Frankfurt Book Fair

Publishing's Most Dramatic Move In 2010

idealog.com | Mike Shatzkin | Posted 05.25.2011

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The most dramatic event in publishing in 2010? That's easy. It was the face-down between five of the six biggest publishers in the US and Amazon over ...

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Do eBooks Undermine Territorial Rights?

publishingperspectives.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Frankfurt Book Fair veteran agent Andrew Nurnberg has raised the specter of e-book deals being used to undermine territorial rights in an interview wi...

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eBook Talks At Frankfurt

Frankfurt Book Fair | Posted 05.25.2011

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Questions being asked were all related to what's happening in the digital arena right now. For example: do tablets rule the world right now? Michael T...

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Publisher At Frankfurt Book Fair

guardian.co.uk | Benedicte Page | Posted 05.25.2011

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Patrick Janson Smith, publisher at the HarperCollins imprint Blue Door, said there was plenty of hype around this year's fair, and claimed that publis...

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American Publishing Termed 'Worst And Most Dangerous' By Writer

publishingperspectives.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yes, Random House children's division is going to be selling the rights to Modelland, a three part YA series that "that combines the fashion world wit...

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On Offer At Frankfurt Book Fair

thebookseller.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Agents are heading off to this year's book fair with a host of titles from the likes of Martin Amis, Eoin Colfer and David Bowie. In the second of The...

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"Permission Denied": The Cuban Regime Is Afraid To Let Me Travel

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 05.25.2011

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Yoani Sanchez

It's two in the afternoon at the Department of Immigration and Aliens (DIE) on 17th Street between J and K. Dozens of people are waiting for permissio...

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Spanish Publishing CEO On US-European Rivalry

Publishing Perspectives | Edward Nawotka | Posted 05.25.2011

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Grupo Planeta CEO Jesús Badenes is not afraid of the internet: "It would be easy to reduce the internet to mere diffusion, but that is too easy. The ...

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Consequences For Our Actions

Kenneth Kales | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kenneth Kales

If you don't love the book, how can you sell it? My passion for each and every book is in part why I am told by others how successful I am at garnering so much media attention for Kales' publications.

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UNVEILING: Best 39 Arab Writers Under 40

Hay Festival | Posted 05.25.2011

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PRESS RELEASE: As part of Beirut 'World Capital of the Book' festivities, Hay Festival announces the complete list of the 'Beirut39' Project at the 20...

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China Is Guest Of Honor At Frankfurt Book Fair

AP | MELISSA EDDY | Posted 05.25.2011

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BERLIN — Organizers of the Frankfurt Book Fair worked for 15 years to secure China as the guest of honor at their five-day showcase of global tr...

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Australian Author: The New J.K. Rowling?

The Wall Street Journal | DALYA ALBERGE | Posted 05.25.2011

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In a success story reminiscent of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling's, Ms. James is a mother and first-time author who is going from nothing to becomin...

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Frankfurt Book Fair: Deals, E-Books, China, Mandela

The Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Frankfurt Book Fair has been going on this week, and it's brought news, controversy, and excitement galore with it. The choice of China for guest ...

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A Long Walk to Frankfurt

David Colbert | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Colbert

The news that Nelson Mandela's diaries are becoming "the book of the fair" at the Frankfurt Book Fair reminded me of the time I chased the first Mandela autobiography at Frankfurt, exactly twenty years ago.

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Frankfurt Book Fair Official Fired For Treatment Of Chinese

The New York Times | STEVEN ERLANGER | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Frankfurt Book Fair, which struggled to find a balance between free speech and honoring China as its featured country, dismissed its project manag...

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Book Browsing Trends: Online Samples Increase Sales

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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FRANKFURT--(Business Wire)--At the Frankfurt Book Fair 2009, new data on how readers have sampled bookcontent online over the past 18 months points to...

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