Our Network

Our network is built on direct publisher-to-publisher relationships. It is a space to encounter publishing worlds beyond familiar markets, learn through interaction and shared experience, discover through people and explore what different publishers might create together.

We do not believe a global publishing network needs a single centre. The value of the Circle comes from connections moving in many directions and from publishers contributing their own knowledge and identity.

Every publisher can be a source of discovery. Every publisher can be a gateway to a new publishing culture.

Publishing worlds differ in language, geography, scale, editorial traditions, cultural contexts and access to international networks. We see these differences not as gaps to be erased, but as part of what makes international publishing valuable.

These encounters begin with curiosity rather than transaction. Publishers can encounter not only new titles, but different ways of thinking about publishing itself.

Every publishing culture carries its own knowledge—shaped by its readers, languages, editorial traditions, market conditions and lived experience. The Rights Circle values this knowledge and creates opportunities for publishers to learn directly from one another.

We see learning as an interactive and reciprocal process. Publishers exchange experiences, ask questions, compare practices and reflect on different ways of publishing.

Encountering a different editorial approach, an unexpected way of reaching readers or a publishing practice developed in another cultural context can spark new ideas, collaborations and possibilities.

Everyone brings something to the conversation, and everyone can leave with something new.

Technology can make more books accessible, searchable and visible. But meaningful discovery often begins with people—with a publisher or editor who knows why a particular book matters, someone who understands its cultural context, or a conversation that draws attention to something that might otherwise be overlooked.

The Rights Circle places human knowledge and editorial experience at the heart of discovery. Publishers know their catalogues, authors, readers and publishing environments in ways that data alone cannot fully capture.

We see technology as a way to extend human discovery, not replace it. As The Rights Circle develops into a digital rights discovery platform, we want technology to help connections travel further while preserving editorial judgement, cultural context and human curiosity.

Behind every book worth discovering, there is often someone who knows why it matters.

Publishing relationships do not have to end with the exchange of rights. They can become starting points for new ideas, collaborations and forms of publishing that might not have emerged within a single market or cultural context.

This may begin with the translation of an existing book, but it can grow into co-editions, collaborative projects, new editorial concepts or unexpected partnerships inspired by the knowledge and perspectives each publisher brings.

When publishers meet across cultures, exchange experiences and inspire one another, international publishing becomes more than the circulation of existing books. It becomes a space for shared creation and new possibilities.

Sometimes the most valuable discovery is not a book that already exists, but an idea that begins when publishing worlds meet.