The platforms to buy or sell publishing rights online are even more present in today’s international marketplace.

"Two of the most prestigious international book fairs join forces to promote online transactions involving worldwide publishing rights.

The Frankfurt Book Fair has vested interest in IPR License, a British platform that connects publishers with literary agents to sell their rights amongst themselves.

Similarly, the London Book Fair has partnered with the English firm PubMatch, a tool that has ten thousand users for the selling and buying of publishing rights yearlong.

Under this context, a new platform is launched: The Spanish Bookstage, that has a goal of becoming the leading source for rights transactions involving Spanish language publications in Spain and Latin America."

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