It’s Women in Publishing (“Bücherfrauen“) Germany’s 25th anniversary this year. There is a big celebration coming up at the Frankfurt Book Fair this week, and here is my tribute to this great network. First I woul like to clarify something: I don’t want any men to freak out and think with an organization like […]
London Book Fair 2015 part 2: Some Industry Trends
Even more globalisation At this year’s London Book Fair, Harper Collins’ announced their takeover of publishing houses in various countries. They intend to launch books in different languages simultaneously. Teams in a number of countries will cooperate to leverage the marketing. I think launching books in different countries at the same time is an interesting […]
London Book Fair 2015
Part 1: Literary Translation London Book Fair took place last week and as it was on my doorstep, I went all three days. My obvious first place to go was the Literary Translation Centre and one of the events I attended was called: “Meet The Innovators” The panelists were representatives of small British publishing […]
London Book Fair 2015: Free Tickets For Industry-Related Bloggers
The London Book Fair 2015 takes place from 14 to 16 April and like last year, there will be interesting events for self-publishers. Did you know that you don’t have to pay for your ticket, if you are blogging about something that is related to the book trade? Register as a member of the press […]
Impressions from the Buchmesse 2014
As usual, there was a lot on offer at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the biggest book fair in the world: gazillions of publishing houses and other companies with stalls plus anything else related to books including an increasing number of self-publishing events and suppliers. I attended several events for self-publishers in the German language area. […]
Frankfurt Book Fair: New Programme For International Self-Publishers In 2014
If you have never considered attending Frankfurt Book Fair as a self-publisher, you might want to think again. Apart from being the biggest book fair in the world, it is also the most important one when it comes to foreign rights. And this year there is even more: on Friday 10 and Saturday 11 October, […]