A young writer may have her book turned into a film before it’s even published, according to PW. Rebecca Serle is a 26-year-old who just penned a take on Romeo and Juliet that has been snatched up by no less than Simon and Schuster. Rumor has it that it may star Keira Knightley. See brief article. There’s much innovation in the publishing/intellectual property arena these days- I also saw a story this week about a self-published e-book author who’s signing a contract to control his work in print! ( I think perhaps we need some new terms to describe all of this…)
Shira S.