The Bookseller - Features - Hollywood industrial action hits production but screen adaptations still provide huge boosts to books

We are probably past the peak streaming bonanza of a few years ago - at least in terms of production companies trying to option seemingly every single book, in the hopes of a Netflix or Amazon Prime Video greenlight - but adaptations have still played a big role in shifting units for the book trade. However, it will be interesting to see what the ripple effect the Hollywood writers and actors strikes of last year will have on the books-to-screen market in 2024 and beyond.