HarperCollins Partners with AI Animation Studio Toonstar to Adapt Titles for YouTube

HarperCollins has announced a multi-year partnership with Toonstar, an AI-powered animation studio backed by Founders Fund and Snap, to adapt titles into YouTube animated series. The first project adapts Lisa Greenwald's Friendship List series, with a companion graphic novel from HarperAlley. Royalty terms for authors have not been disclosed.