Booker Notoriety Sparks Rights Run at Cinderella Indies

Publishing Perspectives

Since hitting the longlist of the Booker Prize, indie publishers Seren Books, Sandstone Press and Oneworld are seeing global interest in their titles as never before.
Last week the Man Booker Prize judging committee surprised many observers by including numerous independent publishing houses on the 13-strong longlist for this year’s prize. The list included a trio of titles from smaller, lesser-known presses including Patrick McGuinness’ The Last Hundred Days (Seren Books), Jane Rogers’ The Testament of Jessie Lamb (Sandstone Press) and Yvvette Edwards’ A Cupboard Full of Coats (Oneworld).
Those lucky publishers with rushed reprints, foreign rights inquiries, global coverage. 


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