People with free time on their hands are looking for content from a quick-turnover industry currently on standby, and by people with free time, I mean everyone.

Long story short, intense purchasing of IP and bidding wars among Hollywood studios are on the rise during these trying lockdown times. (Does that make it paradoxically a buyers AND a sellers market? Writers aren’t getting screwed-over, what!) For the long story, film-business staff writer for the Los Angeles Times, Ryan Faughnder, has the article: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2020-10-06/hollywood-books-pandemic-caa

“The bright side for agencies is that studios and streaming services are still salivating for intellectual property, and books are ideal targets.

Sales of book rights have climbed steadily during the last three to five years, thanks to the rise of prestigious drama series that have come to dominate streamers and cable networks, taking the mantle from old-school procedurals, according to Weiner.”

Elsewhere; I found a video essay rant that is related to the reader-audience experience and the ‘getting screwed-over’ possibility of adaptation deals:I crossed the word essay and put rant instead because it’s not a very in-depth or compelling watch (pun not intended), but I’ll leave it up. A movie popped in my head because of it — I recommend everyone see Adaptation (2002). It is superbly written, gets very meta, has great performances all around, and because why not?