble. Handled by Moomins Characters Oy Ltd. in Helsinki, the official rights holder of all the Moomin characters, the deal is bringing the Moomins to more than 600 Barnes & Noble stores in the United States. We could not have asked for a better partner than Barnes & Noble.”So tot up one more advantage that Barnes & Noble is getting from its leadership by James Daunt—the chief executive shared by the Stateside Barnes & Noble with the United Kingdom’s Waterstones. We are incredibly proud to have in Barnes & Noble a partner that is equally as excited as we are to bring the Moomins to America.”The American publisher for the Jansson estate’s many works is Macmillan’s Farrar, Straus & Giroux. At Bologna: PublisHer Will Have Its First Trade Show StandAt Bologna: The ‘Taiwan Stories Market’ ProgramPre-Bologna Rights Roundup: ‘Buy Ukrainian Book Rights’Children’s Rights Edition: A 16th Bologna Licensing Trade Fair/KidsBologna Book Fair Names Cross Media Award WinnersBologna Focus: Italy’s €283 Million Children’s Book MarketRights Edition: Bologna Book Plus’ Rights ProgrammingBologna Book Fair: 2023 Ragazzi AwardsBologna’s 60th Book Fair: Illustrators Exhibition WinnersGreece Is Bologna Book Plus’ First Market of Honor

Source: CNN March 17, 2023 19:57 UTC